fediverse Mastodon and today's fediverse are unsafe by design and unsafe by default Part 1 of "Golden opportunities for the fediverse – and whatever comes next"
fediverse Can the Fediverse help stop Bad Internet Bills? The July 20-28 Week of Action is a good time to experiment!
Federal privacy legislation The Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act has a House Judiciary Committee markup tomorrow! If all goes well, the committee will advance a (potentially-amended) version of the bill ... a huge step forward!
fediverse A clear victory for the free fediverse: Meta now says integrating with ActivityPub is "a long way out" The results so far are certainly encouraging!
fediverse Why just blocking Meta's Threads won't be enough to protect your privacy once they join the fediverse At least, not with today's software.
fediverse "A clear victory for our cause"? Opinions continue to differ about Meta and Threads in the fediverse! Including a polling update!
social threat modeling Threat modeling Meta, the Fediverse, and privacy (DRAFT) DRAFT! Work in progress! Feedback welcome
fediverse Six posts, a presentation, and a preview on privacy and prototyping: Fediverse update, July 3 There's a lot to write about, and I've been doing a lot of writing about it.
How to use filtering and muting to hear less discussion of odious people on Mastodon It's not a perfect solution, but it's helpful.
fediverse We're here, we're queer, and we're federated: How queer, trans, and non-binary people helped create Mastodon and are shaping today's fediverse (REVISED DRAFT) Happy Pride!
fediverse Eight days later: Kbin, Lemmy, the landed gentry, and the rise of the "threadiverse" (DRAFT) Draft! Work in Progress! Feedback welcome!
fediverse Don't tell people "it's easy", and seven more things Kbin, Lemmy, and the fediverse can learn from Mastodon (UPDATED) The fediverse has always grown in waves, and it looks like the next one's in progress.
fediverse Don't tell people "it's easy", and six more things Kbin, Lemmy, and the fediverse can learn from Mastodon (REVISED DRAFT) DRAFT! Feedback welcome! Updated on June 10
meta discussion Taking a break ... With the Washington state legislative session wrapping up, it's a good time for me to take a break for a couple of months. While there's still a lot more to do, My Health My Data passing is the culmination of the successful multi-year battle by grassroots
Washington state privacy legislation My Health My Data goes to the Governor's desk: Washington state privacy update, April 20 Gov. Inslee is expected to sign the bill, probably next week.
Washington state privacy legislation My Health My Data in the home stretch: Washington privacy legislation update, April 17 Update: My Health My Data has passed the legislature!
Washington state privacy legislation My Health My Data heads to the Senate floor: Washington privacy legislation update, April 4 The Senate's likely to vote on the consumer helath data privacy bill as soon as tomorrow.
Automated Decision Systems Another try at regulating Automated Decision Systems in Washington state (UPDATED) You can probably guess what happened
privacy news Privacy News Roundup: February 13 mega-post Data brokers selling Americans mental health data, legal theory, state and federal privacy legislation, and more!
Washington state privacy legislation A watered-down substitute advances: Washington privacy legislation update, February 6 The new version of My Health My Data incorporates many of the "improvements" (haha) industry lobbyists suggested
privacy news Privacy News Roundup: February 1 Privacy after Roe, an FTC enforcement action, a federal privacy legislation update ... and more!
Washington state privacy legislation The session's in high gear: Washington privacy legislation update, January 31 With only 105 days in Washington's legislative session, things are moving quickly