Disenshittify or die! How hackers can seize the means of computation and build a new, good internet that is hardened against our asshole bosses' insatiable horniness for enshittification.

Presented at DEF CON 32 (2024), Aug. 10, 2024, noon (45 minutes).

The enshittification of the internet wasn't inevitable. The old, good internet gave way to the enshitternet because we let our bosses enshittify it. We took away the constraints of competition, regulation, interop and tech worker power, and so when our bosses yanked on the big enshittification lever in the c-suite, it started to budge further and further, toward total enshittification. A new, good internet is possible - and necessary - and it needs *you*.

Presenters:

• Cory Doctorow - Author
  Cory Doctorow is a science fiction author, activist and journalist. He is the author of many books, most recently THE BEZZLE and THE LOST CAUSE. In 2020, he was inducted into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.

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