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1/ I'm *still* not going to dunk on the Basecamp leadership team. I'm pretty sure the people leaving Basecamp are heartbroken. This is no time to gloat, no time to

1/ thoughts on airtags, the physical trackers Apple released today to help you find personal items you might misplace.Bottom line: Apple thought through many privacy scenarios, but not sure yet

1/ This piece on Georgia elections is unfortunately misleading. So close to an election, this fear-mongering is very counter-productive.https://www.ajc.com/politics/election/in-high-stakes-election-georgias-voting-system-vulnerable-to-cyber

1/ I spent a bit of time looking at the Canada COVID Alert app this evening. Bottom line: this app is pretty much the model for how to do this

1/ a little story. When I was 18yo, summer 1995, I had the immense luck of working as an intern at Hearst Publishing in NYC. I was a rising sophomore,

1/ Who's ready for another Apple/Google contact tracing thread? I know I am!To me, the most interesting piece of the puzzle is how much trust we place in the phone

A few days ago, I delved into the Google/Apple contact tracing --> https://twitter.com/benadida/status/1249067484679794688?s=20Today's news: "France is asking Google+Apple to weaken privacy protections around digital contact tracing"

1/ Last night, I spent some quality time with the Apple docs on the new contact tracing protocol and APIs they and Google are preparing.I'm quite optimistic about this effort.

1/ The reason I've been pushing back for days against the exaggerated and insufficiently contextualized reporting against Zoom is that, once it becomes a trend that "Zoom is insecure", there