About The Nexus of Privacy
The Nexus Of Privacy looks at the connections between technology, policy, strategy, and justice.
We launched in the "hot privacy summer" of 2022 – just in time for discussions of federal privacy and anti-trust legislation, the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision, a potential FTC rulemaking, and so much more. In 2023, we covered (and testified and organized in support of) Washington state's passage of My Health My Data, in many ways the strongest consumer privacy bill in the country. Since then, we've also focused extensively on algorithmic discrimination, resistance to surveillance technologies like Shotspotter and Flock, and decentralized social networks (including Mastodon, Bluesky, and Blacksky).
Please check back from time to time to see what strikes your interest – or even better, subscribe to get email updates!
On Social Networks
The Nexus of Privacy is also present on several social networks:
- @thenexusofprivacy.net in the ATmosphere (accessible via Blacksky, mu.social, and Bluesky)
- @thenexusofprivacy@gotosocial.thenexus.today in the Fediverse (as well as the older @thenexusofprivacy@infosec.exchange account, which is now mostly for archival purposes
- @thenexusofprivacy@lemmy.blahaj.zone and the Nexus of Privacy community in the Threadiverse
About me
I'm Jon Pincus, a software engineer / strategist / activist. I've written extensively about privacy activism for over a dozen years – as well as focusing on the intersection of software engineering, justice, and equity. I've also been involved with, and often helped to lead, activism campaigns from Stop Real ID Now and Get FISA Right in the mid-2000s through the multi-year privacy legislation battle here in Washington state. More details here.
You can reach me by email (nexus-of-privacy@thenexus.today), or social networks including @jdp23.thenexus.today in the ATmosphere (via Blacksky, mu.social and Bluesky) and @jdp23@neuromatch.social in the ActivityPub Fediverse (via Mastodon, Glitch, GoToSocial, Bonfire, and other compatbile software). I'm also on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Diaspora at diasp.org, although don't check them often, and a bunch of other social networks that I've mostly forgotten the passwords to.
Ethics policy
As of September 2026 I don't have any active consulting clients. If that changes, I'll update this statement. And in the unlikely event that a topic I'm writing about relates in some way to a company I'm consulting for, I'll disclose it prominently in articles and social media threads (although this hasn't happened yet in the time I've been running this or previous blogs).
When I write about issues I'm involved in, I disclose my involvement, and do my best to be clear about my opinions. I will not violate confidentiality, so there are sometimes things I know that I don't publish here. When I meet with legislators, I disclose that I run a newsletter; if they want to have off-the-record discussions (which they usually do) I respect their preferences.
And while I do have opinions, facts are facts, and I will not lie or present information in a misleading way. That said, I do sometimes make mistakes; see the corrections policy below.
The Nexus of Privacy does not post sponsored content here or on any of our social media sites. It's hard for me to imagine any circumstances that will change, but if it does, I'll update this statement.
Corrections policy
I do my best to ensure that everything written in the Nexus of Privacy is truthful, accurate, and fairly presented. That said, I do sometimes make mistakes. When that happens, I update the post to reflect accurate information, and apologize and note the error in a footnote or an aside in the story. See the update below the screenshot of a poll in Fork It! for an example.
When an error is significant, I'll also send an update to subscribers highlighting; this has happened a couple of times.
If you find an error, please email corrections@thenexus.today.
Licensing
Unless otherwise noted, all original work on this site is copyright Jon Pincus and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
You are free to
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- Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material
Under the following terms:
- Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
- NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
- ShareAlike — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.
- No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.