Great writeup from @lorenzofb.bsky.social on the recent OpenAI vs. Hugging Face incident. Turns out it started with a human mistake at OpenAI: someone forgot to set up an isolated environment prior to testing a model; the model went rogue; and attacked Hugging Face. techcrunch.com/2026/07/22/h...

As many are aware by now, @accessnow.org 's annual @rightscon.org was cancelled because of pressure on the host govt Zambia 🇿🇲 by China 🇨🇳 www.rightscon.org/rc26-stateme... In their statement, @accessnow.org rightly flags this is as an example of transnational repression

A statement to our community about why RightsCon 2026 will not take place in Zambia

Our official statement to the digital rights community about why RightsCon 2026 will not take place in Zambia

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Some very thoughtful suggestions for students and early career professionals who are exploring the technology law space, and considering ways of breaking into the field.

Cynthia Khoo@cyn-k.bsky.social · 4mo ago

If you're early-career /a student /new grad wanting to pursue tech policy, @christopher-parsons.com has given you an incalculably valuable gift: a comprehensive guide, w/ his trademark thoroughness, on how. Also contains good advice for aspiring tech lawyers, & I'll add a few notes on that front 🧵:

For students and early-career professionals trying to understand technology policy: some thoughts on how to enter the field, what skills matter, and how the work tends to unfold over time. Link: christopher-parsons.com/2026/04/10/a... #careers #techpolicy #cyberpolicy

A Career in Technology Policy: How to Get Started and What to Expect

Technology policy sits at the intersection of law, technology, and politics. This post describes ways of entering the field, developing relevant skills, and building a sustainable career.

christopher-parsons.com

For students and early-career professionals trying to understand technology policy: some thoughts on how to enter the field, what skills matter, and how the work tends to unfold over time. Link: christopher-parsons.com/2026/04/10/a... #careers #techpolicy #cyberpolicy

A Career in Technology Policy: How to Get Started and What to Expect

Technology policy sits at the intersection of law, technology, and politics. This post describes ways of entering the field, developing relevant skills, and building a sustainable career.

christopher-parsons.com

Hours after Microsoft reveals that Russian hackers have been breaking into poorly secured routers & hijacking DNS requests (sometimes to collect Outlook data) www.microsoft.com/en-us/securi... DOJ says it has kicked those Russians out of the US routers they hacked: www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...

In summary, these changes would create new risks, reduce transparency, and undermine independent oversight — key foundations of a healthy democracy.

Our submission warned that the proposals would significantly limit public access to government records held by the premier, cabinet ministers, parliamentary assistants, and political staff, while also weakening privacy protections for Ontarians.

Yesterday, the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario provided our comments to the legislature on Bill 97, which you can find at www.ipc.on.ca/en/resources... #foi #privacy #transparency #ONpoli

Yesterday, the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario provided our comments to the legislature on Bill 97, which you can find at www.ipc.on.ca/en/resources... #foi #privacy #transparency #ONpoli

Commissioner Patricia Kosseim has released an updated statement addressing the Government of Ontario’s shifting justifications for their proposal to reduce Ontarians’ transparency rights. Full statement: www.ipc.on.ca/en/media-cen... #Privacy #AccessToInformation #FIPPA #Transparency #PublicPolicy

Last week, the Ontario government announced sweeping changes to Ontario’s access and privacy laws. The Privacy Commissioner of Ontario is warning that these changes risk taking us back to the information dark ages. 🔗 www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... #privacylaw #foi #privacy #transparency

Opinion: Ontario steps back into the information dark ages

The Ford government’s efforts to ‘modernize’ the province’s freedom of information laws just eviscerates public accountability

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Read the full statement here: www.ipc.on.ca/en/media-cen...

In a new statement, Commissioner Patricia Kosseim warns that proposed changes to Ontario's Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act would seriously weaken privacy protections, transparency, reduce independent oversight and put Ontarians’ personal information at greater risk.

ON 🇨🇦 Premier Doug Ford is scaling back access to information b/c he's worried "the communist Chinese" will request his cellphone records @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social and I splashed some "that's ridiculous" cold water on logic (More likely he's hiding something) www.thestar.com/politics/pro...

Today, the Government of Ontario announced forthcoming amendments to Ontario’s privacy and access laws. You can find the statement from Cssr Kosseim about these proposals at: www.ipc.on.ca/en/media-cen... #privacy #privacylaw #FOI

USENIX Enigma has published its CFP for 2026: www.usenix.org/conference/u... Submissions are due March 31, 2026. Looking forward to seeing many of you this year.

USENIX Security '26 Enigma Track Call for Participation

USENIX Security brings together researchers, practitioners, system programmers, and others to share and explore the latest advances in the security and privacy of computer systems and networks.

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My forthcoming book on "The DGSE" is now available for pre-order through Georgetown University Press: press.georgetown.edu/Book/The-DGSE

Today the Ontario IPC and OHRC jointly released our AI Principles. They are designed to help orgs develop, deploy, and use AI systems in ways that maintain the public trust while respecting privacy and upholding human rights. Read the Joint IPC-OHRC AI Principles at: www.ipc.on.ca/en/resources...

Today the Ontario IPC and OHRC jointly released our AI Principles. They are designed to help orgs develop, deploy, and use AI systems in ways that maintain the public trust while respecting privacy and upholding human rights. Read the Joint IPC-OHRC AI Principles at: www.ipc.on.ca/en/resources...

NEW: A former staffer at the centre of the Greenbelt scandal is taking Ontario’s transparency watchdog to court. He’s fighting a summons to be interviewed under oath over his use of personal emails for government work. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1162160...

Former Ford government staffer challenges watchdog order for Greenbelt interview under oath | Globalnews.ca

Ontario's Information and Privacy Commissioner has been trying to compel a former senior government staffer to turn over personal emails related to the Greenbelt decision-making.

globalnews.ca

PM Carney’s speech at Davos is surprisingly direct in articulating his — and the Canadian government’s — views on the current state of global geopolitics and their implications. Agree or not, it’s refreshing to see this kind of clarity and candour from senior leaders. www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/spee...

“Principled and pragmatic: Canada’s path” Prime Minister Carney addresses the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting

Thank you, Larry.It’s a pleasure – and a duty – to be with you at this turning point for Canada and for the world.Today, I’ll talk about the rupture in the world order, the end of a nice story, and th...

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Exclusive: Beijing tells Chinese firms to stop using US and Israeli cybersecurity software, sources say – Reuters: ‘Chinese authorities expressed concern that the software could collect and transmit confidential information abroad, said the sources’

Exclusive: Beijing tells Chinese firms to stop using US, Israeli cybersecurity software, sources say

Chinese authorities have told domestic companies to stop using cybersecurity software made by roughly a dozen firms from the U.S. and Israel due to national security concerns, two people briefed on th...

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A panel of three judges has thrown out an attempt by the province to stop the release of government calls on Premier Doug Ford’s personal cellphone. globalnews.ca/news/1159745...

Ontario court rules Doug Ford must turn over personal phone records | Globalnews.ca

An Ontario court says it is reasonable to conclude Premier Doug Ford uses his personal cellphone to communicate and that he should make those records public.

globalnews.ca

A notable (if unsurprising) event. These are the kinds of intel ops that we would generally expect security and intelligence agencies to undertake to better understand foreign leaders’ thinking to help inform domestic leaders’ decision-making. I’m curious if the vulns were known to the USA or not…

Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Germany’s foreign intelligence agency (BND) intercepted phone conversations of former President Barack Obama while he was aboard Air Force One over several years. The interceptions exploited vulnerabilities in the aircraft’s encryption and known frequencies. www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...

NEW: The Ontario government is dipping its toe into the world of artificial intelligence, telling civil servants they can use Microsoft Copilot in their day-to-day jobs. The OPS now have highest Copilot use in the country. #OnPoli globalnews.ca/news/1152523...

Ontario Public Service has highest Copilot use in Canada, as Ford government rolls out AI | Globalnews.ca

The Ontario Public Service has the highest Microsoft Copilot use in the country, according to internal government documents, and is used weekly by more than 15,000 civil servants.

globalnews.ca

FULL SHOW youtu.be/EwMJsU8klZ0?...

OpenAI’s Dave Aitel talks Aardvark, economics of bug-hunting with LLMs

YouTube video by Three Buddy Problem

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. @ciaranm.bsky.social mentioned in this The Times piece about telecom hacks. He's absolutely on the money. A large part of the problem with UK telcos is attackers knowing SNMP strings (and default ones). SNMPv2 from 1995, btw. Then using it to redirect traffic.

Germany's top court: Police can only use spyware to probe serious crimes due to its "exceptional reach" and "very serious interference" with individual rights therecord.media/germany-spyw...

Germany’s top court holds that police can only use spyware to investigate serious crimes

The plaintiffs argued that a 2017 rules change enabling law enforcement to use spyware to eavesdrop on encrypted chats and messaging platforms could unfairly expose communications belonging to people ...

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New from 404 Media: more than 130,000 Claude, Grok, ChatGPT, and other LLM chats are readable on Archive.org. It's similar to the Google indexing issue, but shows it impacts many more LLMs than just ChatGPT. Some chats contain API keys. www.404media.co/more-than-13...

More than 130,000 Claude, Grok, ChatGPT, and Other LLM Chats Readable on Archive.org

The issue of publicly saving shared LLM chats is bigger than just Google.

404media.co