From Gourmet Tools to Self-Serve Building Blocks: Scaling Resilience with Shared Language and Reuse

In my SplinterCon keynote tomorrow: think in self-serve capabilities – Resolve, Shape, Carry, Relay, Choose – not monolithic "gourmet" tools.

Users ask which tool works. Providers need to ask what is being targeted, how, and which capability is missing.

May 5, 12:05 PM EDT / 18:05 CET

Register: https://splintercon.net/splintercon-online/

#SplinterCon #InternetFreedom #Circumvention

I'm excited to announce that Outline is transitioning from Jigsaw to the new Outline Foundation, a nonprofit created to be the independent home for technology that helps over 30 million people participate in the global internet every month.

It has become such a public good, that it only makes sense to be its own organization.

Announcement:
https://medium.com/jigsaw/introducing-the-outline-foundation-an-independent-home-for-outline-39fba2ab4e25

Follow on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/outline-foundation

I’m excited that I was able to build OpenSSL and curl with Encrypted ClientHello (ECH) support!

Thanks to the @guardianproject and the DEfO project for making it happen, and Open Tech Fund (OTF) for funding it.

https://defo.ie

Age verification laws are a disaster that make everyone less safe.

Discord just confirmed that a customer support contractor was hacked, exposing government ID images (driver’s licenses, passports, etc.) and other security details from users.

This is exactly what many of us warned would happen.

These laws don’t make kids safer and make everyone more vulnerable to identity theft, stalking, and abuse. We need to stop and reverse them before more harm is done.

Details: https://discord.com/press-releases/update-on-security-incident-involving-third-party-customer-service

Authoritarianism as a Service. Learn what's inside the report "The Internet Coup - A Technical Analysis on How a Chinese Company is Exporting The Great Firewall to Autocratic Regimes" with this AI-generated summary.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUZqajeutCk

#GreatFirewall #InternetFreedom #Censorship

If we care about kids, we must invest where harm actually occurs and where prevention works, not in universal ID checks or backdoors that make everyone less safe.

https://thoughts.viniciusfortuna.com/the-illusion-of-safety-age-checks-and-encryption-backdoors-dont-fix-the-real-problem

#ageverification #encryption #privacy #csam

Landmark sentencing of Bolsonaro for his attempt to abolish the democratic state in Brazil.

The history of military coups in Brazil has taught us that attempted coups cannot go unpunished.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/world/americas/bolsonaro-convicted-coup-attempt.html?unlocked_article_code=1.lU8.ANBv.zUcw_hRFXnVa&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

While searching for self-hosted platforms and alternatives for photo storage, I found @ente

Ente is end-to-end encrypted, meaning the server can't see your data. I really appreciate their articles on how they do encryption, replication and ML:
https://ente.io/architecture
https://ente.io/reliability
https://ente.io/ml

I guess I may have to give it a try. One thing missing is that I really want to own my data, have everything in my laptop. Not sure if I can do that yet.