2022-09-14
Ugg. You can watch Mudge's testimony get misunderstood and turned into clickbaity headlines in real time.
TechCrunch
Mudge details Twitter's lack of logging, ignoring hackers' ongoing efforts to access its systems, how the FTC let the company “grade its own homework”, and more
A ticking bomb of security vulnerabilities. Covering up security failures. Duping regulators and misleading lawmakers.
Ugg. You can watch Mudge's testimony get misunderstood and turned into clickbaity headlines in real time.
New Yorker
A look at the efforts by at least six research groups to find dirt on Twitter whistleblower Peiter Zatko, including offers to pay his former colleagues for info
2022-09-01
Cloudflare's response to the KF criticism is apparently “we updated our abuse reporting so it doesn't give your address to people who want you dead as long as you check a box. What more do you want?” https://blog.cloudflare.com/ ...
VICE
After an outcry over serving anti-trans stalking forum Kiwi Farms, Cloudflare says denying security services due to “despicable” content is the wrong policy
2021-09-07
In the end a legal company cannot protect you from a legal request if they want to remain legal. End of story. If your threat model involves evading a legal system, a for-profit company is not going to help you.
TechCrunch
ProtonMail is under fire for disclosing a French activist's IP address to Swiss authorities; ProtonMail had claimed to only log IPs in “extreme criminal cases”
ProtonMail, a hosted email service with a focus on end-to-end encrypted communications, has been facing criticism …
I don't blame ProtonMail for complying with a lawful request.. but I do blame them for having advertised anonymity features for years they can't ultimately provide legally.
TechCrunch
ProtonMail is under fire for disclosing a French activist's IP address to Swiss authorities; ProtonMail had claimed to only log IPs in “extreme criminal cases”
ProtonMail, a hosted email service with a focus on end-to-end encrypted communications, has been facing criticism …