Astrophysicist turned advocate: guiding the globe to a safer, stronger Internet. Distinguished Technologist @internetsociety, @joebeone@techpolicy.social
Feb 16 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
Welcome to day 1 of our NDSS 2026 showcase. We are starting with "Mad Science Hacks." These papers demonstrate attacks that bridge the physical and digital worlds, exploiting physics to break security in ways that feel impossible.
Zhang et al. repurpose telecom fiber optics as distributed acoustic sensors, recovering speech and audio from miles away by analyzing light phase changes caused by vibrations. ndss-symposium.org/ndss-paper/hid…
Aug 1, 2024 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Saddened by the passing of a true giant in the area of security, privacy, and accessibility, Noel Runyan. 1/
Noel was such a bright light, with a knack for invention, drama, thoroughness, persistence, and just an uncanny understanding of science and engineering 2/
Apr 9, 2024 • 7 tweets • 1 min read
TIL that it's not "Section 230 of the CDA" but "Section 230 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996". 1/
At the time, the Senate passed Senator Exon and Coats' Communications Decency Act. Thi was freestanding but then got absorbed into the Telecommunications Act of 1995. 2/
Nov 4, 2021 • 28 tweets • 7 min read
five years ago today, I was hit by a car going 30 mph/50 kph while crossing the street on foot.
It's been quite a journey; one that I could not have done without many of you. I wanted to reflect on just how happy I am to be alive. (cw: vehicular trauma, ortho surgery, hospitals)
I was rushing home on 4-Nov-2016, a Friday, after a long pre-election week working at @CenDemTech ... the 2016 Presidential Election was on Tuesday and I was tired and needed to rest for what would probably be a crazy week working on e-voting issues.
