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Stephan Somogyi

@thinkpanzer.bsky.social

Primum non nocere Research & Teaching @ Columbia Journalism School Willful & premeditated emdash & serial comma user; verber of nouns Often staring down both barrels of Brandolini's law Recovering tech, business, and design journo Weniger, aber besser.

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Riana@riana.bsky.social · 3w ago

Disincentivizing widely-used online services from offering strong encryption. During a war with Iran. A country that's been conducting cyber operations against U.S. targets for years. That's what both parties think belongs in the NATIONAL DEFENSE BILL.

John Perrino@johnperrino.com · 3w ago

There's another effort to break encryption in the US Senate! The STOP CSAM Act was added to the current version of the annual defense spending bill, known as the NDAA. If passed, it could require Internet infrastructure services and online platforms to break encryption to scan all data.

Erica Joy Astrella@ericajoy.astrel.la · 2mo ago

california is gonna have so many mail in ballots that don’t get counted because people don’t know the new USPS rules that are impacting mail in voting. tl;dr don’t put your ballot in the mail today, find a ballot drop box. www.kqed.org/news/1208537...

Still Need to Mail Your Primary Ballot? Don’t Rely on USPS, Officials Say | KQED

State officials are warning that some ballots mailed too close to Election Day might not be counted. Here are other recommended ways to submit your ballot instead.

kqed.org

Yael Grauer@yaelwrites.com · 3mo ago

I am honored to share the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Best International Reporting with Dake Kang, Byron Tau, Aniruddha Ghosal and Garance Burke for our reporting revealing how Silicon Valley largely designed and built China's surveillance state and enabled human rights abuses.

The 2026 Pulitzer Prize Announcement International Reporting Winner: Dake Kang, Garance Burke, Byron Tau, Aniruddha Ghosal of the Associated Press and Yael Grauer, contributor. US government allowed and even helped US firms sell tech used for surveillance in China, AP finds.
Natalie Silvanovich@natashenka.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Big changes to Android and Chrome VRP: - focus on high-impact, reproducible bugs with low/no reward for lower impact - big prizes for full chains with some annual limits - PoCs required It’s the end of an era, but the start of a new one. bughunters.google.com/blog/evolvin...

Blog: Evolving the Android & Chrome VRPs for the AI Era

We are announcing changes to the Chrome & Android Vulnerability Reward Programs (VRP) which take effect immediately and are focused on adjusting our reward amounts and bonuses to reflect the types of ...

bughunters.google.com

Merriam-Webster@merriam-webster.com · 3mo ago

This is coming from a place of warmth and acceptance… -It’s ‘sleight of hand’ -It’s ‘bated breath’ -It’s ‘lo and behold’ -It’s ‘one fell swoop’ -It’s ‘brass tacks’ -It’s ‘free rein’

yomna@rival-elf.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Also, there was a similar investigation a few years ago that didn't get the press it deserved. Researchers linked the murder of Mexican journalist Fredid Roman Roman to SS7 tracking as well: www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

How a secretive Swiss dealer is enabling Israeli spy firms

The International Mobile System Is Exposed and a Loophole Allows Hackers, Cybercriminals and States to Geolocate Targets and Even Hijack Email and Web Accounts. Israelis Can Be Found Among the Victims...

haaretz.com

Ben Werdmuller@werd.io · 4mo ago

Newsrooms should not block the Internet Archive. Any public service publisher should not block the Internet Archive. If anything, we should all be directly supporting the Internet Archive.