Kurt Opsahl

Legal Internship Opportunities Applications are now open for the Spring 2026 Intern Class, with a deadline of November 1. See below for instructions and a link to the application.EFF’s legal internships provide law students with a

We're seeking passionate law students to join EFF’s legal team as interns! Get involved in fighting for free speech, privacy, and innovation. www.eff.org/about/oppor...

The Security Research Legal Defense Fund is now on the socials, here and Twitter (@SecurityLDF). It's my honor to be on the SRLDF Board with @harleygeiger.bsky.social and Jim Dempsey, and I am proud of the work we've been able to do and help hackers in trouble.

UK makes new attempt to access Apple cloud data Order issued in September comes after Trump administration said London had backed down in fight over encryption

The UK is demanding another backdoor in Apple’s encryption. www.ft.com/content/d101...

Vitalik Buterin Warns EU Surveillance Plan Threatens Digital Privacy [He] warned that such measures, while framed as child protection, would erode the foundation of digital privacy [and] that any policy claiming to make society safer by weakening individual security…

Vitalik Buterin Warns EU Surveillance Plan Threatens Digital Privacy
https://alecmuffett.com/article/115300
#ChatControl #ClientSideScanning #EndToEndEncryption #VitalikButerin #censorship #privacy #surveilance

Tim Berners-Lee Invented the World Wide Web. Now He Wants to Save It In 1989, Sir Tim revolutionized the online world. Today, in the era of misinformation, addictive algorithms, and extractive monopolies, he thinks he can do it again.

As announced in @newyorker.com, Sir Tim Berners-Lee will receive the 2025 Internet Archive Hero Award!
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

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Google, Flo Health to pay $56 million in period-tracking app privacy case Google and app developer Flo Health will pay $56 million to settle a class action claiming they violated the privacy of millions of Flo app users by collecting information about their menstrual health cycles and using it for targeted advertising.

“Google and app developer Flo Health will pay $56 million to settle a class action claiming they violated the privacy of millions of Flo app users by collecting information about their menstrual health cycles and using it for targeted advertising.”

TikTok is tagging videos from Gaza with TikTok Shop products TikTok’s new AI feature automatically looks for products in your videos.

this feature that reverse image searches tiktoks for dupes in the tiktok shop is sort of cursed as a concept already but somehow it gets even more cursed www.theverge.com/tech/782540/...

View on OpenStreetMap 3 km ESE of Berkeley, California

A 4.6 magnitude earthquake occurred 3 km ESE of Berkeley, California!
🗺️ Coordinates: 37.858800, -122.239800


This is an automatic report and may be revised.

Person playing a public piano during the Flower Piano event at the SF botanical gardens.

Once again, freeloading buskers take over a San Francisco park. The was also a taco truck on at least one corner.

Security eng: So your package deploys as JavaScript code?
Me: Yes
SE: If someone modified that code, could it read files from disk?
Me: Sure
SE: That's not acceptable
Me: You're describing a scenario where someone has write access to the disk, but not read access?
SE: We take security very seriously

A hand holds up a copy of “Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter” by Kate Conger and Ryan Mac in front of the New York Stock Exchange trading floor

Our small rectangular son, Character Limit, is one year old today! Thank you for making @rmac.bsky.social & my first year as authors so incredible! We are continually grateful to share this story with readers. 💙

Podcast Episode: Building and Preserving the Library of Everything All this season, “How to Fix the Internet” has been focusing on the tools and technology of freedom – and one of the most important tools of freedom is a library. Access to knowledge not only creates ...

Building a decentralized, distributed web is vital to finding and preserving information for all, @archive.org founder @brewster.kahle.org tells EFF’s Cindy Cohn and @thejasonkelley.com on the latest episode of “How to Fix the Internet.”

NEW: Internal report reveals DHS intelligence portal was accidentally opened to tens of thousands of users for months, exposing sensitive intel about Americans. @brennancenter.org obtained the docs. @wired.com has the story. 🧵

www.wired.com/story/a-dhs-...

The Trump FTC’s War On Porn Just Ensured That Accused CSAM Offenders Will Walk Free Well, they finally did it. A federal agency finally shattered the precarious base that upholds the edifice of prosecutions for child sex abuse material (CSAM) in America. That agency is the Federal…

I have a 2-part blog post at @techdirt.com today on the FTC order to Aylo re CSAM on Pornhub. Part 1 is about the order's lurking 4th Am problem; Part 2 explains how the order is really about controlling *legal* speech online.

1: www.techdirt.com/2025/09/15/t...

2: www.techdirt.com/2025/09/15/t...

the cast of Hackers (1995) posing in a series of adjacent phone booths

Today is the 30th anniversary of Hackers

the fuck

New Banksy mural of a judge beating a protester to be removed from outside London court A new Banksy mural showing a judge beating an unarmed protester with a gavel will be removed from outside a London court.

A new mural by elusive street artist Banksy showing a judge beating an unarmed protester with a gavel will be removed from a wall outside one of London’s most iconic courts, authorities said Monday.

"Companies that promise that their service is secure or encrypted, but fail to use end-to-end encryption where appropriate, may deceive consumers who reasonably expect this level of privacy." Furthermore, "certain circumstances may require the use of end-to-end encryption, and failure to implement such measures may constitute an unfair practice." The weakening of encryption or other security measures to comply with laws or requests from a foreign government may therefore violate Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, the document states.

From FTC letter to big trch companies. www.wired.com/story/big-te...

National guard troops lounging outside a Krispy Kreme

Dearest Martha,

The National Guard stand solemn watch at the Krispy Kreme tonight. I cannot tell if they defend the people from the donuts, or the donuts from the people. Powdered sugar hangs in the air like cannon smoke. Jensen took a hot coffee to the face, he may never recover.

Yours in glaze,

Privacy TV: "Cypherpunk Dreams" by @kurtopsahl.bsky.social x @fil.org

💥 Cypherpunk origins
⚡️ Role of the cryptography in digital rights
🪐 Current threats within golden age of surveillance
✨ Practical advices for activists

Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=KxGF...

Electronic Frontiers Forums at Dragon Con is now on Bluesky! Check back frequently for the latest news and any schedule updates. Our full schedule for 2025 is published here: archive.efforums.net/index.php/20...

Our Response to Mississippi’s Age Assurance Law - Bluesky A new Mississippi law requires us to block full access to Bluesky unless all users complete age checks. We have concerns about this law’s implementation.

The balkanized "future" of the internet has long been here--for decades the internet in Spain has looked very different from the internet in Canada.

But I think this is one of the first times we're seeing a platform geo-blocking by *US State* and this way lies madness.

bsky.social/about/blog/0...

The law requires "verification for all users, not just those accessing age-restricted content." This is a bad time for people who need anonymity to be subjecting their online activities to scrutiny.

Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users.

While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.

Fourth Amendment Victory: Michigan Supreme Court Reins in Digital When police have a warrant to search a phone, should they be able to see everything on the phone—from family photos to communications with your doctor to everywhere you’ve been since you first

Big win for privacy: The Michigan Supreme Court says phone search warrants can’t be limitless fishing expeditions. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Hyundai wants Ioniq 5 owners to pay to fix a keyless entry security hole Thieves have been stealing cars with a Game Boy-like device

This is bad, and Hyundai should feel bad. Do not sell security patches. www.theverge.com/news/757205/...

As Bob Morris said, the surprising lesson of ABSCAM wasn’t that politicians can be bought, but that you can afford one.

$140 in a bag of chips would buy anyone, to be sure.

“Our city has bodegas too, we just call them convenience stores!” No, if your stupid store doesn’t have a bag of chips that’s full of cash bribes, then it’s not a FUCKING BODEGA, is it?