The CNIL publishes a GDPR guide for developers | CNIL
cnil.fr/en/cnil-publishes-gdpr-guide-developersIs this guide only for developers? This guide is mainly aimed at developers working alone or in teams, team leaders, service providers but also at anyone interested in web or application development. It provides advice and best practices, and thus gives useful keys to understand the GDPR for every stakeholder, regardless of the size of their structure. It can also stimulate discussions and practices within the organisations and in customer relationships.
Plausible Analytics | Simple, privacy-friendly alternative to Google Analytics
plausible.io/Plausible is a lightweight and open-source web analytics tool. Your website data is 100% yours and the privacy of your visitors is respected.
Google and Apple launching coronavirus contact-tracing system for iOS and Android - The Verge
theverge.com/2020/4/10/21216484/google-apple-coronavirus-contract-tracing-bluetooth-location-tracking-data-appGoogle and Apple are introducing an API to allow Bluetooth LE-based coronavirus exposure contact tracing through official public health authority apps and later as a lower-level feature of iOS and Android. The system could help warn users if they were around someone diagnosed with COVID-19.
Latacora - Stop Using Encrypted Email
latacora.micro.blog/2020/02/19/stop-using-encrypted.htmlEmail is unsafe and cannot be made safe. The tools we have today to encrypt email are badly flawed. Even if those flaws were fixed, email would remain unsafe. Its problems cannot plausibly be mitigated. Avoid encrypted email. Technologists hate this argument. Few of them specialize in cryptography or privacy, but all of them are interested in it, and many of them tinker with encrypted email tools. Most email encryption on the Internet is performative, done as a status signal or show ...
The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet – OneZero
onezero.medium.com/the-dark-forest-theory-of-the-internet-7dc3e68a7cb1In his sci-fi trilogy The Three Body Problem, author Liu Cixin presents the dark forest theory of the universe. When we look out into space, the theory goes, we’re struck by its silence. It seems…
Princeton IoT Inspector
iot-inspector.princeton.edu/an open-source tool that helps you learn more about your IoT devices with one-click install
Protecting your online privacy is tough—but here's a start — Quartz
qz.com/1525661/your-digital-identity-has-three-layers-and-you-can-only-protect-one-of-them/What story does your data tell about you?
Security Checklist
securitycheckli.st/A checklist for staying safe on the internet
Why I’m done with Chrome – A Few Thoughts on Cryptographic Engineering
blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2018/09/23/why-im-leaving-chrome/This blog is mainly reserved for cryptography, and I try to avoid filling it with random "someone is wrong on the Internet" posts. After all, that's what Twitter is for! But from time to time something bothers me enough that I have to make an exception. Today I wanted to write specifically about Google Chrome,…