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   Inside: Reverse engineers bust sleazy gig work platform; and more!

   Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/23/hack-the-class-war/

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     Reverse engineers bust sleazy gig work platform: Mistrust, but verify.

     https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/113532730265013952

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     Hey look at this

     * How Italy became an unexpected spyware hub https://therecord.media/how-italy-became-an-unexpected-spyware-hub (h/t Bruce Schneier)

     * AI Copyright Claimed My Last Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrkAORPiaEA (h/t Naked Capitalism)

     * The fluoride debate https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/the-fluoride-debate

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     #20yrsago Disney turns movie screenings into search-and-harass ordeals https://web.archive.org/web/20041125033545/http://www.defamer.com/hollywood/movies/mpaa/piracy-paranoia-part-ii-the-life-aquatic-screening-026073.php

     #20yrsago Copyrights are awarded without economic rationale https://archive.is/C6T1R

     #20yrsago Ed Felten’s lecture: “Rip, Mix, Burn, Sue” https://www.cs.princeton.edu/~felten/rip/

     #15yrsago Associated Press loves fair use (we just wish they’d share) https://tushnet.blogspot.com/2009/11/actually-ap-likes-fair-use-after-all.html

     #15yrsago Two US senators demand publication of secret copyright treaty https://www.keionline.org/39045

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     #15yrsago Conscious “coma man”‘s words seemingly delivered via discredited “facilitated communications” technique https://www.wired.com/2009/11/houben-communication/

     #15yrsago TV vs Web: consumption characteristics https://www.nngroup.com/articles/media-velocity-tv-vs-the-web/

     #15yrsago EFF sets sights on abusive EULAs https://www.eff.org/issues/terms-of-abuse

     #15yrsago Record exec arrested for refusing to send a tweet asking Bieber-maddened crowd to disperse https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/cops_arrest_record_exec_claim_he_refused_to_send_crowd-control_tweet

     #10yrsago Handbook for fighting climate-denialism https://skepticalscience.com/Debunking-Handbook-now-freely-available-download.html

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     #5yrsago California’s housing bubble is spilling over into poor and exurban neighborhoods, creating waves of crises https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/21/us/california-housing-crisis-rent.html

     #5yrsago Elizabeth Warren calls Zuck and Thiel’s secret Trump White House dinner “corrupt” https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/11/21/warren-raises-corruption-alarm-after-trump-zuckerberg-and-thiel-hold-secret-white

     #5yrsago Ecommerce sites’ mobile templates hide information that shoppers use to save money https://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2019/behavior_is/behavior_is/16/

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     #5yrsago Lawyer’s long, weird sigfile setting out when and whether he’s willing to talk on the phone goes viral https://www.fitsnews.com/2019/10/30/is-this-the-worlds-most-self-important-email-signature/

     #5yrsago The Labour manifesto: transformation of the welfare system, fair conditions for workers, universal housing, home care for elderly, fully funded NHS, fair taxes for the rich https://jacobin.com/2019/11/labour-party-manifesto-jeremy-corbyn/

     #5yrsago The Lincoln Library executive director got fired for renting Glenn Beck the original Gettysburg Address https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/lincoln-library-director-fired-after-renting-out-gettysburg-address-to-glenn-beck/

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     #5yrsago I made Wil Wheaton recite the digits of Pi for four minutes, then a fan set it to music https://soundcloud.com/nicholasland/pi-funk

     #5yrsago A poor, Trump-voting Florida town opened a government grocery store to end its food desert, but it’s “not socialism” https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/11/22/baldwin-florida-food-desert-city-owned-grocery-store/

     #5yrsago Peak billionaire: a billionaire tries to purchase a party nomination to outflank anti-billionaires so he can run against another billionaire https://time.com/5735384/capitalism-reckoning-elitism-in-america-2019/

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     #1yrago Thankful for class consciousness https://pluralistic.net/2023/11/24/coalescence/#solidarnosc

     #1yrago Don't Be Evil https://pluralistic.net/2023/11/22/who-wins-the-argument/#corporations-are-people-my-friend

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     Thursday's threads: Expert agencies and elected legislatures; and more!

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     My latest nationally bestselling novel is "The Bezzle," an ice-cold revenge story of high-tech finance crime starring the forensic accountant Martin Hench:

     https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250865878/thebezzle

     Signed copies from Chevalier's Books:

     https://www.chevaliersbooks.com/product-page/the-bezzle

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     My latest nonfiction book is "The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation" from Verso Books:

     http://seizethemeansofcomputation.org

     Signed copies available from Book Soup:

     https://www.booksoup.com/book/9781804291245

     Both are national bestsellers!

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     My ebooks and audiobooks (from 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."

     https://craphound.com/shop/

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     Upcoming appearances:

     * International Cooperative Alliance (New Delhi), Nov 24
     https://icanewdelhi2024.coop/welcome/pages/Programme

     * ACM Conext-2024 Workshop on the Decentralization of the Internet (Los Angeles), Dec 9
     https://conferences.sigcomm.org/co-next/2024/#!/din

     * IA et “merdification“ d’internet: peut-on envisager un nouveau web? (Remote), Dec 12
     https://www.unige.ch/comprendre-le-numerique/conferences-publiques1/cycle-5-2024-2025/ia-et-merdification-dinternet-peut-envisager-un-nouveau-web/

     * ISSA-LA Holiday Celebration keynote (Los Angeles), Dec 18
     https://issala.org/event/issa-la-december-18-dinner-meeting/

     * Cloudfest (Europa Park), Mar 17-20
     https://cloudfest.link/

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     • The Real News Network

     Recent appearances:

     * Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It (HOPE XV)
     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrciT_dc2sc&list=PLcajvRZA8E0_tLLEh1COeAv-TcaDna2k1&index=32

     * How To Keep IoT From Becoming An IoTrash (@defcon)
     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA7bpp8qXxI

     * How Big Tech made Trump 2.0 (@therealnews)
     https://therealnews.com/how-big-tech-made-trump-2-0

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