Mastodawn

@Jer @cstross @isaackuo and now Trump is trying to out-escalate religious fanatics whose fetish is martyrdom.

Ain't going to work.

I'm not sure I fully agree with the premise of this paper, but the historical review of the LE vs. Encryption debate is really helpful:

https://arxiv.org/html/2603.00841v1

Security Is Not Enough

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Otmar Lendl Mar 7

@tsturm I wrote my first lines of Basic on a ZX81.

Long, long time ago.

Otmar Lendl Feb 28

Aphrodite (recharging)Feb 28

I have a hunch @pluralistic would like this video from Norway.

#enshittification

https://youtu.be/T4Upf_B9RLQ

A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator

YouTube

Otmar Lendl Feb 28

Jaap Burger Feb 28

Spring has arrived in central and western Europe, as shown by the sun-shaped hole in the electricity prices for the day.

https://data.nordpoolgroup.com/auction/day-ahead/prices?deliveryDate=2026-02-28&currency=EUR&aggregation=DeliveryPeriod&deliveryAreas=AT,BE,FR,GER,NL,PL

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Otmar Lendl Feb 24

@stefan Theoretisch ja, wenn sich das zeitlich rechtfertigen lässt.

Otmar Lendl Feb 22

New blogpost: a look at CIRAS, where ENISA is publishing incident reporting statistics. I’m not a fan.

https://www.cert.at/en/blog/2026/2/incident-reporting-eu-wide-statistics

CERT.at Incident Reporting: EU-Wide Statistics

Otmar Lendl Feb 20

TechCrunch Feb 19

Cellebrite, which makes phone unlocking and hacking tools, stopped sales to countries that allegedly abused its tools. But after new allegations in Jordan and Kenya, the company has changed its approach. https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/19/cellebrite-cut-off-serbia-citing-abuse-of-its-phone-unlocking-tools-why-not-others/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

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Otmar Lendl Feb 19

@rrefresh alle auf LinkedIn das Profil auf "OpenToWork" stellen.

Otmar Lendl Feb 19

Johnny Ryan Feb 17

My piece in The Guardian this morning: Europe’s path to technological independence from the U.S.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/17/europeans-are-dangerously-reliant-on-us-tech-now-is-a-good-time-to-build-our-own

Europeans are dangerously reliant on US tech. Now is a good time to build our own

By trusting the US, we handed Trump a kill switch. Yet Europe’s digital sovereignty is an achievable goal, says civil liberties campaigner, Johnny Ryan

The Guardian