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I want to do a bigger BADBOOL update this month so if you have requests, now is the time! You can post here but ALSO file a pull request or send me an email with BADBOOL in the subject line or it may get lost in the ether.

https://github.com/yaelwrites/Big-Ass-Data-Broker-Opt-Out-List

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GitHub - yaelwrites/Big-Ass-Data-Broker-Opt-Out-List

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Did you know that you can export your saved data (including passkeys!) from Apple Passwords to another app on your iPhone or iPad? Top level of the app, ... menu, “Export Data to Another App”.

And you can export your saved data (including passkeys) from 1Password to another app on your iPhone or iPad, too! Top level of the app, user avatar, Settings, Advanced, Start Export.

Folks from 1Password, Dashlane, Bitwarden, NordPass, Apple, and Google collaborated on a data interoperability standard (CXF in FIDO Alliance) to make this possible. Building on top of that, iOS has first-class support for migrating that standardized data between apps.

Not all apps will support all of the data that’s possible to be transferred, but this really might help you switch from one app to another. There’s no need for a desktop computer and a CSV file, and those CSV files never supported migrating passkeys. The OS support for this exists on Mac, but third-party apps have been slower to adopt it.

Everything I’ve said here is public information and available to use on your i{Phone,Pad}OS 26 devices today.

Today's smart devices have created an ecosystem of "sensorveillance", where every data point has the capacity to inform on you to authorities...as an NYU law professor explains: https://spectrum.ieee.org/digital-surveillance
Digital Surveillance Turns Everyday Devices Into Evidence

Your car just called the cops on you. Find out how smart tech is changing the nature of surveillance.

IEEE Spectrum

Friendly reminder: last year I built FediMod FIRES, a protocol and reference server implementation for sharing moderation data.

I haven't yet been able to get anyone to adopt it or even signal intent to adopt. But regularly I see people complaining about the lack of data sharing when it comes to moderation, especially for combating spam, scams, and harassment. The tool is there, please use it!

Whilst I'm not actively working on FediMod FIRES this quarter, I did apply in November for a grant to continue that work, and last I heard a few weeks ago is that the grant made it to the next stage, so I may have some money again to fund development.

It's not 1.0.0 yet, because I decided it needed more work for me to be happy to call it that, but it is usable!

Installation is also super simple for data producers, literally two commands on debian or ubuntu boxes.

Learn more: https://fires.fedimod.org/manuals/reference-server/

#moderation #fediblock #administration

FIRES Reference Server | FediMod FIRES

Fediverse moderation Intelligence Replication Endpoint Server

FediMod FIRES
The legacy of Mueller is that if you do diligent methodical careful work on a damning report, trusting to our institutions to do the right thing, damned liars will just tell damned lies about your work and the lies will stand, because institutions won't confront power and nobody does the reading.

“For Orbán in Hungary, it took about four years, for Vučić in Serbia, it took eight years, and for Erdoğan in Turkey and Modi in India, it took about 10 years to accomplish the suppression of democratic institutions that Trump has achieved in only one year.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2026/mar/17/trump-is-aiming-for-dictatorship-thats-the-verdict-of-the-worlds-most-credible-democracy-watchdog

‘Trump is aiming for dictatorship’. That’s the verdict of the world’s most credible democracy watchdog

Sweden’s V-Dem Institute warns that the US is no longer a liberal democracy. And autocracy is creeping across Europe too, says writer Martin Gelin

The Guardian

An Architecture for IP in Deep Space - https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-many-tiptop-ip-architecture/

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The IP protocol stacks used on Earth's Internet are typically configured based on assumptions of short delays and mostly uninterrupted communications. This document describes an architecture of the IP protocol stack tailored for its use in deep space. <snip> This architecture applies to the Moon, Mars, and general interplanetary networking.
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#IETF #IETF125 #Internet #InternetAccess #space

An Architecture for IP in Deep Space

The IP protocol stacks used on Earth's Internet are typically configured based on assumptions of short delays and mostly uninterrupted communications. This document describes an architecture of the IP protocol stack tailored for its use in deep space. It involves buffering IP packets in IP forwarders facing intermittent links and adjusting transport protocol configurations and application protocol timers. This architecture applies to the Moon, Mars, and general interplanetary networking.

IETF Datatracker

"AI is giving attackers a huge advantage!"

"Yes, it is. It's amazing how quickly it has destroyed dev, sec, ops, management, company missions and priorities, regulations, information literacy, and civil society, making everyone more vulnerable."

At this point, birds make way more sense than all this other shit.
We recently answered a ton of questions about ICE, Palantir, Flock, the surveillance industry, and more. This is our breakdown of the state of surveillance in 2026: https://www.404media.co/flock-ice-surveillance-technology-reddit-ama/
From Flock to ICE, Here’s a Breakdown of How You’re Being Watched

To better understand what exactly we’re looking at in this dystopian surveillance hellscape, 404 Media’s Jason Koebler and Joseph Cox joined Reddit's r/technology for an Ask Me Anything session.

404 Media