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Author of A Public Service - https://teapaw.org/t.co/b2PzE6sj2Z Artist - https://teapaw.org/t.co/UtnTYLmYj8 Co-Organizer @ LA Cryptoparty - https://teapaw.org/t.co/RN7nOydlUU Digital Strategist at @alleyco

LA / London
Joined January 2009
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We spent months interviewing tech #whistleblowers incl @IfeomaOzoma @TylerShultz_ @chrisinsilico & top lawyers to put these legal considerations together. Hope hope this #TechWorkerHandbook will empower tech workers to make informed decisions techworkerhandbook.org/legal…
We are thrilled to announce the launch of the first of its kind #TechWorkerHandbook, especially the Legal section we wrote techworkerhandbook.org/legal… Thank you @IfeomaOzoma for making it happen!
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.@timatron came by the Game Lab to dive into the corners of the dark web with us! Tim Schwartz is an artist, activist & technologist focusing on data privacy and digital information, and challenging power while protecting one’s identity. timschwartz.org/
deep rooted, long lasting systemic problems might require deep rooted, long lasting solutions
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social media and the algorithms that drive it are like impacting every aspect of our society that has regular internet access bigger than the printing press did in over a century 📱🧠🌎🔥
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Signal is back! Like an underdog going through a training montage, we’ve learned a lot since yesterday — and we did it together. Thanks to the millions of new Signal users around the world for your patience. Your capacity for understanding inspired us while we expanded capacity.
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One of the books I reviewed in 2020 was @timatron's "A Public Service" - a comprehensive guide to whistleblower safety. If you are part of a whistleblowing project - as a leaker, advisor or reporter - it's an essential read. memex.craphound.com/2020/01/… eof/
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When covid struck Florida, @GeoRebekah - a data scientist working for the state - created a dashboard to help people in the state follow the disease's spread as Republican Governor Ron DeSantis lifted restrictions and declared the state open for business. 1/
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The security of a secret EU defense meeting was just a 6 digit pin on a web app... and the Belgian guy posted a picture, while the call was happening, that included 5 of the 6 digits. Computers are hard.
Replying to @danielverlaan
Dit was de oorspronkelijke foto die vanaf het account van minister Bijleveld werd gedeeld, met daarin de meeting-ID en vijf cijfers van de pincode. Het was een zescijferige pincode. Ik joinde met de naam 'admin'.
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The Trump administration's extradition case against Assange—and the underlying Espionage Act charges—are a critically important front in the war on journalism. But his trial, now into week four, has not received much news coverage. freedom.press/news/julian-as…
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Your periodic reminder that leaks are extremely good for democracy. nytimes.com/interactive/2020…
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It’s like the old saying goes: “red sky at night, sailor’s delight; red sky in the morning, someone set the desert east of here on fire with a gender reveal party smoke grenade”
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Replying to @timatron
@timatron, one of our Digital Strategists, recently published his book: “A Public Service: Whistleblowing, Disclosure and Anonymity.” We asked Tim about his new book as well as his passion for teaching anonymity and his artwork. alley.co/news/alley-spotligh…
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This judge repeatedly cites the Snowden disclosures, showing once again the power of a whistleblower driven by conscience and a press dedicated to the truth. teapaw.org/ACLU/status/1301227394…
BREAKING: A federal appeals court just ruled that the NSA’s bulk collection of Americans’ phone records was illegal. This ruling, which confirms what we have always known, is a victory for our privacy rights.
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There have only been 12 days in 2020 where police did not kill someone. The police killed 751 people in 235 days.
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BREAKING: We are calling for the immediate resignation of Kenosha Police Chief Daniel Miskinis and Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth.
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who needs a warrant when you can just buy data... bounty hunters did it, secret service did it, now customs and border protection. this is a dangerous trend to watch. so many hands in the cookie jar. data dragnet to anyone who can pay.
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get it 👏🏾 in to 👏🏾 your heads 👏🏾 that police are 👏🏾 not suppose to 👏🏾 kill 👏🏾 people 👏🏾 even when 👏🏾 they’ve done 👏🏾 something 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 wrong 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
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A few days ago, the University of Chicago, i.e. the president and provost, emailed the campus with a subject mentioning “public safety” The email starts out by calling for an “examination and reflection of law enforcement in our society” 🧵 👇🏾
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