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Me: Listen, a lot has happened in the last two weeks...
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Let it be known that on this day in history, I made it to the end of Duolingo French. There are no worlds left to conquer.
My co-workers are badass and I am proud of them.
EFF is suing DOGE and OPM over their illegal sharing of federal employee data.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
EFF Sues DOGE and the Office of Personnel Management to Halt Ransacking of Federal Data
EFF and a coalition of privacy defenders have filed a lawsuit asking a federal court to block Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DO...
I spent most of a decade traveling to authoritarian countries and teaching people how to circumvent internet censorship. I am appalled that this is now something I have to do in the US.
For people who are wondering what the TikTok ban is going to look like for US TikTok users if it goes into effect on Sunday, TikTok will be blocking US users, linking to info about the ban, and giving them the option of exporting their data. 
The Verge
TikTok reportedly plans ‘immediate’ Sunday shutdown in the US if it’s banned
Users could see a pop-up directing them to info about the ban.
Lots of folks in my mentions going "Haha, the US will just ban VPNs," possibly because they are not experts in internet censorship and they have not been watching this exact same dynamic play out in dozens of countries over the last 20 years.
After all of the infosec chatter about how you probably don't need a VPN, age verification has made PornHub block access in most Southern states and TikTok's about to block US IPs. We are entering a new age of internet censorship and you might need a non-shady VPN.
404 Media continues to do the Lord's work. And furthermore, the data broker industry must be destroyed.
404 Media
Candy Crush, Tinder, MyFitnessPal: See the Thousands of Apps Hijacked to Spy on Your Location
A hack of location data company Gravy Analytics has revealed which apps are—knowingly or not—being used to collect your information behind the ...
Someone in my feed with a lot of followers asked for technical advice. I was about to reply with a joke, but first I glanced at the many, many replies. I saw that my joke would not be welcome, so I did not post it. You too can learn from this wisdom.
Say it with me: "If you collect the data, you better have a plan for what happens when it's leaked."
Furthermore, the data broker industry must be destroyed.
404 Media
Hackers Claim Massive Breach of Location Data Giant, Threaten to Leak Data
Gravy Analytics has been one of the most important companies in the location data industry for years, collating smartphone location data from aroun...
Elon Musk has conveniently given other social media platforms a playbook for how to suck up to the incoming Trump administration: 
WIRED
Meta Ditches Fact-Checkers Ahead of Trump's Second Term
In an apparent overture to the incoming Trump administration, Meta announced sweeping changes to its content moderation, including no more fact-che...
What is Real Time Bidding? How does it enable mass surveillance? Why should you care about it and what needs to be done? My colleague Lena Cohen lays it all out: 
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Online Behavioral Ads Fuel the Surveillance Industry—Here’s How
Each time you see a targeted ad, your personal information is exposed to thousands of advertisers and data brokers through a process called “real...
We may not be living in the darkest timeline, but we are certainly living in the stupidest.
Guy who was walking down the street, staring porn that was playing on his phone at full volume: what porn is so important that you could not wait until you got home?
I am not sure why Mastodon is the only platform I am on where ending a post with "I am not interested in debating this" gets dozens of replies, many of which are, in fact, trying to debate this.
You guys, I have just discovered how much an expert witness gets paid by the hour ($459 on average) and surely this is a mistake.
Things that have not changed since the the first Trump administration: the same groups are still in danger and the methods of surveillance are largely the same.
Things that have changed: consequences of failure are more severe, there are fewer checks on power, tech companies excited to collude.
I know how to fight a long fight. I know how to triage and do harm reduction and how to play defense. But I am also very, very tired and I am going to need a minute before I can get back to work.
Looking through my closet for something to wear to the EFF Awards this week, I ruled out my sequined jumpsuit because I've worn it to a work event before. Then I remembered that the work event in question was in December of 2017.
If you hear a scream across the internet right now, it is the sound I am making while reading the Internet Archive v. Hachette Books appeal, which IA has lost: 
WIRED
The Internet Archive Loses Its Appeal of a Major Copyright Case
Hachette v. Internet Archive was brought by book publishers objecting to the archive’s digital lending library.