By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 21/08/2026This is the epistemological void we were already adrift in *before* AI came along: a world of unresolvable, urgent, terrifyingly high-stakes questions. 24/ 1702
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 21/08/2026When you get a call from "your bank" and accede to the demand that you hand over all kinds of personal information before they will disclose the call's purpose, you're not being naive or foolish. 25/ 2540
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 21/08/2026You're doing the thing that our banks have conditioned us to do for years by engaging in *exactly this behavior* (my bank did this to me *this week*!). Why are banks allowed to get away with engaging in this kind of outrageous conduct? 26/ 1590
Daniel Collins @superdan.net · 21/08/2026The IT helpdesk where I work has routinely, when I call with a problem, asked me for my password verbally over the phone. We all know this is rule #1 of security don't-ever-do-that. The last time they actually *dared* me to report them for the infraction 000
