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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."

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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.

“No cause is lost if there is but one fool left to fight for it” cc @joejerome.com

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.

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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:

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It's hard to believe this isn't the UK acting strategically during a period of turmoil, trying to slide in under the radar while folks have other things going on. But this is a big deal - more and bigger threats than ever mean the risks of undermining security are beyond understanding

And if you're looking for background on exactly what is happening, check out @joemenn.bsky.social excellent reporting at the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

In case you are interested in maybe hearing a bit more about how encryption keeps everyone safe - including kids and teens - @futureofprivacy.bsky.social has this great event on Tuesday that you could tune in to: fpf.org/fpf-event/ho...

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. 👇
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I just found out @kurtopsahl.bsky.social will be there so him of course!!

There was a Congressional proposal a few years back to put together a working group that seems like it would be really similar...my colleague at Access Now wrote about the organization's position on that: www.accessnow.org/mccauls-cryp...

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.