Dropsafe

by Alec Muffett

Tag: privacy

The Fight Over Apple’s iMessage and Those Green Bubbles | between eIDAS & blue/green bubbles, regulators apparently want to declare war on “Tech” expressing self-opinion about privacy & security

2023/12/25
“Write the Laws for the World in Which We Live—Not the One We Imagine”

2023/12/22
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
POLITICO Europe: Top Boris Johnson aide turned on disappearing WhatsApps weeks before COVID inquiry unveiled | Politicians & Civil Servants surrender many rights to commence work; perhaps privacy should be one of them

2023/10/30
Perhaps the #VAWG / Violence Against Women & Girls charities which supported the #OnlineSafetyBill’s attack on end-to-end encryption, might consider reappraising their strategic positions re: the importance of private messaging

2023/10/30
Raspberry Pi Detects License Plates with AI

2023/10/19
Wikimedia DNS | in case you missed it, the Wikimedia foundation are now offering secure DNS

2023/10/17
Carey Lening: On Data Breaches & Privacy Harms | just because you can “out” someone’s past doesn’t mean that you should

2023/10/16
The disjoint described by @shashj in this Tweet, nicely encapsulates a lesson for Civil Society regarding technology:

2023/01/08
Okay, yes, some people I know are quite upset that the Apple #AirTag may be used to track people; but the anti-stalking features hamper return of stolen goods, so…

2022/10/12
Explaining fundamental problems of the EU #DMA demanding instant #messenger #interoperability, via fun analogies with food & sex — #endtoendencryption #e2ee

2022/03/25
Michigan poised to ban most state workers’ use of encrypted messaging | I’ve absolutely no problem with an employer (e.g. The Government) banning employees from conducting work over E2EE …

2021/11/10