Kurt Opsahl
@kurtopsahl.bsky.social
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AGC for Cybersecurity & Civil Liberties Policy at Filecoin Foundation, former Deputy ED and GC of EFF, now EFF Special Counsel, affiliate of BKC Harvard, board emeritus USENIX, advisor Open Archive, former Technical Advisory Council CISA. Skeets are my own
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"The suit contends that the government is using AI and other methods to watch the social media posts of virtually every single non-citizen who is in the United States legally and on a valid visa, as well as many people who have obtained permanent resident status."

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EFF, unions sue Trump administration over alleged mass social media surveillance of legal residents | TechCrunch
The lawsuit, filed in federal court, alleges the Trump administration is monitoring and punishing non-citizens who express social media views that the government disfavors.
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Are you a lawyer? Do you enjoy working on small teams tackling big things? We’re hiring a senior counsel.

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We're so relieved to see Germany reaffirm its opposition to the dangerous Chat Control proposal--the one that would mandate mass scanning of communications. Germany's long been a solid champion of privacy, and the news that it was considering backing mass surveillance was alarming. 1/
The Security Research Legal Defense Fund is now on the socials, here and Twitter (@SecurityLDF). It's my honor to be on the SRLDF Board with @harleygeiger.bsky.social and Jim Dempsey, and I am proud of the work we've been able to do and help hackers in trouble.
The SRLDF assists ethical hackers with legal representation. If you are an ethical hacker who is facing legal threats for your good faith security research or vulnerability disclosure, reach out to learn more. www.srldf.org
Security Research Legal Defense Fund
We aim to help fund legal representation for persons that face legal issues due to good faith security research and vulnerability disclosure in cases that would advance cybersecurity for the public in...
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this feature that reverse image searches tiktoks for dupes in the tiktok shop is sort of cursed as a concept already but somehow it gets even more cursed www.theverge.com/tech/782540/...
TikTok is tagging videos from Gaza with TikTok Shop products
TikTok’s new AI feature automatically looks for products in your videos.
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A 4.6 magnitude earthquake occurred 3 km ESE of Berkeley, California!
🗺️ Coordinates: 37.858800, -122.239800

This is an automatic report and may be revised.
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3 km ESE of Berkeley, California
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Once again, freeloading buskers take over a San Francisco park. The was also a taco truck on at least one corner.
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Security eng: So your package deploys as JavaScript code?
Me: Yes
SE: If someone modified that code, could it read files from disk?
Me: Sure
SE: That's not acceptable
Me: You're describing a scenario where someone has write access to the disk, but not read access?
SE: We take security very seriously
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Our small rectangular son, Character Limit, is one year old today! Thank you for making @rmac.bsky.social & my first year as authors so incredible! We are continually grateful to share this story with readers. 💙
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NEW: Internal report reveals DHS intelligence portal was accidentally opened to tens of thousands of users for months, exposing sensitive intel about Americans. @brennancenter.org obtained the docs. @wired.com has the story. 🧵

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Today is the 30th anniversary of Hackers
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A new mural by elusive street artist Banksy showing a judge beating an unarmed protester with a gavel will be removed from a wall outside one of London’s most iconic courts, authorities said Monday.
New Banksy mural of a judge beating a protester to be removed from outside London court
A new Banksy mural showing a judge beating an unarmed protester with a gavel will be removed from outside a London court.
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