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"These are the times that try men's souls…Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph."

Does the idea of living in a beautiful house on top of a mountain in the Blue Ridge appeal to you? We're selling our home - 5 acres of peace, but close to all the conveniences you could want (restaurants, medical, grocery, etc). Tell all your friends: www.landsearch.com/properties/5...

The best thing is getting to spend time with friends who can just passively make your world better by being in it. Don’t settle for less than that.

Hard same. I remember when @lorenzofb.bsky.social threw in the towel a few years ago and I’m still sitting on this hill.

Check out this new comparison chart from me @baileysanchez.bsky.social and @keirlamont.bsky.social. We compare NYHIPA to two alternative frameworks—MHMD and the consumer health data protections in Connecticut's comprehensive privacy law. Read it here: www.linkedin.com/posts/jordan...

I’ll be waking up early to attend!

Event happening in T-17 hours. So this is kinda your last call for ... a lovely conversation about how encryption helps protect kids and teens!

There is no way to provide backdoors to encrypted data that does not put all users' info at risk. That includes government officials, companies, and individuals. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Instead of going to therapy we all wrote about trying to rise to the moment, how we do this work, why we do this work, etc: www.404media.co/behind-the-b...

Looks like the UK is trying to mandate a back door into secure Apple products that will impact security for everyone. Strange that this is happening right before Safer Internet Day, because the result will definitely be a LESS safe internet.

Paragon Solutions, the Israeli spyware vendor linked to new surveillance of journalists and civil society, has set up shop in the 🇪🇺EU’s most powerful country: 🇩🇪 Germany and thus gaining unrestricted access to the bloc. My debut for @euractiv.bsky.social. 👇 www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

Join FPF next week for a virtual event on how encryption keeps kids and teens safe and secure, and be among the first to access one of FPF's newest resources. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/how-encryp...

The folks at @abcaustralia.bsky.social did some very cool research into PIN commonality - big takeaway: if you're using a year or other date, stop (and while you're at it, kill all your other re-used passwords as well?): www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...

I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service. “Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.

People of the Internet! A thing I am doing! The indefatigable @noahkunin.bsky.social and I have launched an occasional podcast called WatchCats to keep track of the inscrutable doings of the newly-christened DOGE. watchcats.transistor.fm/episodes/noa...

The thing about policymaking is that, within any given space, folks are rarely more than one person removed from one another. If someone is saying something publicly rather than directly, it's to make a show. There may be good reasons to make a show, but it's good to keep that motivation in mind.

Who is your celebrity “Birthday Twin” (born same day as you)? Answer with pic or gif only. Mine is DON'T GIVE AWAY PII IN ANSWERS TO STUPID SOCIAL MEDIA PROMPTS dot gif

Wondering where the US may go on AI legislation this year? So is everyone else. Here is @julespolonetsky.bsky.social on the different paths we may take, and how state legislators are doing their homework on the topic www.techpolicy.press/2025-may-be-...

PSA to snow-impacted drivers: drive safe but also don’t be the jerk who doesn’t clean off the top of your car so that others get hit with giant slabs of ice. No one likes that person.

New employment opportunity at @futureofprivacy.bsky.social - fpf.org/policy-couns...

ICYMI [VIDEO] Webinar: Privacy Under the Trump Administration – @Daniel-Solove.bsky.social Amie Stepanovich (FPF) @amiest.bsky.social and @OmerTene.bsky.social (Goodwin) www.youtube.com/watch?v=ha1R...

It's happening!

I’m speaking at FOSI’s conference next Monday on “State of the States: From Albany to Sacramento.” We’ll be discussing trends in youth privacy & online safety laws, including what the courts have had to say about which laws might be unconstitutional. Reach out if you’ll be there!

I hope you'll register to join me, @daniel-solove.bsky.social and @omertene.bsky.social next week with the big question everyone (well, everyone in privacy) is asking: what now? teachprivacy.com/webinar-priv... Any big thoughts? Please, tell me!

Webinar: Privacy Under the Trump Administration (Thurs, Dec 12 at 2 PM ET) –Daniel Solove, Amie Stepanovich (FPF), and Omer Tene (Goodwin) Register free: teachprivacy.com/webinar-priv... @daniel-solove.bsky.social @amiest.bsky.social @omertene.bsky.social

In a move that will surprise no one paying attention, but is worthy of awareness, the FBI has issued a PSA on the use of synthetic content (read: AI generated content) to facilitate financial fraud www.ic3.gov/PSA/2024/PSA...

It's truly mind-blowing that in an era where we are bombarded with warnings about fraud, data breach, the coming dangers of quantum computing, etc, that we still can't get an unqualified statement from many regulators and gov officials in support of basic online security tools

Me: My work is so thought-intensive, AI could never possibly step in for me Also me: Half of my job is repeating things I've already said 50 times throughout the course of my career for a new audience.

Why I’ve changed my mind about the social media bill | Andrew Wilkie

If you're going to be up for the next couple hours, why not tune in virtually to our panel, "Exploring Online Security and Trust in Online Spaces for Young Australians" - register here: bit.ly/4g0Y5G3

UN Women's report on femicide showed that, globally, the most dangerous place for a woman to be was in her home, where the majority of women die at the hands of men. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

It turns out if you want to influence Australian policy, you need to have the Wiggles on your side www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to sit down individually with folks at different organizations to learn how their privacy and cybersecurity teams work - or, at times, do not work - together. In this short report I summarize 10 things I learned from those interviews: fpf.org/resource/cha...

With the conversations happening in Canberra this week on tech and young people, it seems a good time to re-up the FPF infographic: Unpacking Age Assurance: Technologies and Tradeoffs, available here: fpf.org/wp-content/u...

Every time I see a story like this I think about the police chief who once told me how badly he wanted a drone to sit in his town square with a camera and a gun www.scmp.com/news/china/s...

So this is truly scary for me because I was medically unable to complete my pertussis vaccination. Those of us with severe allergies rely upon the general public getting vaccinated for protection.

Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Privacy Professional: What is the legitimate purpose for knowing what is in my cup and will the information about said cup be de-identified?

Nothing quite says "you've made it" as a social media site as a government block therecord.media/bluesky-acce...

Australians can tell I’m not a local because when I glare at the bad drivers running through pedestrian right-of-ways, I’m actually glaring at the passenger.

Hits different - xkcd.com/792/

Spot on. Take note, Europe and UK. «What’s deemed “misinformation” could change radically from one administration to the next, creating a censorship regime beholden to electoral whims. The RFK Jr. nomination illustrates exactly why we continually call out these kinds of bills.» #misinformation #law