Dr. Alexi Drew

Doing 'the cyber' | Technology Policy Adviser @ICRC_uk | Trans woman | 2nd Home in Earthsea | Janeway is my Captain ☕👉🌌 | she/her | @[email protected]

[Dr. Alexi Drew @CyberAlexi]

@CrispinCowan0 @UK_Daniel_Card @rotate26chars When you lose sight of the goalposts do you fetch a pair of binoculars?

[Dr. Alexi Drew @CyberAlexi]

@UK_Daniel_Card @CrispinCowan0 @rotate26chars It’s all these years of waging dialectic war with people who think they know what war is.

If this is my last hurrah on this burning platform I’ll go out with a bang.

[Dr. Alexi Drew @CyberAlexi]

@CrispinCowan0 @UK_Daniel_Card @rotate26chars Can I just suggest that if you think war is like MMA with no rules there’s a document that my colleagues and I would suggest you read.

It’s called the Geneva Conventions.

I’ve no idea where to even start with some of the madness above. @UK_Daniel_Card why do you hate me?

[Crispin Cowan 🇺🇦 @CrispinCowan0]

@rotate26chars @UK_Daniel_Card I am saying that all #infosec ("cyber" in gov speak) shares a property with war that there is no higher power imposing any rules on the belligerents. Either side can deploy any tactics they choose, and no one can stop them except the other side.

It is #MMA, but without a referee

[Dr. Alexi Drew @CyberAlexi]

Did not have on my bingo list for the day a briefing on the future dystopia brought about by global digital currency by parliamentary security. What a world.

[Center for Democracy & Technology @CenDemTech]

"Privacy experts point to digital #surveillance — including location tracking, online student monitoring tools, the buying and selling of personal data [#DataBrokers], #FacialRecognition software, and automatic gender recognition technology..."

https://t.co/v3cIm574jV

[Dr. Alexi Drew @CyberAlexi]

@aliciakearns It’s always a pleasure. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did!

[Dr. Alexi Drew @CyberAlexi]

I don’t suppose there’s anyone else here attending the Independence Day Party an Winfield House tonight?

This tech humanitarian would love to say hello if you are.

[Dr. Alexi Drew @CyberAlexi]

@JoyceHakmeh I’ve just made it in!

[Kubo Ma�k @KuboMacak]

Today, my article on the legal aspects of the trend of civilianization of the digital battlefield becomes available on #OpenAccess.

https://t.co/RhwhdrfBWt

This is a good opportunity to take stock of some of the discussion it has provoked so far. A 🧵:

1/n

[Dr. Alexi Drew @CyberAlexi]

@heatherwilly @csisponi @jamiekwong @JBWolfsthal @sbidgood @lukasz_kulesa @MarkSmithWP @atomicbell @lachlanmckn @jess_llink Just casually came across this and I can’t tell you how happy it makes me to see this still going.

[Dr. Alexi Drew @CyberAlexi]

For more on this subject you can also read a piece co-authored by Kubo and another colleague Mauro for @lawfareblog.

https://t.co/eQgqJJFM80

[Dr. Alexi Drew @CyberAlexi]

For the people asking me what kinds of things I and the ICRC do regarding technology here is a good example.

A pressing issue for myself and my colleagues at @ICRC with an easily readable article summing up the issue by @KuboMacak.

[Kubo Mačák @KuboMacak]

Five things you should know about the current trend of civilianization of the digital battlefield:

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[Kim Zetter @KimZetter]

Really nuanced and thoughtful piece on the challenges around how social media platforms handle state media accounts and their potential for sowing disinfo and other harms, based on Meta’s experiences and input from external experts

[Annie Shiel @annieshiel]

.@SenWarren @SenSanders @SenMikeLee: "The term 'end-use monitoring' appears to be a misnomer as DoD and DoS’ EUM programs do not, in fact, monitor how U.S.-origin equipment is used."

Learn more: https://t.co/51urxA5dhD

[Dr. Alexi Drew @CyberAlexi]

@thistabithahope It’s Maarva that does it for me. But her, Nemik, and Luthen are God tier writing.

[Dr. Alexi Drew @CyberAlexi]

“It's easy for the dead to tell you to fight, and maybe it's true, maybe fighting is useless. Perhaps it's too late. But I'll tell you this... If I could do it again, I'd wake up early and be fighting these bastards from the start. Fight the Empire!”

#May4thBeWithYou

[Dr. Alexi Drew @CyberAlexi]

@thistabithahope The writer’s for Andor have done a masterful job at coming up with political monologues.

[Silkie Carlo @silkiecarlo]

The @metpoliceuk is testing public opinion, announcing today they’re “considering” deploying live facial recognition surveillance around the Coronation.

Welcome to Britain, a nation of suspects.

Quick note on Met claims (tiny 🧵)

[Dr. Alexi Drew @CyberAlexi]

Time for me to join the crowd in asking if anyone has an invite to Blue Sky that they might be willing to share.

[Brian in Pittsburgh @arekfurt]

Okay, so I see a number of smart people in my feed getting really exercised about this New Jersey state appellate court case on insurance coverage and NotPetya.
Let me explain why people are (IMO) misinterpreting it. And why it's not nearly such a big deal: