Bookmarked Pluralistic: Brinkwhump Linkdump (02 Mar 2024) by Cory DoctorowCory Doctorow (pluralistic.net)

All of this cartoonish villainry is the totally foreseeable consequence of a culture of impunity, in which companies like HP and KPMG can rob, cheat, steal (and sometimes even kill) without consequence. This impunity is so pervasive that the exceptions – where a rich criminal faces real consequences – become touchstones: Enron, Arthur Anderson, Theranos, and, of course, FTX.

Source: by Cory Doctorow


In a linkdump, Cory Doctorow reflects upon KPMG’s stuff up in auditing the wrong company for the Australian government and HP’s push for users to pay rent for printers.