A data leak released data describing millions of car trips taken by Britons and recorded by government spy cameras.

This leak added a secondary danger (other parties know where you travel) to the primary danger (the state knows where you travel).

Plastic debris in the ocean interferes with hermit crabs' thinking about choosing the better shell clothe itself in.

Presumably this is because of chemicals it releases into the water.

George Monbiot: we need a survival package, not a "stimulus package". Governments must take control and manage polluting businesses to reduce how much business they do.

*UN chief: don't use taxpayer money to save polluting industries.*

Facebook is suing a surveillance company that has cracked the WhatsApp to spy on people including journalists and government officials.

It is laudable that Facebook works to stop others from snooping on its useds, but that won't convince me to let Facebook snoop on me.

The Tories have decided that inquests into the deaths of doctors should not consider whether lack of protective equipment was a factor in causing the deaths.

That reason appears plausible, but is based on an error. Indeed, an inquest is not the place to judge a government policy as wise or unwise, but investigating whether that policy played a role in causing a particular death is part of the purpose of an inquest.