Mastodawn

Oh hey, I wrote a thing! It mainly tells you to go read a thing that @aiefel wrote (https://andrewfordlyons.net/2026/03/04/on-sovereignty-and-freedom-and.html) , on how internet sovereignty is a dangerous replacement for Internet Freedom: https://www.joncamfield.com/blog/2026.03/internet-freedom-sovereignty.html

On sovereignty and freedom and the internet

I was getting ready to hit “publish” on this post at the …

joncamfield 5d ago

fenchelmit Mar 16

heard "be the elephant you want to see in the room" earlier and gosh if that hasn't stuck with me

joncamfield Mar 13

Les Orchard Mar 13

"Stop spending money on Claude Code. Chipotle's support bot is free."

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7437833541851410433/

joncamfield Mar 6

MauroGata Mar 6

Feed It by Marco Melgrati

#illustration #art #robot #creepy #scifi #MarcoMelgrati #Melgrati

joncamfield Mar 5

ProPublica Mar 4

While detained at the Dilley detention center, 13-year-old Gerson Lopéz Garcia wrote: “We are all stuck in rooms that can hold 12 people … let us out we are not criminals I want to go home.”
https://propub.li/4r2Wqof

https://www.propublica.org/article/dilley-detention-center-kids-art-removal?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1772663580&utm_medium=social&utm_source=threads

Seized Art, Eavesdropping Guards: Parents Describe a Clampdown at Dilley Detention Center as Kids Shared Their Stories

Detainees told ProPublica that art supplies have been removed in room searches, immigrants have lost access to Gmail and staff hover within earshot during video calls.

ProPublica

joncamfield Feb 26

Quinn Norton Feb 25

We have lost Jesse Jackson. I briefly knew him. This is about him spending his time with me, when I was a child. It's personal, adorable, and most of all, humane. I have adored him ever since that day. https://emptywheel.net/morality-is-a-long-game/

joncamfield Feb 25

GeePawHill Feb 25

And so but anyway, did I ever tell you about my most humiliating experience as a skilled and successful computer programmer?

joncamfield Feb 18

Martin Feb 13

Our digital security team has been taking a close look at court documents on the FBI's raid on a Washington Post reporter's home. There's a lot journalists can learn from this event. https://freedom.press/digisec/blog/wapo-raid-security-lessons/

Five security lessons from the FBI’s Washington Post raid

Court documents show how investigators can track digital activities, and reveal ways to harden journalists’ devices

Freedom of the Press

joncamfield Feb 18

Mullvad VPN Feb 17

The UK has announced plans to fast-track legislation requiring “age verification for VPN use”. The correct term, however, is not age verification but identity verification.

A law like this would require everyone to identify themselves in order to use a VPN. This would pose a risk to whistleblowers, violate human rights, and represent yet another step toward an authoritarian society.

joncamfield Feb 14

e. hashman 🇵🇸Feb 14

We've already seen significant, targeted harassment campaigns online, where a small group of individuals control hundreds of unsophisticated sockpuppets. What does an AI agent-driven harassment campaign look like? This was just one runaway bot. https://theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-me-part-2/

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