Lukasz Olejnik

Currently, everything indicates that during our lifetime, quantum computers will never break the encryption systems in use.

The United States, according to information shared with European diplomats, is signaling a firm position: the 28-point US-Russia plan for Ukraine is to be accepted without negotiation "or face the consequences".

Agreement on the 28-point US-Russia plan for Ukraine means that those guilty of war crimes will never be brought to justice. It will be swept under the carpet the day after. In today's info environment, this would be highly demoralising for our societies.

29. To strengthen the “peace guarantees,” the memorandum can be backed by investing in a new blockchain token, PaxPledge (PXP), helpfully endorsed by the chair of the Peace Council. Nothing stabilizes Europe quite like crypto volatility, when the price goes down just invest more to save peace.

About the 28-point USA-Russia plan for Ukraine, what does it even mean "All ambiguities of the last 30 years will be considered settled"? How do you "settle" "30 years ambiguities" in a single textual point? 🤡 Ambitious.

Sharp analysis by @harkank.bsky.social on AI-driven cyber and influence threats. It captures very well how agentic tools scale propaganda and why detection needs both humans and ML. It echoes my reserch on AI propaganda factories. www.golem.de/news/propaga...

However, despite Amazon's take this is not exactly new. It was routine during Russian war in Ukraine. And also in the previous years. We can safely say that it led to lethal effects

Real-time data streaming from compromised systems provides actionable intelligence for adjusting targeting in near real-time.

Cyberwarfare can aid in kinetic operations. Cyber-enabled kinetic targeting is the use of cyber operations to enable and enhance physical operations. Case studies where nation-state actors systematically use cyber reconnaissance to support physical military objectives. aws.amazon.com/blogs/securi...

During the #ePrivacy Regulation work, I advised to EU officials that we can have transparency, control, and privacy without cookie banners, using a browser-level consent signal instead. It now looks like this might actually happen. Time to KILL the cookie banner nightmare.

A teddy bear equipped with AI was meant to be a child’s chat companion, but it eagerly jumped into topics like BDSM and “where to find knives.” The manufacturer stopped sales and cut off access. AI toys need strict filters, testing, and oversight or ot ends in a plush sewer. #AIact #GDPR

In a regulatory filing, Nvidia warned for the first time that its growth may be limited by its customers’ ability to secure data centers, capital, and energy for AI infrastructure. Expanding energy capacity is a complex, multi-year process, Physics may in the end put an upper limit.

Meanwhile, both AI Act and #GDPR can be cut even more in the European Parliament. There's definitely a will and intent to do this. The necessary votes are likely there, or almost there.

Removal of cookie banners is to result in BILLIONS OF EUROS savings.

The GDPR proposal unveiled officially European Union is on a route to simplify regulations. Some measures in the past decade have been criticised as overbroad. European Commission plans to modify the General Data Protection Regulation. S...

My full analysis of the proposal to revamp EU data protection standards (#GDPR/#ePrivacy). So, changing the definition of personal data? blog.lukaszolejnik.com/the-gdpr-pro..., techletters.substack.com/p/techletter...

Web browser signal for consent is back (www.wired.com/story/a-seco...)! And it's to be subject to "market-driven solutions with appropriate interfaces". Whoever introduces a better solution for web browsers, wins.

Digital Rulebook/Omnibus to modify #GDPR and #AIact is here. Analysis to follow. with respect to the leaked version, they EVEN WEAKENED THE DEFINITION OF PERSONAL DATA! ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae...

... elites, erode support for Ukraine, undermine NATO and EU credibility, keep freedom of manoeuvre in the grey zone between war and “peace”.

Russia treats hybrid operations as a main tool of rivalry with the West and a way to offset economic weakness. It blends disinformation, cyber-attacks, energy pressure, sabotage, influence networks and the instrumentalisation of migration to split societies,

The document mentions not only alfabetizzazione digitale, mercenari, sabotaggi and cyberspazio, but also of permanent below-threshold war that combines military, informational, economic and cyber pressure, uses proxies, and deliberately targets infrastructure and public trust.

Italy's defence minister urges the West to counter a growing number of potentially “catastrophic” Russian hybrid attacks. He calls it absurd that the West does so little. Italy has just released a hybrid-threat document, even though it does not border Russia. www.difesa.it/assets/alleg...

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A Simple WhatsApp Security Flaw Exposed 3.5 Billion Phone Numbers By plugging tens of billions of phone numbers into WhatsApp’s contact discovery tool, researchers found “the most extensive exposure of phone numbers” ever—along with profile photos and more.

Huge WhatsApp data breach. Fun fact: if the (based on the leaked one, yes I know that what's being released tomorrow is already modified) proposal to modify #GDPR passes, maybe it would not be a breach because then today's personal data no longer are personal data?? www.wired.com/story/a-simp...

EU’s Top Diplomat Says Russia Attacks on EU Are State-Sponsored Terrorism The European Union’s top diplomat said that Moscow’s aggression against the bloc, including an explosion that occurred in Poland over the weekend, should be considered terrorism.

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy stated that Russia is carrying out serious sabotage operations on EU territory which should be treated as state-sponsored terrorism www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-18/kallas-says-russia-attacks-on-eu-are-state-sponsored-terrorism

The second attempt involved the placing of a military-grade C4 explosive was detonated using an initiating device via a 300-metre-long electric cable.

Their identities have been established. They are experienced in acts of sabotage. The acts of sabotage took place at intervals and included, among other things, installing a clamp that was intended to derail a train, but this attempt was unsuccessful.

New information. The attempt to blow up the tracks and the interference with the rail infrastructure were intentional. Identified individuals are two Ukrainian citizens who have been cooperating for a long time with Russian services.

Some major technical glitch EVERYWHERE? ;)

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The saboteurs' apparent goal was to cause a major railway disaster on this strategic route to Ukraine. Attribution unclear.