Home routers from 10 manufacturers, including Linksys, DLink, and Belkin, can be turned into covert listening posts that allow the Central Intelligence Agency to monitor … Advanced CIA firmware has been infecting Wi-Fi routers for yearsRead more
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Leaked NSA Malware Is Helping Hijack Computers Around the World
In mid-April, an arsenal of powerful software tools apparently designed by the NSA to infect and control Windows computers was leaked by an entity known … Leaked NSA Malware Is Helping Hijack Computers Around the WorldRead more
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The Surveillance Industry Is Killing Democracy
India is rapidly digitising. There are good things and bad, speed-bumps on the way and caveats to be mindful of. The weekly column Terminal focuses … The Surveillance Industry Is Killing DemocracyRead more
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Fake progress
http://techrights.org/videos/digital-vegan-series.webm Roy Schestowitz – source techrights.org
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Neo-Luddism
I’m a Luddite. This is not a hesitant confession, but a proud proclamation. I’m also a social scientist who studies how new technologies affect politics, … Neo-LuddismRead more
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On Copyright Scams, Surveillance Capitalism and the Lies of Big Tech
In their new book, Chokepoint Capitalism: How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We’ll Win Them Back (Beacon, 2022), Rebecca … On Copyright Scams, Surveillance Capitalism and the Lies of Big TechRead more
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How Big Tech rewrote the nation’s first cell phone repair law
New York state took a historic step toward curbing the power of Big Tech when lawmakers passed the Digital Fair Repair Act, giving citizens the … How Big Tech rewrote the nation’s first cell phone repair lawRead more
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Tor Browser 12.0 Released
Tor Browser 12.0 is now available from the Tor Browser download page and also from our distribution directory. This new release updates Tor Browser to … Tor Browser 12.0 ReleasedRead more
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Abolish Silicon Valley
Wendy Liu Abolish Silicon Valley: How to Liberate Technology from Capitalism
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The Techno-Feudal Method
Elon Musk had good reasons to feel unfulfilled enough to buy Twitter for $44 billion. He had pioneered online payments, upended the car industry, revolutionized … The Techno-Feudal MethodRead more