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Updates

January 17, 2015 1 minute read

You know what hasn’t gotten an update in a while? This blog! What else? The cute kittens of digital security over at icanhazdigitalsecurity

Of Tor and Condoms

September 26, 2014 10 minute read

I am far from the first to compare digital security practices to safer sex practices; Jillian York even rapped about it on stage at re:publica in 2014

Do you trust your tools?

September 19, 2014 7 minute read

Let’s actually talk about how you might have trust in a software project, using Tor as an example.

Of BBQ, Open Source, and Heartbleed.

April 12, 2014 10 minute read

There’s a point here about heartbleed and security — I promise.

A Senate response to The Day We (Fought) Back

February 24, 2014 2 minute read

Senator Cruz’s office’s response to my personal note about surveillance

The promises of a decentralized currency

January 27, 2014 14 minute read

I once rented a part of a house that had been, well, not fully cleaned out from the previous occupants… A bit of digging uncovered a fascinating tale of cros...

Kyiv on #Jan25

January 25, 2014 5 minute read

I spent this past week in Kiev. You may have heard something about the protests, and possibly even about some of the policy changes and new laws that sparke...

Distributed Solutions for Distributed Attacks

October 21, 2013 8 minute read

Let’s rewind back to the 90s. Denial of service was a very, very different thing then

Jam Echelon Day, Redux

October 11, 2013 4 minute read

(Or, how to remind anyone snooping your email of your fourth amendment rights)

Commercial OLPC Sales‽ Five years late, but great!

July 18, 2013 7 minute read

I’m glad that OLPC has finally released what was originally put out as the vapourware-ish XO-3 concept

Stop doing Technology for Good So Badly.

April 12, 2013 8 minute read

I’ve been reflecting on some of the challenges I’ve faced across multiple organizations trying to leverage the power of technology to create positive social ...