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1.

W3C abandons consensus, standardizes DRM, EFF resigns (boingboing.net)

2735 points by guelo 2017-09-18 | 978 comments

2.

Stop SOPA, save the Internet (boingboing.net)

883 points by CodeMage 2011-11-14 | 131 comments

3.

Vermeer's paintings might be 350 year-old color photographs (boingboing.net)

749 points by famousactress 2014-06-10 | 154 comments

4.

Internet giants place full-page anti-SOPA ad in NYT (boingboing.net)

687 points by andrewdumont 2011-11-16 | 111 comments

5.

What happens when you wring out a washcloth in space [video] (boingboing.net)

656 points by morphics 2013-04-19 | 109 comments

6.

The Intel ME subsystem can take over your machine, can't be audited (boingboing.net)

641 points by cylo 2016-06-16 | 271 comments

7.

US entertainment industry to Congress: make it legal for us to deploy rootkits (boingboing.net)

608 points by Suraj-Sun 2013-05-27 | 257 comments

8.

Cory Doctorow: RIP, Aaron Swartz (boingboing.net)

570 points by Argorak 2013-01-12 | 20 comments

9.

W3C green-lights adding DRM to the Web's standards (boingboing.net)

512 points by zombio 2013-10-03 | 310 comments

10.

Google's Kenyan ripoff? (boingboing.net)

457 points by Chirag 2012-01-13 | 99 comments

11.

LA Times barred from Disney movies after report on corporate welfare (boingboing.net)

454 points by adamnemecek 2017-11-07 | 209 comments

12.

JetBlue explains to a passenger how it got a photo of her face (boingboing.net)

409 points by wizeman 2019-05-02 | 229 comments

13.

UK PM wants to ban crypto: here's what it would cost, and why it won't work anyway (boingboing.net)

407 points by ColinWright 2017-06-04 | 221 comments

14.

DHS stalls no-fly list trial by putting witness on no-fly list (boingboing.net)

404 points by dredmorbius 2013-12-04 | 117 comments

15.

Apple hides a Patriot-Act-busting "warrant canary" in its transparency report (boingboing.net)

380 points by e1ven 2013-11-05 | 214 comments

16.

Myspace lost all the music its users uploaded between 2003 and 2015 (boingboing.net)

343 points by pmoriarty 2019-03-18 | 182 comments

17.

BBC demands DRM for HTML5 (boingboing.net)

322 points by afoketunji 2013-02-16 | 207 comments

18.

Vi Hart: cramming G+ into YouTube has made comments even worse, I'm leaving (boingboing.net)

315 points by wyclif 2013-11-14 | 235 comments

19.

Lockdown – The coming war on general-purpose computing (2012) (boingboing.net)

298 points by ryukafalz 2017-05-14 | 96 comments

20.

You can't play Bach on Facebook because Sony says they own his compositions (boingboing.net)

292 points by rmason 2018-09-06 | 107 comments

21.

Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the 21st Century, in 20 minutes (2014) [video] (boingboing.net)

279 points by based2 2016-10-29 | 317 comments

22.

The coming civil war over general purpose computing (boingboing.net)

279 points by Create 2012-08-26 | 98 comments

23.

Why animals eat psychoactive plants (boingboing.net)

264 points by sethbannon 2015-02-10 | 174 comments

24.

How the EU may force all artists to use Youtube forever (boingboing.net)

260 points by pmoriarty 2018-09-05 | 162 comments

25.

Facebook secretly lobbying for CISA? (boingboing.net)

258 points by devhxinc 2015-10-25 | 37 comments

26.

EFF Responds to Bird's Legal Threats to Boing Boing (boingboing.net)

254 points by justanother 2019-01-11 | 173 comments

27.

Congress wants to extend the copyright on some sound recordings to 144 years (boingboing.net)

253 points by stablemap 2018-05-18 | 124 comments

28.

Watching Wikipedia's extinction event from a distance (boingboing.net)

244 points by maxerickson 2017-02-14 | 126 comments

29.

Man Stole $122M from Facebook and Google by Impersonating Quanta (boingboing.net)

242 points by paulgerhardt 2019-03-24 | 93 comments

30.

The diagnosis (boingboing.net)

233 points by danso 2011-12-09 | 39 comments

31.

British student may be extradited to US on copyright charges (boingboing.net)

223 points by ubasu 2012-01-14 | 79 comments

32.

Lamar Smith trying to quietly revive SOPA (boingboing.net)

222 points by MRonney 2012-07-10 | 47 comments

33.

In Wayzata, Minnesota, a school spies on its students (boingboing.net)

221 points by Balgair 2014-12-03 | 66 comments

34.

Yet another pre-installed spyware app discovered on Lenovo computers (boingboing.net)

219 points by tux1968 2015-09-23 | 105 comments

35.

Lockdown: The coming war on general-purpose computing (2011) (boingboing.net)

209 points by gfmio 2019-05-09 | 59 comments

36.

The Hardware Hacker: Bunnie Huang's Tour-De-force (boingboing.net)

209 points by DemiGuru 2016-12-30 | 40 comments

37.

Dennis Ritchie, 1941-2011 (boingboing.net)

206 points by ecounysis 2011-10-13 | 2 comments

38.

SOPA could ban TOR (boingboing.net)

201 points by cleaver 2011-12-22 | 33 comments

39.

The quest for a reactionless space drive (boingboing.net)

197 points by Digit-Al 2014-11-24 | 102 comments

40.

Blackmailers use false copyright claims to shut down victims' YouTube accounts (boingboing.net)

192 points by Keverw 2019-02-02 | 73 comments

41.

Boing Boing will go dark on Jan 18 to fight SOPA (boingboing.net)

188 points by llambda 2012-01-15 | 24 comments

42.

Etsy sellers say their bank accounts were emptied in major billing snafu (boingboing.net)

182 points by mkeeter 2019-02-17 | 103 comments

43.

Portuguese ISP shows us what our non-neutral internet will look like (boingboing.net)

182 points by joeyespo 2017-10-29 | 132 comments

44.

Drones and the rise of the high tech assassins (boingboing.net)

181 points by anigbrowl 2015-03-12 | 156 comments

45.

Barrett Brown sentenced to 63 months in prison (boingboing.net)

180 points by aestetix 2015-01-22 | 97 comments

46.

TPP leak: states give companies the right to repeal nations' laws (boingboing.net)

180 points by etiam 2015-03-29 | 83 comments

47.

DRM enabled Google to have an open source browser still under its control (boingboing.net)

174 points by phowat 2019-05-29 | 100 comments

48.

High-end CNC machines can't be moved without manufacturers' permission (boingboing.net)

171 points by aaron695 2014-01-07 | 107 comments

49.

Your cyberpunk games are dangerous (boingboing.net)

166 points by jgrahamc 2015-05-10 | 46 comments

50.

Boing Boing blackout message (boingboing.net)

165 points by merryandrew 2012-01-18 | 23 comments

51.

Facebook supports horrible proposed Internet bill CISPA (boingboing.net)

163 points by voodoochilo 2012-04-13 | 57 comments

52.

UK Government proposes porn-viewing ID (boingboing.net)

162 points by wjh_ 2016-10-19 | 226 comments

53.

Bunnie Huang’s “Hardware Hacker” book is in print (boingboing.net)

159 points by Tomte 2017-09-11 | 28 comments

54.

Yakuza 3 reviewed by Yakuza (boingboing.net)

158 points by aaronbrethorst 2016-04-23 | 24 comments

55.

The Coming War on General Purpose Computation (boingboing.net)

157 points by jamesbritt 2011-12-28 | 26 comments

56.

Discarded smart lightbulbs reveal your WiFi passwords, stored in the clear (boingboing.net)

157 points by duck 2019-02-28 | 116 comments

57.

Technologically illiterate UK porn filter MP gets hacked and threatens reporter (boingboing.net)

156 points by morphics 2013-07-25 | 48 comments

58.

Wells Fargo says customers gave up right to sue by having signatures forged (boingboing.net)

156 points by petethomas 2016-11-26 | 72 comments

59.

TPP treaty (ACTA all over) provisions leaked. (boingboing.net)

151 points by rst 2012-08-26 | 30 comments

60.

American Bar Association votes to DRM referenced material made public (boingboing.net)

148 points by walterbell 2016-08-10 | 89 comments

61.

Expired patent of the day: Lego (boingboing.net)

147 points by gmodena 2011-10-23 | 27 comments

62.

John Deere has turned itself into a poster-child for the DMCA (boingboing.net)

146 points by solarengineer 2017-04-23 | 116 comments

63.

Renault ships a brickable car with battery DRM that you're not allowed to own (boingboing.net)

146 points by edoloughlin 2013-11-14 | 129 comments

64.

Lockdown - The coming war on general-purpose computing (boingboing.net)

142 points by fedxc 2012-01-10 | 46 comments

65.

Airport lounges will let anyone in, provided you can fake a QR code (2016) (boingboing.net)

141 points by rbanffy 2017-08-04 | 128 comments

66.

EU committee will vote on an apocalyptically stupid, copyright proposal (boingboing.net)

139 points by dredmorbius 2018-06-08 | 38 comments

67.

Airbnb's preferred smart lock vendor accidentally bricks 500 door-locks (boingboing.net)

137 points by edward 2017-08-14 | 105 comments

68.

A project to make expensive, legally-mandated standards documents public (boingboing.net)

133 points by Kliment 2013-01-08 | 24 comments

69.

Google: if you support Amazon Echo, you're cut off from Google Home and Chromecast (boingboing.net)

133 points by walterbell 2016-10-02 | 61 comments

70.

Germany threatens to jail Carl Malamud for making the law available for free (boingboing.net)

131 points by Amadou 2013-11-22 | 80 comments

71.

Reddit PAC aims to kick SOPA's daddy Lamar Smith out of Congress (boingboing.net)

130 points by seminatore 2012-03-09 | 19 comments

72.

Kickstarting a hackerspace in Iraq (boingboing.net)

129 points by jebagu 2012-09-16 | 17 comments

73.

Amazon takes away access to purchased Christmas movie during Christmas (boingboing.net)

126 points by cdvonstinkpot 2013-12-16 | 64 comments

74.

Unaccountable system for cellphone tracking often abused by police (boingboing.net)

124 points by anigbrowl 2018-05-13 | 7 comments

75.

Facebook lobbied in favour of upload filters (boingboing.net)

120 points by bryanrasmussen 2019-01-24 | 7 comments

76.

Too much time on his hands (boingboing.net)

119 points by michael_nielsen 2010-08-10 | 41 comments

77.

Some ad-blockers are tracking you, shaking down publishers, and showing you ads (boingboing.net)

117 points by edward 2016-03-02 | 91 comments

78.

Color for the Colorblind (boingboing.net)

117 points by SeanDav 2014-05-10 | 35 comments

79.

Money-laundering oligarchs bought all the real-estate to clean their oil money (boingboing.net)

116 points by Alex3917 2019-01-28 | 54 comments

80.

What happened when we got subpoenaed over our Tor exit node (boingboing.net)

114 points by waffle_ss 2015-08-04 | 28 comments

81.

Syria secretly sentenced free software developer Bassel Khartabil to death (boingboing.net)

110 points by saurabh 2015-11-21 | 9 comments

82.

What the Vaio Z says about Sony's little design problem (boingboing.net)

110 points by danshapiro 2011-11-15 | 98 comments

83.

Article 13 gets legalized because Sweden pushed the wrong voting button (boingboing.net)

107 points by endymi0n 2019-03-27 | 69 comments

84.

Oatmeal fundraiser for Tesla museum is a triumph (boingboing.net)

101 points by taytus 2012-10-08 | 6 comments

85.

Radical Librarianship: Ninja librarians are ensuring patrons' electronic privacy (boingboing.net)

97 points by prilasera 2014-09-13 | 14 comments

86.

Facebook quitters report more life satisfaction, less depression and anxiety (boingboing.net)

97 points by ericdanielski 2020-02-13 | 30 comments

87.

What should the next Aaron Swartz do when the DOJ knocks? (boingboing.net)

90 points by edward 2015-03-12 | 48 comments

88.

Roboto: Android font explained By Glenn Fleishman (boingboing.net)

86 points by radley 2012-01-02 | 15 comments

89.

Judge rules TSA no-fly procedures unconstitutional (boingboing.net)

84 points by not_that_noob 2014-01-16 | 29 comments

90.

China: Man builds flying contraption powered by eight motorcycle engines (boingboing.net)

84 points by matan_a 2011-09-27 | 53 comments

91.

DRM in TIG welders (boingboing.net)

84 points by ck2 2015-11-17 | 86 comments

92.

Disneyland's original prospectus (1953) (boingboing.net)

84 points by trsohmers 2014-05-20 | 16 comments

93.

Minecraft creator challenges Bethesda to winner-take-all Quake deathmatch (boingboing.net)

82 points by jaybol 2011-08-18 | 17 comments

94.

Lego robot that strips DRM off Kindle books (boingboing.net)

80 points by steven2012 2013-09-08 | 21 comments

95.

Global coalition tells Facebook to kill its Real Names policy (boingboing.net)

79 points by aestetix 2015-10-12 | 85 comments

96.

Breaking Good: How to synthesize Sudafed from crystal meth (boingboing.net)

78 points by brianl 2012-02-28 | 18 comments

97.

747s as flying Unix hosts: SCADA in the sky (boingboing.net)

77 points by michaelzhao 2011-09-26 | 18 comments

98.

DoJ to Apple: we can force you to decrypt (boingboing.net)

74 points by k4jh 2015-10-23 | 25 comments

99.

Venezuela: My experience in the surveillance state (boingboing.net)

74 points by grey-area 2013-07-10 | 60 comments

100.

A free/open computer on a card that you swap in and out of a 3D printed laptop (boingboing.net)

74 points by MilnerRoute 2016-08-05 | 66 comments

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