“Only the hand that erases can write the true thing”
Building privacy enhancing technologies
The problem with getting rid of meetings is that informal communication patterns between key people becomes a form of hierarchy. So people feel out of the loop and want meetings as a way to stay informed.
This is where a culture of documentation and internal communication is key
Long story short: Legendre looked at the repartition of prime numbers, made a conjecture about the asymptotics of the prime-counting function and computed (by hand) an approximation of the leading constant of the asymptotic equivalent.
Appeared to be something close to one, so he gave that fundamental constant his name.
Turns out, it's a bit more than "close" to one.
Syverson’s classic critique of mixnets:
“It’s a Wonderful Life” fell into the public domain once the copyright lapsed 28 years after its release, and television stations began running the film around the clock because it didn’t cost a penny. It wasn’t Frank Capra or Jimmy Stewart or the enduring power of cinema that made it a lasting success. It was neglect. “The damnedest thing I’ve ever seen,” Capra himself once said.
"Here’s a brief list of some things I’ve learned with the help of Flipper Zero this week: Some animal microchips will tell you the body temperature of your pet. My neighbor’s car tire pressure sensor leaks data to anyone in range of the signal. My iPhone blasts my face with infrared signals every few seconds. My home security system has built-in signal-jamming detection. WIRED’s office bathroom has a soap dispenser that broadcasts whether it needs a refill."
My colleague Dhruv Mehrotra has been playing with the Flipper Zero for the last few days
As @[email protected] cogently explains on this oped, the dangerous Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act threatens a blow against online privacy, including overly broad requirements on privacy tech software developers and an effective ban on privacy coins.
https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2022/12/20/elizabeth-warrens-new-financial-surveillance-bill-is-a-disaster-for-privacy-and-civil-liberties/
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/kurtopsahl/status/1605317214210400256
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