she/her. https://t.co/lBBSM1WDIQ.
us policy vp, @futureofprivacy. tweets mine. it’s no better to be safe than sorry.
Feb 19, 2022 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
This is why we can't have nice things
gizmodo.com/wordle-ad-trac…
Inevitably someone will come out with the tried and true: "if you're not paying for the service, you're the product"
This has long been a ridiculous, over-used, over-simplified saying. But we really need to kill it....
Jun 9, 2021 • 41 tweets • 6 min read
The Colorado Privacy Act, SB 21-190. You can find the info here, including all the previous iterations. I'll hit the high points but if you want the details you should always go straight to the text: leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-190.
Lots of definitions. A big one is consent. Specific, unambiguous, informed. Earlier version referenced a "narrowly defined purpose" which was removed before the final. NOT consent: broad policies, exiting a window, agreement through dark patterns (defined elsewhere)
Jun 8, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
There is no "communications network for criminals"
Communications networks are used by people.
The TOS don't have a click box that says "by using this service you are agreeing that you are a criminal"
When you compromise for the criminals, you compromise for all people.
""You had to know a criminal to get hold of one of these customised phones ... the Australian police explained."
<<< You should be reading this with extreme skepticism
Apr 2, 2021 • 34 tweets • 8 min read
This Clegg piece is getting passed around a lot and I have thoughts about some of the things it says, which I'll provide here in a thread, featuring and responding to 10 pieces of the write-up. The following represents my personal thoughts and opinions. Sorry in advance. 1/
It starts with this recognition of the benefits of targeted advertising for the world. We know this argument - I've even made this argument before, and I referenced it recently around how tech has traditionally been built up around a call of being good for humanity 2/
Apr 1, 2021 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
I'm so old I remember when experts were saying we need more encryption to address the current cybersecurity threats. lawfareblog.com/most-email-isn…
You know, last week.
Lest we forget, the UK already has draconian anti-encryption provisions in its law, as well as authorization for "bulk hacking," two words which never cease to send chills down my spine.
Jun 28, 2019 • 13 tweets • 11 min read
Reporting about encryption? Here is a thread with some resources you may want to look at>
Starting with this international coalition letter on encryption, signed by >400 orgs, experts, and companies securetheinternet.org
Here is the conversation mapping and flash fiction from the first Crypto Summit accessnow.org/crypto_summit_…
