I had assumed Google was smart enough to permission the tokens it handed out to devices, so eg your Android TV couldn’t access your Gmail account. Apparently I was wrong. 404media.co/android-tvs-ca…

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UT Austin students have a First Amendment right to freely express their political opinions — without threats of arrest and violence.

If you or someone you know needs legal support, call the Austin Lawyers Guild: 512-817-4254

A new episode of “Why is This Happening” is now available. Chris Hayes sits down with Meredith Whittaker, President of Signal App, to discuss artificial intelligence and the tech moment we’re in right now.

LISTEN NOW: link.chtbl.com/withpod_ig

Wow. 'In light of the existing concentration of military & financial power in the U.S., handing the country even more “control” over all relevant social media platforms is not something we should reflexively embrace...'
lpeproject.org/blog/social-me…

Why I use Signal for even mundane, day-to-day communications. And why you should too.

I can't stress the importance of using Signal for all communications enough.

And second, Meredith Whittaker with a broader reflection on the question of regulating social media platforms during a time of rising illiberalism in the United States.

lpeproject.org/blog/social-me…

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📢NEW FROM ME!

On the TikTok ban, the danger of abandoning defense of speech to extremists, & how the liberal tendency to assume a just state 'outside the scope of this paper' leads to confused law/policy that can exacerbate the problems platforms pose.

lpeproject.org/blog/social-me…

Peace, Bruv What'sApp uses the Signal Protocol to protect the contents of comms--what you say. But it doesn't protect things like your contact list, profile name, who's in a group chat, who's messaging whom, etc. Signal protects all of these. This is a very important differentiator.

Hell yeah this is a huge win: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted to ban noncompete agreements—a major legal tool bosses exploit to control workers across the labor market, from fast food to tech companies.
thehill.com/business/46154…

AI-drafted police reports will absolutely result in mistakes enshrined as facts.

This will permanently impact peoples' lives & freedom.

Yes, and I wrote more about why this is a particularly bad idea particularly right now here👇

lpeproject.org/blog/social-me…

Knowledge flows have always been controlled & conditional; questions are who takes control & under what conditions. For Made in China Journal, I trace the history of US-China scientific exchange leading to current tensions, and broader crises in academic freedom:
madeinchinajournal.com/2024/04/23/tro…

This is very good. 'Origin Stories: Plantations, Computers, and Industrial Control' by Meredith Whittaker logicmag.io/supa-dupa-skie…

“The business model in tech is monetizing surveillance… And if you want to focus seriously on privacy… you cannot be pressured by commercial incentives.” -Meredith Whittaker, president of Signal, in the latest #WITHpod w/Chris Hayes.

It's a really fascinating conversation about…

NYTimes Editorial Board on Martin Luther King's opposition to the Vietnam War: 'The moral issues in Vietnam are less clear-cut than he suggests; the political strategy of uniting the peace movement and the civil rights movement could very well be disastrous for both causes.'

‘Seek Funding’ Step Added To Scientific Method bit.ly/4b3yWrG

📢 My NDSS Symposium keynote is up!

On how we lost the crypto wars, why surveillance advertising must be understood as the foundation of 'AI', & why the tactics of the past won't serve us in defending privacy today.

Text: signal.org/blog/pdfs/ndss…
Video: youtube.com/watch?v=XA2fRR…