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About Those Killswitched Ukrainian Tractors

Podcast – Cory Doctorow's craphound.com

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Kill Switches and Vinlocks Go Together Like Peanut Butter and Chocolate

Tech monopolists love kill switches, and they exhibit heart warming confidence in their own ability to prevent their abuse. These can and will go wrong with terrible consequences. This is the system that let the eukranian deer dealership break those tractors between melitpole and chechnia. Back in 20 19, progressives gleefully circulated a new hack: Whenever your local far right thugs parade through the street, you can blare pot music at them. The music will be detected by the copyright bots that patrol yu tube and other services. Your local notes won't be able to use video from their public demonstrations as propaganda.

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