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Notices by Sean O'Brien (diggity@mastodon.social)

  1. Sean O'Brien (diggity@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 08-Jul-2019 10:29:25 EDT Sean O'Brien Sean O'Brien
    in reply to

    the point here is not to praise IBM, but that there was a recognition of fundamentals about privacy almost 40 years ago that #BigTech is just now "waking up to". The understanding that data is a toxic asset, and that only information that's essential should be collected, is on display here. At least in marketing... from the biggest tech company of the day.

    In conversation Monday, 08-Jul-2019 10:29:25 EDT from mastodon.social permalink
  2. Sean O'Brien (diggity@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 07-Jul-2019 16:50:25 EDT Sean O'Brien Sean O'Brien

    circa 1980. "And we concluded that one excellent way to protect people was to collect less information about them."

    In conversation Sunday, 07-Jul-2019 16:50:25 EDT from mastodon.social permalink
  3. Sean O'Brien (diggity@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jul-2019 14:32:07 EDT Sean O'Brien Sean O'Brien
    • PINE64

    #privacy switches in @PINE64 PineBook: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2019/07/05/google-chromebook-challenger-pinebook-pro-gets-privacy-switches-and-july-pre-order-date/

    In conversation Saturday, 06-Jul-2019 14:32:07 EDT from mastodon.social permalink

    Attachments

    1. The $199 PineBook Pro Linux Laptop Gets An Awesome Privacy Feature And July Pre-Order Date
      from Forbes
      The PineBook Pro is shaping up to be a fantastic value for $199, especially after a surprise announcement privacy advocates will love.
  4. Sean O'Brien (diggity@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Jun-2019 12:05:36 EDT Sean O'Brien Sean O'Brien

    well, this event eclipses the 2016 Quest breach by an order of magnitude... I wonder how similar the attack vector / methodology was between the two.

    https://www.businessinsider.com/quest-diagnostics-says-data-breach-could-have-hit-119-million-patients-2019-6

    In conversation Tuesday, 04-Jun-2019 12:05:36 EDT from mastodon.social permalink
  5. Sean O'Brien (diggity@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 08-May-2019 12:34:28 EDT Sean O'Brien Sean O'Brien
    • The Tor Project

    .@torproject protects people facing real threats to their liberty, autonomy, and lives. All privacy-by-design technologies can be used by criminals. Arguments against Tor that merely highlight criminal activity have been levied against the Internet in general, esp. by the worst dictators.

    In conversation Wednesday, 08-May-2019 12:34:28 EDT from mastodon.social permalink
  6. Sean O'Brien (diggity@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 08-May-2019 12:33:36 EDT Sean O'Brien Sean O'Brien

    it turns out that NYTimes "Privacy Project" was a honeypot for privacy advocates all along (who built a ladder of legitimacy for Google to climb), not just readers (who had their data pilfered by tons of Big Tech trackers). #SurveillanceCapitalism

    In conversation Wednesday, 08-May-2019 12:33:36 EDT from mastodon.social permalink
  7. Sean O'Brien (diggity@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 04-May-2019 19:24:33 EDT Sean O'Brien Sean O'Brien

    #abusedanimals #heavypetting

    In conversation Saturday, 04-May-2019 19:24:33 EDT from mastodon.social permalink
  8. Sean O'Brien (diggity@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 03-May-2019 16:19:08 EDT Sean O'Brien Sean O'Brien

    a writeup on NY privacy legislation I'm helping to draft alongside Rohan Grey with Ron T. Kim: https://www.governing.com/week-in-finance/gov-tech-companies-tax-data-states.html

    In conversation Friday, 03-May-2019 16:19:08 EDT from mastodon.social permalink

    Attachments

    1. Should Tech Companies Be Taxed for Using Our Data?
      There's a growing movement to, but some say it's a misguided policy.
  9. Sean O'Brien (diggity@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 11-Apr-2019 01:35:27 EDT Sean O'Brien Sean O'Brien
    • Mike Gerwitz
    • Yale Privacy Lab

    @mikegerwitz ...called "Keep Internet Devices Safe Act" (SB1719). Amazon and Google are opposing it with the attached talking points (via https://twitter.com/matthewstoller/status/1115991653662195713).

    I know of two other cases like this Alexa example that made press. Samsung SmartTV in 2015 w/ help from Nuance Comms (now a partner for Apple's Siri), and "My Friend Cayla" dolls in 2017 (again w/ Nuance).

    At @privacylab we think we've found an example of speech broken into syllables and disguised as a nUHF signal. Stay tuned. 3/3

    In conversation Thursday, 11-Apr-2019 01:35:27 EDT from mastodon.social permalink
  10. Sean O'Brien (diggity@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Apr-2019 21:00:04 EDT Sean O'Brien Sean O'Brien

    fresh off the press - this is why I don't like to give the "benefit of the doubt" to Big Tech, even though I will limit my comments to the available info:
    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-10/is-anyone-listening-to-you-on-alexa-a-global-team-reviews-audio

    In conversation Wednesday, 10-Apr-2019 21:00:04 EDT from mastodon.social permalink
  11. Sean O'Brien (diggity@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Mar-2019 13:36:11 EST Sean O'Brien Sean O'Brien
    • Exodus Privacy
    • Yale Privacy Lab

    Shoshana Zuboff in "The Age of #SurveillanceCapitalism": "extraordinary research from French nonprofit @exodus and @privacylab in 2017 documented the exponential proliferation of tracking software... Two themes stand out in the research report: ubiquity and intensification."

    In conversation Wednesday, 06-Mar-2019 13:36:11 EST from mastodon.social permalink
  12. Sean O'Brien (diggity@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Jan-2019 07:10:51 EST Sean O'Brien Sean O'Brien
    • Purism
    • Yale Privacy Lab
    • tok

    @t0k @Purism @privacylab this is certainly an issue with most news outlets. Journalists have no control over the profit schemes of their overlords and I still think it's important to try to reach readers beyond the FOSS / digital privacy choir.

    In conversation Wednesday, 30-Jan-2019 07:10:51 EST from mastodon.social permalink
  13. Sean O'Brien (diggity@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 17-Dec-2018 15:24:19 EST Sean O'Brien Sean O'Brien
    • Eugen

    new mastodon.social "wizard" is FANTASTIC. Great job @Gargron (and team)!

    In conversation Monday, 17-Dec-2018 15:24:19 EST from mastodon.social permalink
  14. Sean O'Brien (diggity@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 17-Nov-2018 19:15:50 EST Sean O'Brien Sean O'Brien
    in reply to
    • Purism
    • 61
    • philippemargery

    @philippemargery @61 @Purism OWS has had a contentious relationship w/ FOSS devs who want alt. clients/forks of Signal that interop w/ OWS network

    From the OWS perspective, it's important to keep the UI/UX consistent; alternative clients degrade the user experience for everyone on the network, and use expensive resources. Security and QC are impossible to verify for apps out of OWS control

    The FOSS-y arguments are familiar, and include the fact that centralization is dangerous for freedom. 2/2

    In conversation Saturday, 17-Nov-2018 19:15:50 EST from mastodon.social permalink
  15. Sean O'Brien (diggity@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 17-Nov-2018 19:09:14 EST Sean O'Brien Sean O'Brien
    • Purism
    • 61
    • philippemargery

    @philippemargery @61 @Purism Signal isn't "bad". In a nutshell:

    OpenWhisperSystems / the devs behind Signal made the choice to centralize the service and build identity around the phone number system, instead of doing the federated / decentralized approach.

    They did this consciously to encourage widespread adoption without the traditional difficulties associated with a decentralized, multiple-client approach.

    That makes it different from approaches by Matrix.org, XMPP, and so on. 1/2

    In conversation Saturday, 17-Nov-2018 19:09:14 EST from mastodon.social permalink
  16. Sean O'Brien (diggity@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 10-Nov-2018 06:54:36 EST Sean O'Brien Sean O'Brien
    • Purism

    I'm actively recruiting volunteer devs for a native Signal / Signal-like client in Gtk, in the hopes that we can bring it to the @Purism Librem 5 phone. Please contact sean.obrien@puri.sm if interested.

    PGP/GPG: FA9D 40F1 5FE1 D8AB 8312 4AAA 77E3 1447 CD1F C3F6

    In conversation Saturday, 10-Nov-2018 06:54:36 EST from mastodon.social permalink
  17. Sean O'Brien (diggity@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 28-Oct-2018 09:11:25 EDT Sean O'Brien Sean O'Brien
    • Yale Privacy Lab
    • Mozilla
    • MozFest Privacy and Security

    Thanks everyone for attending @privacylab "Tracking Mobile Trackers" session @mozilla festival, esp. the people who had to stand in the hall! Don't hesitate to contact me if you'd like to know more. Shout-out to Floor 9 @mozfestprivsec

    Presentation: https://frama.link/ypl-mozfest

    Graphic and Presentation CC BY-SA Sean O'Brien

    In conversation Sunday, 28-Oct-2018 09:11:25 EDT from mastodon.social permalink
  18. Sean O'Brien (diggity@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 27-Oct-2018 06:29:46 EDT Sean O'Brien Sean O'Brien
    • Exodus Privacy
    • MozFest Privacy and Security

    Excited to be presenting "Tracking Mobile Trackers" today @mozfestprivsec in London :D 11:30 New York / 4:30 London / 5:30 Paris @exodus #Mozfest #mozilla

    In conversation Saturday, 27-Oct-2018 06:29:46 EDT from mastodon.social permalink
  19. Sean O'Brien (diggity@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 16-Apr-2018 12:18:35 EDT Sean O'Brien Sean O'Brien
    • Rysiekúr Memesson
    • Christine Lemmer-Webber
    • It's a blue-eyed Matthew-cat!
    • Shamar
    • kaniini

    @rysiek @cwebber @Shamar @kaniini @starbreaker NC licensing is a problem for exactly this reason... it's a shaky legal foundation and it also doesn't port well internationally.

    CC's interpretation of NC is purposefully vague to be flexible: https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/NonCommercial_interpretation

    In my opinion, that doesn't make it very useful; NC is mostly a barrier to combining with other FOSS licenses, especially the big copyleft licenses.

    In some cases, artists and musicians feel more comfortable with CC licensing... 1/2

    In conversation Monday, 16-Apr-2018 12:18:35 EDT from mastodon.social permalink
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