Fed-news: I’m trying a new photo-sharing app, #Pixelfed — follow my account at @1br0wn@pixelfed.social!
¡De verdad! (Found in a #Madrid #bookshop) https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/f80a94984e872287390d4b0329827a7acc4da026d3b89293c44be9379eb67352/b58c06448ea8bd211e35f6493cc4d70df9b6dada837e2ae2ea3bdf5402080ee3.webp
“#Secrecy, in the hands of the powerful, is too easy a tool to abuse. The distance from protection to cover-up is short, and a tool initially intended to help can quickly morph into causing harm. That’s why it should never be a default for anyone in power” 💯 https://apple.news/AdjN5WRP9SvKHCh7cmu_zYA
“senior Israeli sources told me in Feb… terrorist networks are replacing dead #Hamas fighters at a rate of 5:1. At the time, it sounded a realistic appraisal. Now, after 5 more months of destruction, I suspect it will prove to be a dire underestimate.” ☠️ #Gaza #genocide https://apple.news/AzSjLknWfQgWw0SOIaFx5mg
My personal #Apple #ecosystem spans two continents 😂 (¡Hola Madrid!) https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/f80a94984e872287390d4b0329827a7acc4da026d3b89293c44be9379eb67352/2eada69152d1c930081e82d275c24d2b26374a50115daa6c4de8a4930f8bf13e.webp
Parliament’s ‘intelligence & security committee, [which] scrutinises the UK’s spy agencies, is furious it was kept in the dark & has demanded a host of gov’t documents around the #Afghanistan leak & the cover-up. It has statutory powers, & will launch its own inquiry’ https://apple.news/A3NrhXogHQqiH6sQ5oLjy1g
#Meta ‘“had reminded partners of contractual obligations to ensure #privacy & #security when delivering #SMS messages…” But we didn’t receive similar confirmations of enhanced due diligence from other companies — including, perhaps surprisingly, #Signal.”’ #SS7 https://medium.com/@lighthousereports/using-leaked-data-to-examine-vulnerabilities-in-sms-routing-and-ss7-signalling-8e30298491d9
"Most modern consumer #messaging platforms...support end-to-end #encryption, but users today are limited to communicating with contacts who use the same platform. This is why Google is strongly supportive of regulatory efforts that require #interoperability" https://security.googleblog.com/2023/07/an-important-step-towards-secure-and.html
OH: "thankfully most networks re now turning off #3G / #SS7. Though in parallel, paving the way for better and easier #metadata collection though by ISPs and #WhatsApp types.
"The first WhatsApp server that the device talks to is subject to the country’s secret services data collection powers" 💯
Interesting panel on Collaborative Frontiers in #Messaging #Platforms & Tools, although I'm surprised mandated #interoperability for #NIICS under the #DMA (and potentially #DMCCA) wasn't mentioned! https://730a06f6.flowpaper.com/GCCMMagazineJuneJulyissue792025soft/#page=21
Lots of juicy EU-law-in-UK and competition law decisions here from the #CAT relating to #Google #Shopping , including: "one of the first times, as far as we know, that the idea of an ecosystem has been recognised by 🇬🇧 judiciary." https://www.preiskel.com/the-cat-publishes-its-decision-preliminary-issue-on-the-binding-recitals-of-the-eu-google-shopping-case-in-the-ongoing-uk-follow-on-damages-litigation/
#Trump sues #WSJ publisher and Rupert #Murdoch for $10bn libel damages over #Epstein revelations 🍿
https://www.ft.com/content/c386832e-4f59-45e5-a063-f00bf5f0f3e2
"In a series of experiments, we recently paid people a few dollars to unfollow the most divisive accounts on X. After a month, they felt 23% less animosity towards other political groups." https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jayvanbavel_are-a-few-people-ruining-the-internet-for-activity-7350191355928748032-4hMJ
"The poor [#MoD official] who thought they were sending 150 #Afghan names to be verified, and accidentally sent nearly 25,000, was part of a department with a history of blunders. The 🇬🇧 Ministry of Defence has had various procurement fiascos and other data leaks"
Another 🌞😎 day in London, but tomorrow I’m going to the real Puerta del Sol in Madrid (for the #IETF meeting next week). And even have some flamenco booked with @ignactro.bsky.social 💃 ¡Vamanos! https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/f80a94984e872287390d4b0329827a7acc4da026d3b89293c44be9379eb67352/c82693fed4813c5fc07284fb30cf147f1a00353451ea496fc165a0bb896d3b23.webp https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/f80a94984e872287390d4b0329827a7acc4da026d3b89293c44be9379eb67352/75b109d925994a4ead34728ad0bca163237be69734b529cb8706c53c03e93bcd.webp
"Advances in #data, #image analysis and #surveillance will confront leaders with ever more trade-offs between civil liberties and public order." #AI
https://www.ft.com/content/50e00909-571c-49a6-850f-9f9639c4fa83
“We chose Mistral AI because we share the ambition of technological sovereignty and digital autonomy in France and Europe, which are essential for the continent’s economic and strategic development…” 1/2
‘This is one of four briefings that explore different aspects of the roadmap for effective and lawful #access to data for law enforcement. These include a summary of the roadmap, and briefings on lawful #interception, data #retention and digital #forensics.’ 👀 https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document/EPRS_BRI(2025)775879
The excellent @openrightsgroup.bsky.social 20th birthday conversation between @pluralistic@mamot.fr and @mariafarrell.bsky.social started with the #OpenTech panel discussion which led to ORG's founding.
An #ORG friend has dug out the video! I've uploaded it to #Peertube here: https://p.lu/w/fE5rfqD2YVjjTCczEAaPjy
Well! Look what #Twitter founder and #Bluesky / #Nostr co-founder Jack #Dorsey just gave $10m to... https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/16/jack-dorsey-pumps-10m-into-a-nonprofit-focused-on-open-source-social-media/ https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/f80a94984e872287390d4b0329827a7acc4da026d3b89293c44be9379eb67352/1dfaa0ceba7e54e639005a555382920296ba82cc7d4e07877bc9c25abc0f3a52.webp
🚨 NEW European Parliament report:
Revisiting the #GDPR: Lessons from the #UK experience
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document/EPRS_BRI(2025)775856
So many #BigTech alternative services are finally getting to the point they are mainstream consumer-ready - which is *essential* if they are going to grow into serious challengers 👏
I'm now hosting all my own videos on @peertube@framapiaf.org. Bye #YouTube! #interoperability https://p.lu/c/interoperability/videos
"how would the US military react in clashes with protesters? Would the Supreme Court turn a blind eye to blood on the streets? Is there any category of person whom #Trump could not put in a cage? That we do not know the answers to any of these questions is alarming." https://www.ft.com/content/b6a5a59e-6985-4634-9999-d892b04d128d
Our complaint re: #EDPS
The European Commission rigged the selection process for the EU's powerful data protection watchdog in favour of "their guy," according to a complaint by three academics to the European Ombudsman seen by Follow the Money...
https://www.ftm.eu/newsletters/bureau-brussels-wilders-eu-ministers.
The arrogance of #McSweeney is astonishing. How DARE #Labour MPs defend the interests of their disabled constituents over #PIP!
He will be gone soon enough. Then #Reeves. Then #Starmer 🍿
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/whos-really-in-charge-labour-now-ttckhm0ns
‘#Apple is facing resistance from the automotive industry over its #CarPlay Ultra software system, which the tech group launched in an attempt to take over a vehicle’s dashboard for the first time.’ https://on.ft.com/4k3zn9l
I just finished The Pattern Seekers, by Prof. Simon Baron-Cohen (Sacha’s brother 😆)
Quite extraordinary, in what it has to say about #humanity, #education and #innovation and (much less importantly) my life — I wish it had been published 50 years ago 😪