Seventeen years ago, I thought I was in a cis-hetero relationship, trying to fit into the norms everyone around me expected. I wore the gender roles others gave me and performed a script that never felt like mine.

Today, I’m a trans girl in a loving, joyful lesbian relationship. My little one is queer, and during this Pride Month, all their closest friends have come out too.

This weekend, we celebrated my little one’s birthday in Capitol Hill—Seattle’s gayest neighborhood. Pride flags were everywhere, queer people surrounded us, and I felt such a sense of safety, belonging, and celebration. In our group of eight, only two were not queer—and for that moment, I wasn’t the odd one out. I felt the joy of being part of a majority—a community that embraced me just as I am.

I am so grateful to see my little one with like-minded friends, living free of the judgment and rejection I faced when I was young.

Happy Pride, fam! Let’s celebrate who we are, together. 🌈✨

#PrideMonth #QueerJoy #ChosenFamily #TransLove

Supreme Court allows DOGE team full access to Social Security data, sparking privacy concerns. Three liberal justices dissented, citing risks to millions of Americans.

https://apnews.com/article/doge-social-security-trump-elon-musk-99f3f281154fe0f91e6a6e612bf8e9ba

#Privacy #DataAccess #SupremeCourt #GovernmentEfficiency

French court orders major VPNs—NordVPN, CyberGhost, ProtonVPN, ExpressVPN, and Surfshark—to block 200 pirate streaming sites following Canal+ lawsuit. This marks a major legal precedent targeting VPNs in anti-piracy efforts.

https://torrentfreak.com/major-vpn-providers-ordered-to-block-pirate-sports-streaming-sites-250516/

#VPN #Piracy #SiteBlocking #France

Researchers reveal how attackers can exploit GitHub's Dependabot with "Confused Deputy" attacks, merging malicious code by tricking workflows. They share new TTPs, including branch name injection and branch protection bypasses.

https://boostsecurity.io/blog/weaponizing-dependabot-pwn-request-at-its-finest

#GitHub #Dependabot #SupplyChainSecurity #CI/CD

OpenAI faces backlash after a court order forces indefinite retention of all ChatGPT logs, including deleted chats, in a copyright lawsuit. The move raises privacy concerns and may clash with EU GDPR regulations.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/06/openai-confronts-user-panic-over-court-ordered-retention-of-chatgpt-logs/

#AI #Privacy #DataRetention #OpenAI

Apple warns Australia against following the EU in mandating iOS app sideloading, citing security risks. Australia is considering forcing Apple to open its App Store to sideloading as part of competition reforms.

https://www.neowin.net/news/apple-warns-australia-against-joining-eu-in-mandating-iphone-app-sideloading/

#Apple #iOS #Sideloading #Privacy

A thorough guide on implementing authentication with Axum: cookie-based JWTs, refresh tokens, and layered middlewares. Covers building extractors, secure cookie management, and stacking middlewares for role-based access.

https://mattrighetti.com/2025/05/03/authentication-with-axum

#RustLang #WebDev #Infosec #Axum

Twitter's new encrypted DMs, dubbed XChat, rely on a weak PIN-based scheme vulnerable to brute-force attacks, with no forward secrecy or meaningful protections against metadata leakage. Experts suggest using Signal instead.

https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/71646.html

#Encryption #Privacy #Infosec #MessagingApps

OpenAI challenges court order forcing it to preserve all ChatGPT logs—including deleted and sensitive chats—citing risks to user privacy and global compliance. The order aims to prevent potential evidence destruction in a copyright case.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/06/openai-says-court-forcing-it-to-save-all-chatgpt-logs-is-a-privacy-nightmare/

#DataPrivacy #ChatGPT #LegalTech #Infosec