Snapchat's "track your friends" feature will help millions of people recognize how much portable phones track them for companies and governments.

The author made an excuse to put the issue out of mind, but people can also learn to organize to put an end to this.

Even a non-"smart" phone is tracked by the phone company and the state, all the time it is "on". (And it may be "on" all the time if it was modified remotely to do listen.)

For Putin, the troll is making America weak — not "again", but as it has never been since 1900.

For the US to be "strong" is not an unalloyedly good thing, as people in countries from Haiti to Yemen can attest. Dubya weakened the US for the long term by using its power for inexcusable cruelty, and Obama continued this in less blatant ways.

However, if US weakness makes it easier for Chinese tyranny to get stronger, that is a change for the worse.

G20 Leaders Must Demand That President Erdoğan Release the Istanbul 10.

Uri Avnery: What if [Israel] announced to the people in the Gaza Strip: the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah is now paying for only two hours of electricity a day. But seeing your suffering, Israel has decided to provide you with electricity for 24 hours for free.

The newly appointed saboteur of the Center for Disease Control previously advocated a "partnership" with Coca Cola Company to reduce childhood obesity.