“How to Dictator-Proof Your Money”

My new essay in the Journal of Democracy (Journal of Democracy) on how human rights activists and non-profits across the world are adopting Bitcoin as a resistance currency in response to regimes freezing their bank accounts

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NEW: British man arrested, accused of spying for #Russia & directing arson plot.

Target: a warehouse used by package companies servicing #Ukraine .

Wild story emerging after gag order lifted.

By Will Bolton telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/2…

Putin is a snowflake and can't handle criticism.

Accordingly, Russia just issued an arrest warrant for chess champion Garry Kasparov Garry Kasparov.

Absurd.
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Misinformation when misunderstandings are most dangerous...

...thanks to the epidemic of ' #OSINT '-branded accounts spreading falsehoods during crises.

New Bellingcat piece on the rise of #OSHIT .

By Tristan Lee, Koltai.bsky.social & Giancarlo Fiorella
bellingcat.com/resources/2024…

There was a previously unreported arrest in California. The charging documents paint a wild picture of law enforcement impersonations, bomb threats that shut down city halls, spoofed Congressman's phones, & phony search warrants filed in districts around the country. A thread

.Secretary Antony Blinken announced visa restrictions on 13 people involved with or benefitting from the misuse of commercial spyware as part of our whole-of-government effort to counter the proliferation & misuse of commercial spyware, which has been used to enable human rights abuses.

Sell surveillance tools to dictators?

No Zoom calls for you.

No @dell, @microsoft, Salesforce and @Intel either.

Life is coming fast over at Sandvine after the February U.S. Commerce Dept. Entity Listing.

Scoop by Ryan Gallagher
bloomberg.com/news/newslette…

NEW: 'shocking and depressing'

'...even in this room I am speaking to people who were victims of this system'

Prosecutor general Adam Bodnar testifies to 🇵🇱 #polish parliament about hacking of 100s with #Pegasus spyware.

apnews.com/article/poland…

Huge news for anyone working in tech in the US.

Noncompetes are now banned: not just in California (like before), but nationwide. Very, very relevant for anyone at Amazon (which is the Big Tech that has enforced noncompetes even for low-level engineering positions).

Why is a port at 'the end of the world' suddenly gaining interest from both Washington and Beijing? 1/x

Spain reopens Israeli spyware probe, sharing information with France reut.rs/3UeB5tT