• What the history of OpenBoot, Phrack, Mudge & Solaris, can teach us about the wisdom (or not) of Apple’s building their iPhone security debugging-backdoor-NSA-hack thing

  2023/12/31

• It’s the winter perineum so I get time to read books because of extra toddler help; this year I’m reading several books on “the future of the internet” dating from 1998-2008, and doing so reminds me of USENET…

  2023/12/27

• If you’ve been sent this blogpost it’s to ask you: do you NOT want 1.3 billion human beings to have better data security and better privacy?

  2023/12/08

• Does mass media pave the way to fascism? | Wellcome Collection | Betteridge’s Law, Applies

  2023/11/24

• Michael Nielsen: “In the Mission in SF there was a flyer posted on a street pole, with a QR code that would let you download the Llama weights”

  2023/11/14

• Hot on the heels of #ChatControl and in the name of “identity” and “consumer choice” the EU seeks the ability to undetectably spy on HTTPS communication; 300+ experts say “no” to #Article45 of #eIDAS #QWAC

  2023/11/02

• Important History Lesson: the 2019 Kazakhstan Government’s attempt to man-in-the-middle all their citizens’ HTTPS requests

  2023/10/31

• “responsible capability sharing” | UK civil society creates buzzwords for the new oppression

  2023/10/29

• So the OnlineSafetyBill is now law; but what will the activists and politicians behind it attempt next to do?

  2023/10/27

• I’ve seen at least three hagiographies for Mastodon in the past 48 hours. I fear this won’t end well. #Mastodon #Threads #EternalSeptember2

  2023/10/20

• What do we mean by a “backdoor” in End-To-End Encrypted Messengers or Secure Messengers? #endToEndEncryption #e2ee

  2021/03/01

• “I was a tech worker at ByteDance, where I helped develop tools and platforms for content moderation. In other words, I had helped build the system that censored accounts like mine. I was helping to bury myself in China’s ever-expanding cyber grave”

  2021/02/20