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An Elaborate Hack Shows How Much Damage IoT Bugs Can Do

“We’re looking at a fitness tracker hacking a smart speaker, a smart speaker hacking a thermostat, and the thermostat hacking the rest of the network.”
Linked on the 16th of April, 2018 Details

Belgium comes to terms with ’human zoos’ of its colonial past

It’s still not really talked about.
Linked on the 16th of April, 2018 Details

Jaron Lanier: How we need to remake the internet

We cannot have a society in which, if two people wish to communicate, the only way that can happen is through a third person who wishes to manipulate them.

Published on the 15th of April, 2018 Read full post

Youtube face

Once you’ve seen it, it’s everywhere.
Linked on the 15th of April, 2018 Details

European Copyright Law Isn’t Great. It Could Soon Get a Lot Worse.

The EU is proposing copyright law that’s so ridiculous it even outlaws Creative Commons.
Linked on the 13th of April, 2018 Details

Facebook and Silicon Valley’s hubris

Cal Newport has published an interesting post titled "The Disturbing High Modernism of Silicon Valley". It focuses on the recently leaked Facebook memo authored by Andrew “Boz” Bosworth.

Published on the 12th of April, 2018 Read full post