Today, on the last day of class, a student shared some of their ongoing efforts to mess with local Flock cameras and develop makeup patterns to defeat facial recognition. It was like realizing I’d had a Cory Doctorow character in class all semester, and it brought me joy and hope.

🔗 linkblog: Flock Uses Overseas Gig Workers to Build its Surveillance AI

🔗 linkblog: He got sued for sharing public YouTube videos; nightmare ended in settlement

Sometimes blocking external images in my email clients is worth it just because the alt text makes me chuckle. “Drone over corn” could be a good band name.