Reintroduction post!

Since Bluesky picked up millions of users last year, I have neglected Mastodon somewhat. This year, I'm going to make an effort to post and interact more on here too

I'm Matt, a security reporter based in Europe at WIRED. I'm often covering cybercrime, privacy, surveillance internet freedom, and more.

I'm always interested in hearing what we should be covering and keen to focus more this year on security issues in Europe (and the uncoupling of the continent and the US).

I'm also contactable on Signal using: mattburgess.20 and on email on [email protected]

@mattburgess
I’m really interested in the efforts of European digital rights activists to get rid of the “anti-circumvention” laws. See this great opinion piece in the Guardian by @pluralistic.
#Enshittification #sovereigntech

Trump may be the beginning of the end for ‘enshittification’ – this is our chance to make tech good again

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/10/trump-beginning-of-end-enshittification-make-tech-good-again

Trump may be the beginning of the end for ‘enshittification’ – this is our chance to make tech good again

The US president is weaponising tech, but his tariffs and Brexit provide a surprising opportunity to gain back digital control of our lives, says science fiction author, activist and journalist Cory Doctorow

The Guardian