Liam Pomfret

@liampomfret
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Consumer privacy researcher, Australian Privacy Foundation Board Member.
That Bulbagarden guy.
He/Him
LocationFormerly Brisbane πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί
Twittertwitter.com/liampomfret
Marketing Academics on Mastodonhttps://lpomfret.github.io/Mastodon-Marketing/

The goal isn't to protect children,
the goal is to de-anonymize every comment and action on the internet, associating it with a legal ID, by eventually requesting official identification from every adult using a computer.

Some politicians have already stated this plainly.

This leads to censorship of anyone criticizing their government.

This leads to repression of marginalized people, especially immigrants, people of color, and trans and gender diverse people.

This leads to self-censorship of any comments or actions that could be interpreted against the system. Such as speaking out against fascism and authoritarian surveillance, or defending human rights publicly.

This leads to total control of the population and its tools of communications.

This leads to the end of democracy, centralizing power even more in the hands of a few.

Do not let them do this to us.

#MassSurveillance #AgeVerification #Authoritarianism #HumanRights

@mullvadnet This is the specific error I get on attempting to update.

error: importing RPMs: package mullvad-vpn-2026.1-1.x86_64 cannot be verified and repo mullvad-stable is GPG enabled: /var/cache/rpm-ostree/repomd/mullvad-stable-43-x86_64/packages/MullvadVPN-2026.1_x86_64.rpm could not be verified.
/var/cache/rpm-ostree/repomd/mullvad-stable-43-x86_64/packages/MullvadVPN-2026.1_x86_64.rpm: DIGEST: SIGNATURE: NOT OK

Now this is a bit concerning. Attempted to download the latest version of the @mullvadnet client for Linux from the Fedora repository, but it fails its signature check.

Bad news πŸ˜”πŸ’”

I am sad to announce today that unfortunately I will not be working with Privacy Guides anymore after the end of this month.

Good news! 🚨  

I will be available for a new position or contract, starting in April!

I am looking for a position or contact for:

✊ Digital rights activist (with a specialty in privacy rights)

πŸ”’ Privacy expert or consultant

 Fediverse and Mastodon advocate

πŸ™Œ Managerial position

πŸ“° Tech journalist

πŸ’» Technical writer

πŸ’š Or any other fitting positions

I am especially interested in working with nonprofit organisations, cooperatives, open-source projects, privacy-oriented software companies, or any other organisations working for the public good.

πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Remote from Canada

 All the work I produce is guaranteed to be AI-free

Let me know if you hear of any good opportunities!

#FediHire #GetFediHired #Tech #Jobs

Needs an accompanying cup board.
This past week has left us feeling quite vindicated for having chosen to fly Air Canada and avoid transiting via the US.
Having free wifi internet access on board an international flight is such a civilised way to travel.
Costa Rica. I’ll update the profile after we’ve gotten settled.
So now that I’ve left Australia, at what point am I morally obligated to start getting teary eyed when I hear β€œI still call Australia Home”?
Just a few short hours now until we’re on our way. Still feels a bit surreal that I’m actually moving overseas.