Pluralistic: Google is a scammer’s paradise (05 Aug 2026)
Today’s links Google is a scammer’s paradise: The internet’s absentee landlord. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS; EZ realistic…
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AI And Pseudoscience
We have to deal with artificial intelligence (AI). We cannot simply dismiss it or criticize it, and we certainly shouldn’t just embrace it without significant…
‘I terminated this channel’: Inside the Fake Copyright Racket Silencing News Outlets
Hired hands in an underground takedown market are charging up to $5,000 to scrub reporting from social media by filing fake copyright claims.
Tomorrow’s U.S. Senate Vote: Four Internet Bills, One Wrong Direction
The Senate Commerce Committee will vote this week on several censorious and privacy invasive bills: KOSA, the SCREEN Act, Youth AI Privacy Act, and CHATBOT…
Are summer sandals killing your feet?
They may keep your feet cool but some styles could be doing more harm than good.
Internet Archive to New York: Don’t Kill the Good Bots in the Fight Against Bad Bots
We’re joining with EFF and other civil society groups asking the Governor of New York to veto the Stealth Crawler Prohibition Act. Here’s why. News…
Appeals Court Agrees with EFF that Building a Web Browser Doesn’t Violate the CFAA
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has endorsed a commonsense technical interpretation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), a law not usually given…
The Real Extremism Problem Is on the Right, Not the Left
It’s a funny experience, opening your local newspaper and finding that it condemns your own politics as a threat to the nation. But that’s what…
Mobile Ad Software Encourages Location Data Sharing, EFF Report Finds
Developers Must Beware of Ad Libraries that Betray Users’ PrivacySAN FRANCISCO – Some software development kits (SDKs) provided by advertising companies to help developers monetize…
Developers: Beware of Ad Libraries that Betray Your Users’ Location Privacy
Across mobile platforms, advertising companies provide developers with software development kits (SDKs) that make it easy to monetize their apps. But those same SDKs can…