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Software engineer / strategist / activist. More at http://achangeiscoming.net/about/

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The Nexus of Privacy at the turn of the year

With some teasers about stories in the works ...

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Privacy News: December 26

Police using health data for surveillance, TikTok spying on journalists, state privacy legislation, and more!

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Black Twitter, quoting, and white views of toxicity on Mastodon

Does quoting really cause toxicity?

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Federal privacy legislation

That's a wrap (for now): federal privacy legislation update, December 23

It's official: at the end of the day, nothing passed

The American Data Privacy Protection Act won't protect pregnant people, Immigrant, BIPOC, Poor, LGBTQ2SIA and Disabled folks.

The omnibus drops - with no ADPPA or KOSA! Federal privacy legislation update, December 20

The $1.7 trillion, 4155-page "omnibus" appropriations bill was released at 1:30 am this morning – without any privacy legislation attached. With Congress rushing to leave DC before a huge snowstorm closes in, it looks like that's it for 2022. Privacy legislation is hard. Still, by

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Privacy News: December 19

A big FTC settlement, student privacy, state and federal privacy legislation, security and privacy issues on Mastodon ... and more!

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ADPPA and Twitter: eight questions and an elephant

Does the proposed consumer privacy bill prevent Twitter's data abuses?

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Privacy News: December 15

Privacy after Roe, surveillance, FTC comments, state and federal privacy legislation, and more!

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ADPPA and a "coordinated effort" not to mention the elephant: Federal privacy legislation update, December 12

Will Big Tech get what they want? We shall see.

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Privacy News: December 11

Large language models, iCloud encryption, Twitter privacy issues, state privacy legislation, and much much more!

Responsible Innovation Project. RI Labs: Future of Leadership & Innovation

Flocking to Mastodon? Here's what you need to know!

Tuesday, December 13, at 9 am Pacific / noon Eastern

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Privacy News: December 7

SF says no to killer robots (for now), the EU says no to Meta's business model, questions about state privacy legislation ... and more! San Francisco: In a surprise turnaround, robot lethal force is banned — for now Will Jarrett on Mission Local (missionlocal.org) In an unexpected about-face, the

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Privacy News: December 5

Killer robots, a new deadline for Real ID, effective privacy organizing, security cameras with a data leak, Mastodon, and more!

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Mastodon privacy: you can't really opt out of search engine indexing

There are a lot of reasons people might not want their posts on a social network to be indexed by search engines. Too bad Mastodon's "opt out" doesn't actually opt you out.

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Privacy News: December 2

Travel privacy, Spotify Wrapped, a lawsuit against a spyware maker ... and more!

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Privacy News: November 29

Killer robots, privacy after Roe, state and federal privacy legislation, and more!

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Will anything pass this session? Federal privacy legislation update, November 28

Over 90 organizations have signed on to a letter led by the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT), Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), and Fight for the Future opposing the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA). Signers include local and national LGBTQ and human rights organizations including the ACLU, American Library Association,

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Mastodon: a partial history (DRAFT)

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Privacy News: November 22

Privacy after Roe, ADPPA and KOSA in Congress, FTC comments, a big new lawsuit by Foxglove against Meta ... and that's only the tip of the iceberg.

Consent, Automated Systems, and Discrimination (FTC Comments)

My response to the FTC’s ANPR on Commercial Surveillance and Data Security

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Privacy News: November 17

Federal privacy legislation, Mastodon, an intriguing upcoming event, and more!

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Privacy News: November 15

Privacy after Roe, Algorithmic bias, privacy legislation, Twitter, and more

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The elephant and the lame duck: ADPPA after the midterms (a federal privacy legislation update)

Reading the political tea leaves ...

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Privacy News: November 10 - and a bit about disinfo too

Data brokers, FTC commens, state privacy legislation, Apple, Mastodon, and more