Today's threads (a thread)
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Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: Bundestrojaner; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2026/10/13/petards-r-us/
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Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: Bundestrojaner; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2026/10/13/petards-r-us/
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Bundestrojaner: You can't make people more secure by making them less secure.
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/117433462633661418
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Bundestrojaner: You can't make people more secure by making them less secure.
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/117433462633661418
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Hey look at this
* Inside The Failed Fight To Unionize One Of Gaming’s Most Idealized Studios https://kotaku.com/inside-the-failed-fight-to-unionize-one-of-gamings-most-idealized-studios-2000742755
* How Trump Enforcers are Sabotaging Efforts to Bring Down Drug Prices https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/how-pharma-middlemen-turned-the-federal
* How Porter, Newsom, and so many others are wrong about Proposition 40 https://48hills.org/2026/10/who-porter-newsom-and-so-many-others-are-wrong-about-proposition-40/
* Raspberry Pi puts digital handcuffs on RAM upgrades https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/2026-raspberry-pi
* We Infiltrated a Police Union Convention in Las Vegas https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/we-infiltrated-a-police-union-convention
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Hey look at this
* Inside The Failed Fight To Unionize One Of Gaming’s Most Idealized Studios https://kotaku.com/inside-the-failed-fight-to-unionize-one-of-gamings-most-idealized-studios-2000742755
* How Trump Enforcers are Sabotaging Efforts to Bring Down Drug Prices https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/how-pharma-middlemen-turned-the-federal
* How Porter, Newsom, and so many others are wrong about Proposition 40 https://48hills.org/2026/10/who-porter-newsom-and-so-many-others-are-wrong-about-proposition-40/
* Raspberry Pi puts digital handcuffs on RAM upgrades https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/2026-raspberry-pi
* We Infiltrated a Police Union Convention in Las Vegas https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/we-infiltrated-a-police-union-convention
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#25yrsago CBS sitcom about couple who meet in the WTC rubble https://web.archive.org/web/20011014082646/http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/eo/20011012/en/cbs_considers_wtc_comedy_1.html
#25yrsago Jon Norman not invited to Philcon https://www.locusmag.com/2001/Departments/Letters10Norman.html
#25yrsago Bruce Sterling's post-9/11 geopolitics predictions https://web.archive.org/web/20011102212150/https://www.edge.org/documents/whatnow/whatnow_sterling.html
#25yrsago Polaroid files Chapter 11 https://web.archive.org/web/20011107181428/http://www.polaroid.com/polinfo/press_releases/october01/101201a.html
#25yrsago David Mamet's tribute to Shel Silverstein https://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/14/theater/theater-a-beloved-friend-who-lived-life-the-chicago-way.html
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#25yrsago CBS sitcom about couple who meet in the WTC rubble https://web.archive.org/web/20011014082646/http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/eo/20011012/en/cbs_considers_wtc_comedy_1.html
#25yrsago Jon Norman not invited to Philcon https://www.locusmag.com/2001/Departments/Letters10Norman.html
#25yrsago Bruce Sterling's post-9/11 geopolitics predictions https://web.archive.org/web/20011102212150/https://www.edge.org/documents/whatnow/whatnow_sterling.html
#25yrsago Polaroid files Chapter 11 https://web.archive.org/web/20011107181428/http://www.polaroid.com/polinfo/press_releases/october01/101201a.html
#25yrsago David Mamet's tribute to Shel Silverstein https://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/14/theater/theater-a-beloved-friend-who-lived-life-the-chicago-way.html
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#15yrago Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow: a chapbook in PM Press’s Outspoken Authors series https://craphound.com/category/gbbt/
#15yrsago Canadian government advice defines abortionists as terrorists https://www.jezebel.com/canadian-government-lists-abortionists-as-terrorists-u-5849963
#10yrsago Ikea Shanghai to elderly, lonely Chinese people: buy something or get out https://qz.com/806990/lonely-shanghai-seniors-now-have-to-buy-something-if-they-want-to-cruise-all-day-in-ikeas-cafeteria
#5yrsago Facebook shows mall ninja gear ads on insurrection articles https://pluralistic.net/2021/01/14/10-point-program/#monetizing
#5yrsago The Black Panther self-care method https://pluralistic.net/2021/01/14/10-point-program/#panthers
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#15yrago Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow: a chapbook in PM Press’s Outspoken Authors series https://craphound.com/category/gbbt/
#15yrsago Canadian government advice defines abortionists as terrorists https://www.jezebel.com/canadian-government-lists-abortionists-as-terrorists-u-5849963
#10yrsago Ikea Shanghai to elderly, lonely Chinese people: buy something or get out https://qz.com/806990/lonely-shanghai-seniors-now-have-to-buy-something-if-they-want-to-cruise-all-day-in-ikeas-cafeteria
#5yrsago Facebook shows mall ninja gear ads on insurrection articles https://pluralistic.net/2021/01/14/10-point-program/#monetizing
#5yrsago The Black Panther self-care method https://pluralistic.net/2021/01/14/10-point-program/#panthers
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Yesterday's threads: How labor rights rescued Ultima from a monopolist; and more!
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/117427824737355887
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Yesterday's threads: How labor rights rescued Ultima from a monopolist; and more!
https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/117427824737355887
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My latest nonfiction book is the internationally bestselling "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI," from MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux:
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374621568/thereversecentaursguidetolifeafterai/
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My previous nonfiction book is the internationally bestselling "Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It":
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374619329/enshittification/
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My latest nonfiction book is the internationally bestselling "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI," from MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux:
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374621568/thereversecentaursguidetolifeafterai/
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My previous nonfiction book is the internationally bestselling "Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It":
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374619329/enshittification/
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My ebooks and audiobooks (from FSGxMCD, Tor Books, Head of Zeus, McSweeneys, Beacon, Verso and others) are for sale all over the net, but I sell 'em too, and when you buy 'em from me, I earn twice as much and you get books with no DRM and no license "agreements."
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My ebooks and audiobooks (from FSGxMCD, Tor Books, Head of Zeus, McSweeneys, Beacon, Verso and others) are for sale all over the net, but I sell 'em too, and when you buy 'em from me, I earn twice as much and you get books with no DRM and no license "agreements."
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Upcoming appearances:
* #Paris: Slow Tech Summit, Oct 15
https://slowtechsummit.com/* #Vancouver: Read, Resist, Repair, Rejoice (Vancouver Writers Festival), Oct 19
https://writersfest.bc.ca/festival-event-2026/01* #Victoria: Munro's Books, Oct 20
https://www.munrobooks.com/events/6113620261020* #Vancouver: Life After AI (Vancouver Writers Festival), Oct 22
https://writersfest.bc.ca/festival-event-2026/469/
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Upcoming appearances:
* #Paris: Slow Tech Summit, Oct 15
https://slowtechsummit.com/* #Vancouver: Read, Resist, Repair, Rejoice (Vancouver Writers Festival), Oct 19
https://writersfest.bc.ca/festival-event-2026/01* #Victoria: Munro's Books, Oct 20
https://www.munrobooks.com/events/6113620261020* #Vancouver: Life After AI (Vancouver Writers Festival), Oct 22
https://writersfest.bc.ca/festival-event-2026/469/
Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #Ottawa: Life After AI (Ottawa Writers Festival), Oct 24
https://writersfestival.org/event/life-after-ai* #Vienna: TED AI, Oct 28-30
https://tedai-vienna.ted.com/* #Kilkenny: Kilkenomics, Nov 6-8
https://kilkenomics.com/* #Vancouver: Enshittification (Sid Williams Theatre Society), Nov 10
https://www.sidwilliamstheatre.com/events/cory-doctorow-talks-enshittification/10/
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #Ottawa: Life After AI (Ottawa Writers Festival), Oct 24
https://writersfestival.org/event/life-after-ai* #Vienna: TED AI, Oct 28-30
https://tedai-vienna.ted.com/* #Kilkenny: Kilkenomics, Nov 6-8
https://kilkenomics.com/* #Vancouver: Enshittification (Sid Williams Theatre Society), Nov 10
https://www.sidwilliamstheatre.com/events/cory-doctorow-talks-enshittification/10/
* #Vancouver: BC Policy Solutions Gala, Nov 12
https://bcpolicy.ca/gala/* #Oxford: Ministry of the Future, Nov 23
https://ministryforthefuture.co.uk/events.html* #Sheffield: Reverse Centaur at Juno Books, Nov 25
https://www.outsavvy.com/event/40274/cory-doctorow-in-conversation* #Oxford: Bennett Oxford Symposium on Open Code in Science, Dec 9
https://www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/events/2026-bennett-institute-symposium/11/
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* #Vancouver: BC Policy Solutions Gala, Nov 12
https://bcpolicy.ca/gala/* #Oxford: Ministry of the Future, Nov 23
https://ministryforthefuture.co.uk/events.html* #Sheffield: Reverse Centaur at Juno Books, Nov 25
https://www.outsavvy.com/event/40274/cory-doctorow-in-conversation* #Oxford: Bennett Oxford Symposium on Open Code in Science, Dec 9
https://www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/events/2026-bennett-institute-symposium/11/
Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #Montreal: World Science Fiction Convention, Sep 2-6
https://montreal2027.ca/en12/
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Upcoming appearances (cont'd):
* #Montreal: World Science Fiction Convention, Sep 2-6
https://montreal2027.ca/en12/
Recent appearances:
* Terms of Service with Clare Duffy (CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/audio/podcasts/terms-of-service-with-clare-duffy/episodes/458ce968-af5d-11f0-b539-13ed2afe25f8* AI, Work, and Power (Software Engineering Daily)
AI, Work, and Power https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/podcasts/cory-doctorow-on-ai-work-and-power/* AI, Corporate Power, and the Fight for Worker Control (Plutopia)
https://plutopia.io/cory-doctorow-ai-corporate-power-and-the-fight-for-worker-control/* How to Think About AI—Before It’s Too Late (Daniel Solove)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0xR3uEgGcc* Could Tech Bosses Destroy Life As We Know It? (Politics JOE)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PL4VktU0SgY13/
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Recent appearances:
* Terms of Service with Clare Duffy (CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/audio/podcasts/terms-of-service-with-clare-duffy/episodes/458ce968-af5d-11f0-b539-13ed2afe25f8* AI, Work, and Power (Software Engineering Daily)
AI, Work, and Power https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/podcasts/cory-doctorow-on-ai-work-and-power/* AI, Corporate Power, and the Fight for Worker Control (Plutopia)
https://plutopia.io/cory-doctorow-ai-corporate-power-and-the-fight-for-worker-control/* How to Think About AI—Before It’s Too Late (Daniel Solove)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0xR3uEgGcc* Could Tech Bosses Destroy Life As We Know It? (Politics JOE)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PL4VktU0SgY13/
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Recent appearances:
* Terms of Service with Clare Duffy (CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/audio/podcasts/terms-of-service-with-clare-duffy/episodes/458ce968-af5d-11f0-b539-13ed2afe25f8* AI, Work, and Power (Software Engineering Daily)
AI, Work, and Power https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/podcasts/cory-doctorow-on-ai-work-and-power/* AI, Corporate Power, and the Fight for Worker Control (Plutopia)
https://plutopia.io/cory-doctorow-ai-corporate-power-and-the-fight-for-worker-control/* How to Think About AI—Before It’s Too Late (Daniel Solove)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0xR3uEgGcc* Could Tech Bosses Destroy Life As We Know It? (Politics JOE)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PL4VktU0SgY13/
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Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: Bundestrojaner; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2026/10/13/petards-r-us/
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@pluralistic Not that the threads aren't fascinating but I rather wish there were a way to 'like' the collages themselves. This one REALLY feels like it wants to be a poster or album cover! Lovely.
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@pluralistic Not that the threads aren't fascinating but I rather wish there were a way to 'like' the collages themselves. This one REALLY feels like it wants to be a poster or album cover! Lovely.
@calicoday Thank you so much! I love making them. You can catch them all at https://pluralistic.net/art
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Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: Bundestrojaner; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2026/10/13/petards-r-us/
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I just don't understand how I, a mere mortal, have better (allegedly) infosec than a MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIOIN, FFS!
(I mean I do try, and keep firewalls and update passwords and upgrade hardware and backup and backup and backup and use adblockers and VPNs and encryption and use different computers for different tasks and and and...)
BTW: This Collage, Chef's Kiss!
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I just don't understand how I, a mere mortal, have better (allegedly) infosec than a MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIOIN, FFS!
(I mean I do try, and keep firewalls and update passwords and upgrade hardware and backup and backup and backup and use adblockers and VPNs and encryption and use different computers for different tasks and and and...)
BTW: This Collage, Chef's Kiss!
@oscarfalcon THANK YOU!
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