By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 25/06/2026It's not just iPhones either - Trump can also brick any *tractor* in Canada: pluralistic.net/2022/05/08/a... This is the *real* digital sovereignty risk, and Canada needs to address it *now*. But Canada can't - our hands are tied...by *us*. 10/ 2476
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 25/06/2026In 2012, we passed a law, The Copyright Modernization Act, that criminalizes "jailbreaking." 11/ 1263
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 25/06/2026That means that Canadian companies can't go into business figuring out how to install different app stores on phones and consoles, or change the firmware in tractors to enable independent repair, or reliably export their cloud data to rival Canadian services: pluralistic.net/2025/05/26/b... 12/pluralistic.netPluralistic: Who Broke the Internet, Part IV (26 May 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow 1252
