Dropsafe

by Alec Muffett

Tag: privacy

The Guardian uses — and then hides/recants — photos of schoolgirl in article targeting fearful parents; perhaps we need a better conversation?

2025/09/22
Keir Starmer set to unveil digital ID scheme | Here we go again, the government believing that KYC needs to be pushed into every (any?) aspect of life

2025/09/21
With the Jimmy Kimmel saga, the media is learning what happens when you give a mouse a cookie | CNN Business

2025/09/19
“Why does remy have such strongly held opinions on internet censorship?”

2025/09/14
Hey, global citizens, aren’t you glad that you have end-to-end encrypted messenger systems that meaningfully protect your chat content without being scanned or filtered by the government?

2025/09/13
California legislature passes bill forcing web browsers to let consumers automatically opt out of data sharing | WELL, GOSH, NOBODY HAS EVER TRIED THAT BEFORE. CLEARLY THIS IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO

2025/09/13
All calls for “digital sovereignty” are demands for localised authoritarianism, anti-globalism, suppression of public online free speech and public free choice. Including the US & EU, but especially anyone buying Chinese telecoms hardware.

2025/09/11
Gender-based violence orgs: how much do you know about encryption?

2025/09/10
Russia squeezes out WhatsApp, pushes homegrown Max in messaging battle | WaPo | …in case you missed it…

2025/09/09
Thomas Pearson: Video: Fight Chat Control EU

2025/09/08
EU Court of Justice determines that data anonymisation “might work, but then again it might not”

2025/09/04
An age verification provider is potentially leaking information about people visiting pornographic websites

2025/09/03