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Scientist. Dir. of Usable Security & Privacy at the International Computer Science Institute (icsi.berkeley.edu). Founder, AppCensus (appcensus.io). All opinions are those of his employer(s), and not his own. https://www.guanotronic.com/~serge/
The CPPA Board ordered Ford Motor Company to pay a $375,703 fine and change its practices after requiring email verification before consumers could opt out. The decision makes clear that unnecessary friction in the opt-out process violates the CCPA. Read more: privacy.ca.gov/2026/03/ford...
Our department is hiring an Assistant Teaching Professor!! This is a joint-appointed position with Computational Social Sciences (css.ucsd.edu). It's 75+ degrees F and sunny today, just thought I'd mention apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF04461
I mean, it’s become increasingly clear that our media can deal with a far right authoritarian party, just not in the way most of us here expected…
Yep! I spun off a company from my research. DHS S&T incubated us, and was using our tools for good: we had several contracts to assist CISA (amongst others) in identifying malware on government networks, as well as spyware used by domestic abusers and others.
We severed all ties last year.
How does “offshoring compute to space” make sense in any context?
If you’re looking to build a data center outside of government reach, at least “compute at sea” gets you free cooling and marginally better latency.
I’ve run a few half marathons and drink a lot. It’s the 24 tacos that scare me. I’m full after 3 tacos.
Running in the morning and having 2-3 beers and a taco or two after seems great (done it before!). But then I need a nap and have no idea how I’ll eat an addition 20+ tacos when I wake up.
Welcome to getting old!
When I hear “master of financial engineering,” I think of Bernie Madoff.
FTC conference on consumer benefits and injuries of data economy. Live today www.youtube.com/watch?v=6S0V...
I paid FedEx $37 a few days before the ruling. Similarly, item arrived in July, FedEx sent a tariff bill out of the blue in January.
This is a reminder for me to dispute the charge with AmEx.
Given that millions of people get scammed every year, by the same logic revealed preferences indicate that those people are omniscient rational actors who clearly wanted to give their money away!
I guess ask me tomorrow to reassess :)
(As far as I can tell, I’m going to be arguing with economists over bullshit terms like “revealed preferences.”)
DC friends: I’m speaking at an FTC event tomorrow on data harms, come watch! It’ll be fun!
www.ftc.gov/news-events/...
What, is Minnesota flying around on government aircraft to attend the Olympics or something? Did it buy a plane with a queen bed and wet bar?
I had fun learning about potential security vulnerabilities in cloud-based password managers last week. Thanks to @kennyog.bsky.social and @lujobauer.bsky.social for their insights:
www.iflscience.com/your-passwor...
people, the guy who won this case is running for Attorney General of Colorado. he's been uniform in saying he will prosecute ICE & CBP agents who break the law. you should support him. @seligmanforag.bsky.social
Random reminder that Ghislaine Maxwell knows what a woman told the FBI about the president allegedly assaulting her as a girl, while Congress does not.
in honor of a certain surgeon general nominee’s hearing today, here is the story of (among other things) the time I tried to take her advice about milk www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Muppets in the Afternoon
Meta is putting a "Name Tag" feature in Ray-Bans - facial recognition through the glasses' camera. You look at someone, AI tells you who they are.
In an internal document, the company wrote that the timing is good because civil society groups are busy with politics and won't cause problems.
Yeah, I feel like foggy is just a modifier for any of the others, since it’s always a possibility.
I grew up in MN, so I like to say I put my time in, and thus have earned not having to deal with snow again.
I like that snow is entirely elective here: if you want to see it, you can drive to it!
We have seasons in Northern California! They’re rainy, wildfire, and nice.
That Ring “search party” ad was unsubtle enough that even my 10yo watched it and was like “are they gonna use this for ICE?”
Same facts as the Apple case that was settled last year and the Amazon one currently being litigated. All are about companies using recordings they knew were from false activations.
Also, new euphemism for sex trafficking just dropped: “aggressively fundraising for one’s lab.”
THIS is why so many of us have warned for years about why AdTech & Big Data -- those companies that gather your highly revealing online data & auction/sell it -- MUST be tightly regulated or better, forbidden. It's so damn revealing that ICE wants access to it. www.mediapost.com/publications...
I am. But there are three things at play here regarding ICE collecting private data. Quick rundown on the issue, why you should be paying attention, and what I'm doing about it: