Back in 2018, my former colleague at VICE Motherboard Joseph Cox and I started publishing a list of the best cybersecurity stories that were published elsewhere. It wasn’t just a way to tip our hats at our friendly competitors; by pointing to other publications’ stories, we were giving our readers a fuller picture of what had happened in the world of cybersecurity, privacy, and surveillance in the year that was just ending.
Our original inspiration was Bloomberg Businessweek’s Jealousy List, an ongoing compendium of the best stories published in other outlets as picked by Bloomberg reporters and editors.
Now that both Cox and I have moved on from Motherboard, we at TechCrunch are picking up the cyber jealousy list to once again list the best cybersecurity stories of the year — and the ones we were the most jealous of. — Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai.