the omicron variant Omicron cryptocurrency value surges after news of COVID variant with same name Thom Dunn
the laws of mathematics are very commendable Large, diverse coalition of civil society groups tell the US, UK and Australian governments not to ban working encryption Cory Doctorow
princeton Princeton's Center for Information Technology Policy is looking for engineering, social science, law, and policy "visitors" for interdisciplinary one-year positions Cory Doctorow
david kaye Facebook sues notorious spyware company NSO Group for 1,400 attacks on diplomats, journalists, dissidents, and government officials Cory Doctorow
jim baker The top FBI lawyer who tried to force Apple to backdoor its crypto now says working crypto is essential to public safety and national security Cory Doctorow
public service broadcasters BBC launches a Tor hidden service mirror to help people evade their countries' censoring firewalls Cory Doctorow
picture a clipper chip stamping on a human face forever Edward Snowden on the global war on encryption: "This is our new battleground" Cory Doctorow
acsc After banning working cryptography and raiding whistleblowers, Australia's spies ban speakers from national infosec conference Cory Doctorow
if you stand up for your users we'll stand up for you America's rotten ISPs object to encrypted DNS, argue that losing the ability to spy on your traffic puts them at a competitive disadvantage Cory Doctorow
hulk hogan's revenge Gawker's new owners demand right to search journalists, ban encrypted email and institute dress code Cory Doctorow
CRIME POODLE DROWN Fascinating, accessible guide to cryptographic attacks, from brute-force to POODLE and beyond Cory Doctorow
slightly less wrong but still totally wrong William Barr's terrible, stupid idea to ban working crypto is slightly less terrible and stupid than earlier ideas Cory Doctorow
also banning cryptography The new £50 notes will feature Alan Turing (whilst HMG proposes bans on Turing complete computers AND working crypto) Cory Doctorow
2g EFF publishes an indispensable, plain-language guide to "cell-site simulators": the surveillance devices that track you via your phone Cory Doctorow