Aristotelis Tzafalias

@aristot73@infosec.exchange
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It is ridiculously hot in Europe, unbearably so, and yet we are building systems which are needlessly complex and power-hungry.

Something is very wrong with us.

At least 66 children dead of malnutrition in Gaza amid Israel’s war

UNICEF says the number of malnourished children in the Gaza Strip is rising at an ‘alarming rate’.

Al Jazeera

The European Commission is putting together an "Expert Group for a Technology Roadmap on Encryption": https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=4005

The group will include 12 members plus one member of ENISA (Cybersecurity Agency), EUROPOL (Police) and EDPS (Data protection Supervisor).

"The group shall be co-chaired by a representative of DG CNECT and a representative of DG HOME"

Applications are open until September 1st.

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@aristot73/114756135579776190

#EUGoingDark #encryption #privacy

The NLnet Foundation has announced a new list of 62 projects receiving funding through the Next Generation Internet (NGI) Zero Commons Fund: open hardware security key Nitrokey, open hardware microscope OpenFlexure... https://nlnet.nl/news/2025/20250624-announcement-grants-CommonsFund.html
NLnet; 62 new projects contribute to digital commons

Report from Unwanted Witness.

‘Surveillance/Spyware: An Impediment to Civil Society, HRDs and Journalists in East
& Southern Africa’

https://www.unwantedwitness.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Report-06.06.2025-FINAL.pdf

European Commission- Call for applications - Expert Group for a Technology Roadmap on Encryption (E04005) ACTIVE - deadline 1 September 2025.
#dataretention #lawfulinterception #digitalforensics #encryption

"The selection shall prioritise experts with technical profiles, coming from either public or private sector, whilst aiming to ensure proportional representation across the following fields of expertise: • Home affairs, ideally with an experience in fighting high-tech crime, and/or a background in the area of decryption and artifact extraction, computer forensics, network forensics, smartphone forensics, cloud forensics, IoT forensics, memory forensics and/or lawful interception; • Cybersecurity. with diverse backgrounds including but not limited to vulnerability management, evaluation of cybersecurity risks and certification and encryption (including quantum and post-quantum cryptography); • Telecommunication, including with experience in computer networks/Internet, 5G/6G, IoT, VoIP, Satellite, Quantum communication and/or encrypted communication applications; • Big data analysis, including with expertise in AI technologies; • Standardisation, notably in relation with cybersecurity and/or telecommunication technologies, including protocol networks, exchanges of digital data, and lawful interception; • Justice and fundamental rights, including experience in data protection and privacy, as well as experience in criminal justice, such as cyber-enabled and/or cyber-dependent crimes"

https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=4005

@GossiTheDog That's contingent on Defender following the same rules, though...otherwise it's an antitrust minefield. Defender itself isn't always a good citizen and bad definition updates frequently bring down systems.

Help request. My brother has Stage 4 colorectal cancer.

His life insurance has refused to pay out on a technicality, meaning he and his loved ones cannot afford the mortgage on their home.

I've never asked for anything in return for infosec stuff, but if you have anything spare, please chuck it this direction instead:

https://gofund.me/b9a0d8f4

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