Nostr notes by evacide

Looking through my closet for something to wear to the EFF Awards ...

2024-09-08T03:38:30Z

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.

Telegram changes policy, saying it will moderate group chats and ...

2024-09-06T17:15:34Z

Telegram changes policy, saying it will moderate group chats and private chats. This gives us a better idea of what the French case is all about: https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/5/24237254/telegram-pavel-durov-arrest-private-chats-moderation-policy-change

Alas, it is still confusing because the only e2ee comms on Telegram are a subset of private chats, which would be private chats with secret messages enabled.

If you hear a scream across the internet right now, it is the ...

2024-09-04T20:26:47Z

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: https://www.wired.com/story/internet-archive-loses-hachette-books-case-appeal/

Shoutout to the people on this platform who are only just now ...

2024-09-02T21:15:25Z

Shoutout to the people on this platform who are only just now learning that sometimes I even oppose things that governments do which are legal.

I am waiting on analysis from Brazilian lawyers before I weigh in ...

2024-09-02T19:18:21Z

I am waiting on analysis from Brazilian lawyers before I weigh in on how legal Brazilian court's decision to block X is, but I can safely say that the fines for individual users accessing the site over a VPN are crazypants.

Signal is good, this interview is good, and this photographer is ...

2024-09-02T05:25:51Z

Signal is good, this interview is good, and this photographer is good because they made Meredith look like PJ Harvey.

https://www.wired.com/story/meredith-whittaker-signal/

"There's a lot of confusion in the press about Telegram ...

2024-08-31T05:48:54Z

In reply to nevent1q…y5h7
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"There's a lot of confusion in the press about Telegram because Telegram does two things and it does both of them badly..." also did not make it into the blog post.

They wouldn't let me write "so, we don't know if this ...

2024-08-31T05:33:45Z

In reply to nevent1q…pd07
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They wouldn't let me write "so, we don't know if this is actually a threat to end-to-end encryption but if it is, we will be obliged to flip tables."

New blood is good. So is a more international community than the ...

2024-08-31T04:12:42Z

In reply to nevent1q…xeuw
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New blood is good. So is a more international community than the one we currently have.

I'm seeing the first reports of X/Twitter being blocked in ...

2024-08-31T04:10:42Z

I'm seeing the first reports of X/Twitter being blocked in Brazil, so brace yourself for a bunch of new Brazilian accounts here.

Today, while I was going down the escalator in a department ...

2024-08-31T03:26:52Z

Today, while I was going down the escalator in a department store, a security guard yelled that he thought I was great on the German news.

The only thing better than putting a heist team together is ...

2024-08-29T04:20:22Z

The only thing better than putting a heist team together is getting a call to be on someone else's heist team.

Am I doing this whole German TV interview with a purring cat in ...

2024-08-28T22:56:08Z

Am I doing this whole German TV interview with a purring cat in my lap, just out of frame? Yes. Yes I am.

Reading through the French prosecutor's press release re: ...

2024-08-26T18:18:23Z

Reading through the French prosecutor's press release re: Pavel Durov and Telegram, it's still not clear what is going on, but the last three items are a big red flag.

My dudes, Telegram is not an e2e messaging app like Signal or ...

2024-08-25T20:23:19Z

My dudes, Telegram is not an e2e messaging app like Signal or WhatsApp. Telegram is more like Twitter. It is a social media app that is mostly public content that also happens to have DMs, where you can turn on e2e messaging with questionable cryptography that most people never even bother to use.

Nothing summarizes the joys of home repair quite like “We are ...

2024-08-22T22:11:00Z

Nothing summarizes the joys of home repair quite like “We are now entering week six of this three-week project.”

My neighbor who is a DJ definitely owns a subwoofer but does not ...

2024-08-19T22:22:09Z

My neighbor who is a DJ definitely owns a subwoofer but does not appear to own headphones, so I am introducing him to the musical stylings of Diamanda Galas.

I'm just a girl, standing in front of Mastodon, begging its ...

2024-08-18T23:15:49Z

I'm just a girl, standing in front of Mastodon, begging its users to stop giving me advice I have not explicitly asked for.

I have been invited to keynote an international conference and ...

2024-08-18T22:19:14Z

I have been invited to keynote an international conference and they have asked me to talk about AI. I have responded by asking them how much swearing is allowed in a keynote.

"Still punk rock..." I whisper to myself as I apply an ...

2024-08-15T20:13:58Z

"Still punk rock..." I whisper to myself as I apply an ice pack to my ribs and update the Days Since Last Injury sign to 0.

I'm bad at taking compliments, so I've started responding ...

2024-08-14T21:19:01Z

I'm bad at taking compliments, so I've started responding to compliments about my appearance with "This isn't even my final form."

Stalkerware maker mSpy has sent a legal takedown request to ...

2024-08-14T01:48:19Z

Stalkerware maker mSpy has sent a legal takedown request to Distributed Denial of Secrets (npub1dp6…xtp6) for hosting leaked data. I'm just going to sit back and pop some popcorn.

https://blog.flokinet.is/2024/08/12/spyware-company-seeks-legal-takedown/

Big tech companies need to be more transparent about the use of ...

2024-08-13T21:24:24Z

Big tech companies need to be more transparent about the use of their technologies in Gaza:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/08/digital-apartheid-gaza-big-tech-must-reveal-their-roles-tech-used-human-rights-0

Every once in a while I make a post about my hobbies and the ...

2024-08-12T06:00:21Z

Every once in a while I make a post about my hobbies and the replies I get make it clear that this is an aspect of my life that I cannot talk about with tens of thousands of people who mostly follow me for digital privacy and security advice.

BRB, adding new slides to my talk on campus surveillance: ...

2024-08-11T19:36:30Z

BRB, adding new slides to my talk on campus surveillance: https://www.architectural-review.com/essays/surveillance-space-protest-encampments

We're doing "state actors hack into the accounts of key ...

2024-08-11T02:55:12Z

We're doing "state actors hack into the accounts of key members of a Presidential campaign and strategically leak to the media while pretending to be someone else" again?

Every woman I know who does tech support for survivors of ...

2024-08-09T20:34:27Z

Every woman I know who does tech support for survivors of domestic abuse does it because she is a survivor. Every man I know who does this work does it because they've seen someone abused and they were moved to do something about it.

'Tis the season for domestic abuse, I guess. I've had ...

2024-08-09T18:13:55Z

'Tis the season for domestic abuse, I guess. I've had eight cases come in since Monday and Friday isn't even over.

Consumer Reports and Tall Poppy join forces to find out if ...

2024-08-08T19:25:34Z

Consumer Reports and Tall Poppy join forces to find out if people-search site removal services really work. Unsurprisingly, the answers are "kind of," "not always" and "it depends."

https://innovation.consumerreports.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Data-Defense_-Evaluating-People-Search-Site-Removal-Services-.pdf

Court rules that Google illegally monopolized the online search ...

2024-08-05T20:11:54Z

Court rules that Google illegally monopolized the online search and advertising markets for 10+ years.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/doj-states-win-google-search-191541412.html

This is your regular reminder that Google spent billions of ...

2024-08-05T20:07:10Z

This is your regular reminder that Google spent billions of dollars a year making their search engine the default while Google search results became increasingly tainted, nonsensical, and useless.

I am buying all of the high-waisted, wide-legged pants right now ...

2024-08-05T06:17:04Z

I am buying all of the high-waisted, wide-legged pants right now to get me through the Long Winter of Unflattering Pants that will surely come next. Years may pass before these, the most suitable of pants, become fashionable again. I must hoard them like a dragon.

Some days, I read the news and I feel extremely lucky that my ...

2024-08-02T22:45:51Z

Some days, I read the news and I feel extremely lucky that my first instinct when given the opportunity to meet a famous person whose work I like is to run to the other side of the room and pretend that I don't see them.

Mostly the internet is a garbage fire, but sometimes it brings me ...

2024-08-02T00:13:34Z

Mostly the internet is a garbage fire, but sometimes it brings me cheese puns.

After years of being informed that I am in the pocket of Big Tech ...

2024-08-01T23:54:20Z

After years of being informed that I am in the pocket of Big Tech (alas, without making a Big Tech salary), I would like to announce that, like the Olympians, I am ready to be sponsored by Parmesan cheese.

KOSA passed overwhelmingly in the Senate yesterday, but today ...

2024-08-01T20:04:20Z

KOSA passed overwhelmingly in the Senate yesterday, but today it’s dead in the House. The fight isn’t over, but we have won this round and let’s take a minute to enjoy it.

Iowa's six-week abortion ban is now in effect. Six weeks is ...

2024-07-31T05:30:51Z

Iowa's six-week abortion ban is now in effect. Six weeks is barely long enough for a woman to realize she is pregnant.

Today is a good day to rage-donate to the Iowa Abortion Access Fund:

https://www.iowaabortionaccessfund.org/shop/

https://19thnews.org/2024/07/iowa-six-week-abortion-ban-takes-effect/

Governments always want to censor and surveil the internet and ...

2024-07-30T21:52:48Z

Governments always want to censor and surveil the internet and the only thing that ever changes is the boogeyman they point to as justification for their power grab.

Of course one of the few things the GOP and Democrats can agree ...

2024-07-30T17:20:36Z

Of course one of the few things the GOP and Democrats can agree on is that we should give the power to censor the internet to people who've explicitly said they want to use it to block LGBTQ+ content.

This is punk rock time. This is what Joe Strummer trained you for. Click here & contact your rep.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/07/kosa-internet-censorship-bill-just-passed-senate-its-our-last-chance-stop-it