All attendees get a complementary subscription to our #PrivacySafe services with a @ privacysafe.me identity so that they can speak, share and work *safely*

🥳 I'm happy to announce an exciting new @ivycyber.com remote course with @johnkiriakou.bsky.social that we're launching in November! Sign Up now, link in replies 👇

I'm working on a lot of projects. Keep up with me at my website, just updated with a new design courtesy of @ivycyber.com 👉 johnkiriakou.com #security #surveillance #whistleblowing #CIA

📢 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Ivy Cyber Launches Course Taught by CIA Whistleblower @johnkiriakou.bsky.social and Yale #Cybersecurity Expert @profdiggity.com 👇 ivycyber.com/press-releas...

🤯 LIVE ON SEP 20: We're hosting another #surveillance and counter-surveillance workshop with @johnkiriakou.bsky.social and @profdiggity.com Sign up before it's sold out! 👇 ivycyber.com/product/cia-... #privacy #security

💓 These beautiful @privacysafe.social tablets will be in the hands of our loyal fans this #LaborDayWeekend 🔆Ships with secure #Linux OS NOW SHIPPING & 10% OFF: Link in thread below 👇

We're hosting workshops @ivycyber.com where we teach you how to find #privacy and #security issues in your apps. Starts in October for #CybersecurityAwareness Month ! Sign up 👇 ivycyber.com/product/work... privacysafe.social/@ivycyber/1

Read here for the in-depth coverage by @kevincollier.bsky.social of the LSSC scooter scam 👇 archive.is/wBQsV

What if your private messages, habits, and decisions were being silently recorded and weaponized? We sat down with @profdiggity.com from @ivycyber.com to unpack all the key issues with identity, #privacy, and data. You won’t see your online life the same ever again... Watch ⤵️ youtu.be/H37PS4IKSIc

📱Saw @profdiggity.com 's coverage on @nbcnews.com of the electric scooter scam and their leaky apps? Attend a small group workshop and learn how to detect #privacy leaks in your own apps & #smartphone! ivycyber.com/product/work...

We have a live show with @johnkiriakou.bsky.social and @tedrall.bsky.social l interviewing @jaketapper.bsky.social ! Questions related to the book about #Biden are welcome :D We're in sunny Spain having an honest and engaging conversation with the @ivycyber.com crew! www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLOX...

Amazing to be having this vital conversation thanks to the @ivycyber.com crew! Tune in for an opening and engaging discussion about the #Biden book: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLOX...

Excited to be part of this @hope.net event with @profdiggity.com and the @ivycyber.com team!

I'll be there with the amazing team at @ivycyber.com ! Check out our work at ivycyber.com #privacy #security

I’ll See You at #HOPE2025 Hackers on Planet Earth on Aug 15, 16, 17 with the rest of the @ivycyber.com team. Tickets are still available! 👉 hope.net The title of my talk is “Surveillance, Whistleblowing, and Building a Cyber Peace Movement” #privacy #technology www.youtube.com/shorts/5xFtm...

I'm speaking in #NYC on Aug 16 about #cyberwar and peace. Meet me and the @ivycyber.com team. #HOPE2025 is an incredible gathering of people who care about #cybersecurity, #privacy and free speech online. 👉 hope.net

I'm excited to be speaking at Hackers On Planet Earth with the @ivycyber.com crew #HOPE2025 #privacy Watch the stream or replay here 👉 hope.net/marillac.html #HOPE2025

I'll be joined by @profdiggity.com , a #cybersecurity scholar at Yale Law School and founder of @ivycyber.com , whose expertise in digital defense complements my own background in intelligence.

Shoutout to the @ivycyber.com team for building the @privacysafe.social software, which is definitely not vibe coded. Like what we do? Check out our products and support our work: ivycyber.com

Cybercriminals Aren’t Just Watching Babies 👀 #Hackers also target #IoT cameras to pwn businesses. Want to stay safe? Know the ABC's - #AI, #Blockchain, #Cybersecurity. Stay informed, stay protected! Book some time with us for more 👉 psafe.ly/xmDzUK

🔒 If you use #IoT cameras, don’t make it easy to #hack you! Tips: ✅ Change default passwords + settings ✅ Keep firmware updated ✅ Use strong #WiFi encryption ✅ Prefer local-only video & avoid "app required" gear #CyberSecurity #PrivacyMatters More 👉 psafe.ly/xmDzUK

Well, the #NewHaven street seal finally got a name: "Chappy" for Chapel St. We suggested "Pepe" or "Sally" in our @BitsOnTape newsletter, but that would have stoked the #apizza flamewar 🍕 www.wtnh.com/news/connect...

👀 This opens a *LOT* of attack vectors for #AI in #IoT especially if humans hearing these touch tones is normalized. Phone talking to your smart TV etc. Not all that different than frequency shift keying with nUHF #trackers cc @scottjshapiro.bsky.social x.com/NirDiamantAI...

😱 A mom discovered a #hacker had been speaking to her baby for days through an IoT camera. Lesson? Change default passwords + settings & avoid WiFi-connected baby monitors! 🔒👶 #CyberSecurity #Parenting psafe.ly/xmDzUK

At @privacysafe.social, we’re taking these lessons to heart while building our own video platform. Because feeling comfortable in virtual spaces shouldn’t be an afterthought. 💻 How do you handle #Zoom fatigue"? Let’s talk about it. 👇

...encouraging a "#cameras optional" culture, and converting unnecessary calls to asynchronous mediums like group chats. Not every conversation needs a chat link to log into. We need to rethink how we use these tools. Not just for productivity, but for well-being.

And let’s be real: staring at your own face for hours just isn’t natural. It’s no wonder people turn to filters, avatars, or avoid #video altogether. I’ve tried to help my teams adapt by keeping meetings I run short, starting meetings with all cameras off...

A new study confirms what many of us have felt: #Zoom video calls don’t just lead to fatigue, they also impact confidence. The more dissatisfied someone is w/ their looks, the more exhausting meetings feel. We talk about it in the latest @bitsontape.com - psafe.ly/xmDzUK

😳 Your Face Is Not The Problem, Virtual Meetings Are After nearly a decade of #remotework across multiple roles, I know how virtual meetings can drain energy. It's not just all the screen time. There’s another layer that doesn’t get talked about... How we see ourselves on camera.

StickTock.com has served 18K+ videos — and yes, a LOT of them feature #cats. 😻 #Privacy respecting, #censorship resistant, and funny felines. @privacysafe.social sticktock.com

Here's my theory connecting the TikTok sale-or-ban law, cars, AI, and more: The National Security Internet. How the national security turn for digital regulation threatens free expression, economic development, and efforts to combat climate change. Will post on SSRN soon.

Our latest issue, hot off the press! 🔥 Is some creep watching your baby over the Internet? Does #Zoom make you self-conscious? Why did the seal cross the road? Read to find out 👇 bitsontape.com/p/hack-baby-...

Encourage your friends and family to #PauseTake9 - Take a 9 second pause and think before you click, download, share. A short pause goes a long way. @pausetake9.bsky.social pausetake9.org

🤖 Today's @bitsontape.com has a mix of scary and fun stories: #IoT webcams used as baby monitors are, you guessed it, not very secure. 🤦 All those #Zoom meetings have negative affects on the way we view ourselves. 😳 A seal visits #NewHaven for our famous "apizza" 🍕 bitsontape.com/hack-baby-zo...

🛡️ Want to stay ahead of scammers? @ivycyber.com helps businesses & individuals secure their digital world. #AI, #Blockchain, #Cybersecurity — the ABC's of tech you need to understand to succeed. Book a free consultation & protect what matters. 🔐 psafe.ly/v8SRFp

In our latest @bitsontape.com we write about #cybercrime, #beer, and #dolphins. There's a little something here for everyone 😜 psafe.ly/3D7Sr3

A big thanks to @yaleisp.bsky.social for hosting a space where we can talk about these cutting-edge issues from a legal, technical, and ethical standpoint. More next week! #AI

Finally, the really wild stuff: so-called "mind reading" by #AI via brain scans. An explosive paper from 2022 that still isn't getting enough attention. You see an image and your neural activity can, with high accuracy, result in a #GenAI image that closely matches. See a cat, AI knows you did.

The readings switch gears toward #GenAI art, talking about an early-ish article in @nytimes.com by @kevinroose.com where an artist won a contest using @midjourney.bsky.social

Next up was a piece about #DeepFakes from Univ. at Albany that focused on detection of deep fakes via study of head poses rather than visual artifacts or #ML classifiers.

Yesterday @isaacbarnesmay.bsky.social and our @yaleisp.bsky.social reading group on #AI & IP discussed #DeepSeek, #TikTok, and the (still happening?) #Stargate program before digging into the readings. First up was a great report on facial #surveillance bias from The Alan Turing Institute

🔗 PrivacySafe.Link: Share Secret Notes Need to share a #private message that you don't want to stay on the web forever? Use PrivacySafe Link and your message disappears when the recipient reads it! 🔥 psafe.ly/se75yy

📺 StickTock <> Loops What if StickTock.com & @pixelfed.ie Loops connected to break the “#TikTok barrier”? Anything is possible. 😉 Would you export your TikTok videos to an #OpenSource replacement?

🤖 Meta vs. #OpenSource ? Was #Meta blocking links to @pixelfed.ie because it's a threat? We believe that #BigTech fears the shift to user-controlled social networks. We're here to support privacy-first, ad-free social apps against the billionaire titans. psafe.ly/LQvMx2

📢 #OpenSource Social Apps Are Rising @pixelfed.ie (#Instagram replacement) & Loops (#TikTok replacement) are exploding in popularity! We are a Diamond Sponsor supporting their incredibly successful $100K+ fundraiser. The future is #fediverse! psafe.ly/Y8YNRG

🔆 PrivacySafe #Social: Connect with Humans Tired of billionaire-controlled social networks? Join us! ✅ No ads, no spyware, no AI manipulation ✅ #Decentralized & honest human moderation ✅ Millions of users worldwide psafe.ly/3XcGh4

💬 What the Internet says about #StickTock: See what #privacy advocates & tech experts think. 👇 psafe.ly/LQvMx2

🚀 StickTock.com Is Thriving! In just a week after launch, we served 12K+ #TikTok videos — no censorship & total #privacy. Now We’ve hit * 17K * videos and load them for you from Iceland 🌋 psafe.ly/LQvMx2

👀 26K+ anonymous viewers watched #TikTok videos on StickTock.com — most stayed for more than one! The demand for #privacy respecting short video platforms is REAL and @privacysafe.social has proven it. psafe.ly/LQvMx2

🌍 Why StickTock.com Matters: Governments have banned #TikTok left & right to various degrees (US, Canada, Russia, Hong Kong, Syria, New Zealand...) Centralized apps are fragile. #StickTock thrived in the chaos & has served 17K videos, proving #privacy apps CAN scale psafe.ly/LQvMx2