@kendraserra
They/them. Public interest tech and media lawyer at albertsellars.law, recovering academic. Proud Philly resident. More at kendraalbert.com "Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings." - Ursula K. LeGuin
Yikes is right. (And thank you for live posting this hearing.)
I mean, I guess it's possible that orgs partially complied and produced thousands of pages of responsive docs that are not about patients or particularly revealing. Wouldn't put it past DOJ to say something technically true that way.
Please, explain to me how following the law works. I love it when tech dudes do that!
(Seriously I do not know why you have decided to argue against shit I DID NOT SAY or defend Proton against claims I did not make, but it's weird. I suggest you move on.)
I would die for Osty.
I think you are arguing with a thing I did not say! Perhaps try reading the second post in the thread, which provides more context?
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This is not "don't use Proton"—this is, "hey this org has a history of overclaiming the level of protection they can provide, so make sure you actually threat model rather than assuming anything."
I'm really glad that 404 Media correctly called out the "Proton did not provide any information to the FBI" line as disingenuous. It's not a good sign when a provider is more interested in playing semantic games than realistically explaining their threat model.
Slay the Spire 2 is out which means I will no longer be reachable by any means for 3-4 years. Goodbye
I've had my work get cited in papers, but I think this reference to my Usenix Enigma talk is the first time I've gotten cited in a vulnerability report. (In the disclosure timeline at the bottom.) blog.quarkslab.com/avira-deseri...
Josh Barro on Twitter saying "I'm sorry, who decided that males have a right to play in girls' sports leagues? Some people just made this shit up and decided it was a civil right."
It makes me really sad that Ken White (who I genuinely respect) still podcasts with a transphobic motherfucker like Josh Barro.
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NB: If I had wanted to tag folks, I would have. So please don't do so for me.
For some reason I have "the song that doesn't end" stuck in my head. www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4zt...
I am brokenhearted about this.
I’m so upset.
Come for the video game history, stay for the legal hot takes section at the end!
Is being driven insane by AI discourse without actually interacting with a chatbot a subset of AI psychosis
Today @cogwbur.bsky.social published my op-ed with Neil Richards. We argue in favor of the proposed MA privacy legislation with strong data minimization rules. Surveillance advertising leaves both consumers and small businesses worse off. It only helps Silicon Valley. www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...
this is the way:
oh it's not complex, it's just stupid.
Today's that day, Cookie.
bsky.app/profile/cook...
I told Phil if we succeeded I wanted to hang a Free(d) Cookie print on my wall.
It's a team effort—Phil wears the suit, I have the law license.
it was my pleasure!
A still image from the game Cookie's Bustle. In the bottom, Cookie, a bear, is talking to a character in a blue dress. There's a fountain and fancy architecture in the background. Over the image is the phrase "Cookie Fried" in the Dark Souls font.
gamehistory.org/cookies-bust...
BREAKING: We've freed Cookie.
Following an investigation by VGHF, Ukie and Web Capio have suspended DMCA takedowns for Cookie's Bustle on behalf of Graceware, SL.
More info:
It's so rare that you actually get any kind of a win against entities that use the DMCA to silence lawful uses. So grateful that @philsalv.bsky.social and @frankcifaldi.bsky.social were willing to see this one through!
Every amicus filer in the law firm cases who now has to figure out how to explain to their clients WTF is happening.
Some AUSA desperately typing in "Does FRAP rule 42 have a takesies-backsies provision" into LexisAI right now.
If you want to stick it to Meta, TikTok, Google, Amazon, and all the rest - ban surveillance advertising.
(And I don't want to just say the latter because people will not infer that I also mean the former!)