- Big game hunter crushed to death by elephant in Zimbabwe (Daily Mail) He wasn’t trampled. The elephant was shot, and fell on him. Karma, neh?
- Ancestry.com takes DNA ownership rights from customers and their relatives (Medium) There is a saying about the internet, “If it’s free, you are the product.” The DNA test is not free, so I think that the first clause needs to be deleted.
- California Authorities Are Failing to Track and Prevent Abuse of Police Databases (Truthout) Cops are stalking ex-girlfirends, using the data in custody disputes, etc. Live in obedient fear, citizen.
- Sorry, you can’t protest security screening by getting naked for the TSA (Ars Technica) This should be obvious.
- Google Following Your Offline Credit Card Spending To Tell Advertisers If Their Ads Work (Consumerist) They claim that it’s anonymized, but with 2-5 data points, you can identify an individual. We need regulation and vigorous antitrust enforcement.
John Oliver on how Trump is giving journalists whiplash, confusing Fox pundits, and exhausting the rest of us:
You know, I think the people who opposed the introduction of modern policing in the 19th Century were on to something.