Logic Magazine, Issue 10: Security

by Ben Tarnoff (Editor), Moira Weigel (Editor), Jen Kagan (Editor)

Since the beginning, humans have made tools in order to protect ourselves and our loved ones. The simplest hut shelters you from at least some of the elements; a bow and arrow spares you from doing hand-to-hand combat with a sabertooth tiger; a writing implement lets you tell future generations how to do the same.

And yet, even now, there are no guarantees. Internet transmissions are inherently leaky. Becoming “smart” can make the most banal object hackable: your toaster becomes part of a botnet; your baby’s crib is a spy. Digital platforms have created new kinds of precarity, as they disrupt workplaces and algorithms handle scheduling and benefits.

This issue looks at how we use technologies to stay safe—and the novel dangers that these same technologies create.

205 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2020

About the author

Ben Tarnoff is a tech worker, writer, and co-founder of Logic Magazine. His most recent book is Voices from the Valley: Tech Workers Talk About What They Do—and How They Do It, co-authored with Moira Weigel. He has written for the New York Times, the Guardian, the New Republic, and Jacobin.

Reviews

[Allison · Rating 5 out of 5]

this issue is small but mighty!! favorite articles:
- veena dubal's history of the gig in CA, of course
- hacking agricultural devices????
- color printer paper is tracking us!!!
- securing devices is shitty for disabled people
- auto lenders can remotely shut off your car when you're driving using SIDs..

[Cristina · Rating 5 out of 5]

A thought-provoking collection of essays and interviews.