Traffic levels into Iran have reached 60% of pre-Jan 8th levels as the partial internet restoration continues to unfold. Iran may be entering a phase that resembles the partial restoration (Jan 27 to Feb 28), marked by instability and erratic blockages. #DigitalBlackOutIran‌

From Gourmet Tools to Self-Serve Building Blocks: Scaling Resilience with Shared Language and Reuse In my SplinterCon keynote tomorrow: think in self-serve capabilities – Resolve, Shape, Carry, Relay, Choose – not monolithic "gourmet" tools. Register: splintercon.net/splintercon-...

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Update, 30.04.2026: SplinterCon was set to host a 0-day event at RightsCon in Lusaka, Zambia. Following the cancellation of RightsCon, we are moving online. Join us on May 5th from 14:00 to 19:00 CET ...

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Session 2 of the ARMOR side meeting starts today at 4 PM EST. We’ll be digging into next steps and shaping where this work goes next. Agenda: trello.com/c/p4fjRkcl Slides: github.com/grittygrease... Join the list: mailman3.irtf.org/mailman3/lis...

The first ARMOR meeting was a success with 4 great presentations on different aspects of real-world protocol resilience by @vinifortuna.com , Brien Colwell, @distributeddave.bsky.social , and @hellais.bsky.social.

If we care about kids, we must invest where harm actually occurs and where prevention works, not in universal ID checks or backdoors that make everyone less safe. thoughts.viniciusfortuna.com/the-illusion...

The Illusion of Safety: Age Checks and Encryption Backdoors Don’t Fix the Real Problem

Age‑verification mandates and encryption backdoors (including client‑side scanning) offer a comforting story but miss the core reality: they don’t address where most child sexual abuse happens or how to prevent it. Meanwhile, they shift power to gove...

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The beauty of #OpenSource ✨ While writing a demo for one of my boards to exercise the speaker, I hit a bug in #ESPHome’s RTTTL component. So I went ahead and fixed it: github.com/esphome/esph... My first direct contribution to ESPHome 🎉 Now my code works and I learned new things along the way.

GitHub - fortuna/ESPHomeCollection: Collection of ESPHome YAML definitions for various boards and dev kits

Collection of ESPHome YAML definitions for various boards and dev kits - fortuna/ESPHomeCollection

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I've just revamped the documentation of my ESPHome board configuration collection. Get started with various board easily! Check it out at github.com/fortuna/ESPH... Contributions of new boards are welcome. #esphome #esp32 #homeassistant

Great to see that Deutsche Welle is no longer blocked in Turkey! Data from @ooni.org h/t @oliverlinow.bsky.social

Excited to announce the latest release of the Outline SDK x module (x/v0.0.4)! Highlights include: - HTTP/2 & HTTP/3 Support for HTTP CONNECT - Strategy Result Caching - New Measurement Tool Details and discussion at github.com/Jigsaw-Code/...

Forcing sites to collect IDs is a terrible idea. But the Supreme Court's ruling on age verification doesn't have to be a privacy disaster. Privacy Pass lets us verify age without revealing identity. It's a better path forward. Here is how it works: thoughts.viniciusfortuna.com/age-verifica...

Age Verification Doesn't Have to Kill Privacy: A Path Forward

The Supreme Court's recent decision allowing states to mandate age verification for adult websites has pushed a fierce debate into the spotlight. While the goal of protecting minors is clear, the methods proposed often create a privacy nightmare. But...

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Much of Iran's internet service is down as of 14:00 UTC (5:30pm local). Between 13:45-14:00 UTC traffic levels for the largest networks in Iran began plummeting.

Looks like IPv6 and QUIC traffic to @cloudflare.social disappeared in #Iran: radar.cloudflare.com/adoption-and...

💡 June 17 at 9:30am EDT / 1:30pm UTC: If you are running an SDK-enabled app, now you have more built-in options to keep your service online during moments of crisis thanks to Psiphon in this conversation with @vinifortuna.com (Google's Jigsaw), and Duncan Leikucs (Psiphon) 👉🏾 RSVP: buff.ly/YpO3zZe

💡 Next June 17 at 9:30am EDT / 1:30pm UTC join the conversation with @vinifortuna.com ‬ (Google's Jigsaw), and Duncan Leikucs (Psiphon) on Outline SDK equipped with Psiphon fall back capabilities - and #Psiphon uses #Outline’s shadowsocks strategy in its app as well. 👉🏾 RSVP: buff.ly/YpO3zZe

Signal chat app clone used by Signalgate's Waltz was apparently an insecure mess www.theregister.com/2025/05/05/t...

TeleMessage probes 'hack' of Signal clone used by Feds

Updated: No, really? That's a shocking surprise

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I’m grateful and honored to speak at #UMich today! As lead for internet freedom at Jigsaw and creator of #OutlineVPN, I've seen firsthand how tech can empower democratic action. Excited to share insights on strengthening the internet for democracy. democracy.umich.edu/did/platforms/

Platforms Shape Democracy | Year of Democracy

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Breaking: Congress is trying to revive website blocking. EFF is fighting back–join us.

Good thing @signal.org doesn't have backdoors

This decision makes the US weaker, less safe and less prosperous. The #USAGM networks are crucial providers of uncensored news in some of the world's most closed societies. Authoritarian regimes don't block them for no reason - access to independent information threatens their power.

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JUST IN: Federal officials placed 1,000 employees at Voice of America on indefinite paid leave, while severing contracts with Radio Free Asia and other U.S.-funded networks.

It's live! Starting today, you can use @cyd.social to migrate your old tweets into Bluesky. Check it out! cyd.social/migrate-your...

Migrate your tweets to Bluesky with the latest version of Cyd

Starting today, Cyd can migrate your old tweets directly into Bluesky! This way you can delete everything from your X account but still have a place to reference your old posts. Here's how it works: ...

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check out what I've been working on! soon, using @cyd.social, you'll be able to migrate all your old tweets directly into bluesky. so you can delete everything from X/delete your X account, but still have a place to reference all your old stuff

Encrypted ClientHello (ECH) is one of the emerging standards that helps protect your browsing activity from prying eyes. Curious if your browser supports ECH? Test it using these links: • tls-ech.dev • defo.ie/ech-check.php Chrome users, don’t forget to enable encrypted DNS.

The effort poured into #VPNs far exceeds what it would take to fix the fundamental #privacy and #security flaws in internet protocols that make VPNs needed. Instead of addressing the root cause, we keep investing in workarounds. It's time to rethink our approach. #Standards #InternetFreedom

Excited to be speaking at #SplinterCon Taiwan today about the future of VPNs and internet freedom! Join me and Mallory Knodel as we discuss how we can build a more open, resilient, and accessible internet for everyone. 🌐 #RightsCon #InternetFreedom #VPN

Outline VPN is evolving to better empower digital security providers! This isn't just an update; it's a strategic move to amplify the impact of those bravely working to defend online freedom around the world. Learn more at: medium.com/jigsaw/evolv... #InternetFreedom #OutlineVPN

Evolving Outline to Power Our Providers

Jigsaw’s anti-censorship technology, Outline and Outline SDK, helps more than 30 million people each month to access the global internet…

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The shameful decision by the UK government undermines the privacy of not only the UK people, but also anyone else in the globe who communicates with people in the UK. This must be reversed now. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgj54eq4vejo

Apple pulls data protection tool after UK government security row

Customers' photos and documents stored online will no longer be protected by end-to-end encryption.

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How many federal workers would DOGE need to fire to make up for Musk not paying his fair share of taxes? Answer: 677,000. That's 44% of the entire non-DoD federal workforce. Again, this power grab is not about the budget. It’s about politics.

🌬️ @hrf.org is #hiring a Director of AI for Individual Rights! See this and other job openings in our Digital Rights Job Board: https://buff.ly/3BcDSOJ #TechJobs #DRJobs #JobSearch

If you are going to @rightscon.org, and are interested in Internet Freedom, join the #SplinterCon side event on Monday. Registration at splintercon.net/rightscon-ta...

SplinterCon Taipei - SplinterCon

As the fractures of the internet deepen, SplinterCon emerges as a hub for those dedicated to building its resilient future. On February 24, 2025, we’re convening at RightsCon in Taipei…

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Google Trends for VPNs in the US trends.google.com/trends/explo...

As of January 2025, 17 states are requiring invasive and risky user data collection by porn sites. As a result, porn sites are no longer accessible in those states, and people are going to VPNs to circumvention the restrictions. www.independent.co.uk/tech/pornhub... #pornban #digitalrights

Porn ban mapped: Pornhub now blocks visitors in a third of US states

Florida and South Carolina are the latest to restrict access to adult websites

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