Stories by johnshades

Privacy's Not an Abstraction

The glorious freedom of disabling read receipts

Google prohibits spyware ads but now shows ads for firm tied to spyware abuses

The Mounting Federal Investigations into Facebook

Facebook expands transparency for ads beyond politics: Here’s what’s new

The U.S. Census Bureau is buying up URLs to combat disinformation

Internal Apple documents undercut claims about your right to repair

EU to ban plastic plates, cups, and cutlery by 2021

How big tobacco uses big tech to hook new smokers

The iPhone should be banned from sale in U.S., says trade judge

McDonald’s tries to be more like Amazon with $300M AI buy

United Airlines accuses its own flight attendants of an elaborate scam

A Modest Proposal for Facebook: End Facebook Live

Google could conquer gaming by having nothing to lose

Encryption pioneer aims to end the data dilemma with cryptography's holy grail

Privacy's not dead. It's just not evenly distributed

Civil rights office wants to limit access to emotional-support animals

Trading privacy for survival is another tax on the poor

How the tragic death of Do Not Track ruined the web for everyone

Live-streaming New Zealand gunman said he aimed to disrupt US politics

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