🤔 caller #privacy for unmonitored, informational phone lines 👇 github.com/connyay/redb...

Sometimes, the safest option is installing APKs directly from trusted developers. These methods can avoid ad trackers, #surveillance code, and unwanted data sharing. To cut off these options is to put many activists, journalists, whistleblowers, and ordinary users at risk.

Independent audits have consistently revealed these issues inside of Google Play, even *after* #Google claims to have scrubbed. For example, the X-mode SDK persisted long after it was banned in the USA by the FTC enforcement action, and was still present in many #Google Play apps...

Android is based upon free and #opensource software ( #FOSS) and that has always been defined by user choice. Blocking the capability to install apps directly from trusted sources outside #Google Play is not a small tweak. It removes a core freedom.

And while we’re pillorying Google for flagrant privacy invasions bsky.app/profile/yale...

🫶 As the #Thanksgiving holiday weekend continues, we want to thank all the tech projects, legal initiatives, information activists, and educators out there. THANK YOU for defending #privacy & preserving #security of our digital commons!

great reporting by @zackwhittaker.com on #Oura ring #privacy and #healthcare data, as well as US gov't data requests 👇https://privacysafe.social/@[email protected]/115627975719141861

When the Trump administration demanded ICEBlock’s removal, Apple complied—no rival app stores, just one gatekeeper’s decision, explains Meher Sethi. The takedown exposed how easily government pressure can travel through Apple and Google’s app-store duopoly and the risk it poses to democracy.

Our @profdiggity.com on #Google Nest #privacy: "Proximity signals alone can reveal when someone is home, when they leave and when they sleep... Over time, you get a very clear picture of household routine.” by @mikaelthalen.bsky.social san.com/cc/google-is...

#FreedomOfSpeech discussions all day at the @mfia-clinic.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social #AAC2025 conference: 🧐👉 law.yale.edu/isp/initiati... #speech #1A

Kicking off the @mfia-clinic.bsky.social @yaleisp.bsky.social #aac2025 conference on this lovely fall day in #NewHaven

My new piece with @sonjawest.bsky.social is live in the Journal of Tort Law! Our original 50-state survey of 466 deepfake laws reveals a complex landscape in which lawmakers are experimenting with novel criminal, civil & administrative tools to address deepfakes. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

🤓 Register to contribute to the #FSF40 #hackathon. The energy since the event in #Boston a few weeks back has been great, and I really see a bright future (with your help!) 👇 www.fsf.org/events/fsf40...

Tomorrow! Join us for Prof. Hannah Bloch-Wehba's (Texas A&M University School of Law) talk about: "How Tech Took Over" 📅 Thu., Oct. 16, 2025 ⏰12:00-1:30 PM 📍Baker Hall 405 DM for Zoom details (ISP fellows only)

On Rational Security, @sranderson.bsky.social, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org, @klonick.bsky.social, and @mollyroberts.bsky.social talked through the week’s big national security news stories, including the Trump administration’s peace plan for Gaza, the government shutdown, and more.

Our @profdiggity.com in @zdnet.bsky.social on #copyright and #AI

I recently spoke with @zdnet.bsky.social about the release of #OpenAI’s #Sora2, a tool that can generate lifelike videos from text prompts.

At this week’s Ideas Lunch, we had the pleasure of hosting @ariezra.bsky.social’s enlightening presentation on “Challenging Technology Expertise!”

Face verification is a serious threat to #privacy. There is a lot to watch these days, but please take this campaign by @fightforthefuture.org seriously! www.stoponlineidchecks.org

"Age verification" laws are actually "upload your ID or get your face scanned to access every website, ending anonymity and associating your identity with everything you do online" laws and if more people understood that they would not be down for this authoritarian nonsense

Starting off #Monday with a fresh new look 🤩 privacylab.yale.edu We are updating all of our #ssd training materials to better approach the creeping #surveillance over our #privacy landscape. Stay Tuned! 📺

I wrote a post about how AI will interface with end-to-end encryption. TL;DR maybe not so well! blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2025/01/17/l...

Timing attacks on @signal.org have always been a possibility re: media attachments because of the use of a CDN. This does not mean #Signal E2EE is "broken" but is something users should be aware of. I'm glad we have a demo to point to. Super important for many apps. gist.github.com/hackermondev...

It's pretty damning that @Apple broke multiple wiretap laws and the settlement is *tiny* for a multi-trillion-dollar company. Hey #Siri, what does #privacy mean to you? psafe.ly/NKFkS2

You may remember that I have to teach con law this spring after a 2-year long break, and I've been planning to go full crit, and also close reading of full texts (mostly but not exclusively cases) on core themes of our conflicts past and present. In case you're curious about the final readings:

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Day 1 - #retrorandom - So no one will be surprised that I've found a picture of a Dragon to kick off this year of random photos from my archives! There's a lot to unpack here too. What we're seeing here is a Dragon with both VGA (right) and an MSX2 chipset (left) ... 1/3

"... the damage caused by the Salt Typhoon hacks, the breach occurred in large part due to telecommunications companies *** failing to implement rudimentary cybersecurity measures*** across their IT infrastructure. " #pausetake9 #CyberCivilDefense cyberscoop.com/salt-typhoon...

Thank you to Abdi Aidid for an inspiring talk on “Privacy's Prediction Paradox” at today’s Law & Tech Talk!

Our Bonnie Kaplan publishes a book chapter about "Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues in Digital Dermatology" link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

Our Mila Samdub writes in @techpolicypress.bsky.social : What is Digital Public Infrastructure? Towards More Specificity www.techpolicy.press/what-is-digi...

Our @asaflubin.bsky.social Lubin writes "On Software Bugs and Legal Bugs: Product Liability in the Age of Code" papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

ISP fellow @nikenberger.bsky.social erger writes about "Privacy Beyond Consent: Cofone’s Call for Privacy Torts" balkin.blogspot.com/2024/12/priv...

Very proud and lucky to be one of the 35 scholars who joined this #SCOTUS Amicus on #TikTok spearheaded by @anupamchander.bsky.social . Great legal minds made this happen on a very tight schedule. I'll have more thoughts very soon on the issue. psafe.ly/dQcp2a

Help protect yourself, your family, your job, your country. Join the Pause. Join us at @pausetake9 #CyberCivilDefense #Take9

Check out this great new #cyber education and literacy initiative launched by @craignewmark.bsky.social 's foundation 👇 #CyberCivilDefense #Take9 pausetake9.org