Joss Wright

@josswright.bsky.social
@[email protected]

Oxford Internet Institute. Information controls and illegal wildlife trade. Bayesian. Also @WeirdDataSci.

[The Tor Project @torproject]

There is an urgent need for a global stance against the use of technology for oppression. Our latest blog post delves into the impact of Israeli surveillance technologies in Palestine and how localized instances of its use contribute to widespread acceptance and global adoption of such oppressive practices. 🔗📰https://t.co/tZPxXmuapB

[Jacob Bard-Rosenberg @Prolapsarian]

THREAD: What is happening in UK universities is astonishing. Right now about quarter of universities are laying off staff. Almost all universities expect to make a loss this year. And the entire thing is happening in an effort to deceive the population about migration statistics.

[Duncan Campbell @duncan_2qq]

@rossjanderson Professor Ross Anderson, FRS, FREng Dear friend and treasured long term campaigner for privacy and security, Professor of Security Engineering at Cambridge University and Edinburgh University, Lovelace Medal winner, has died suddenly at home in Cambridge.

[Joss Wright @josswright]

@duncan_2qq @rossjanderson An absolute inspiration. Foundational. Deeply, deeply missed.

[Oxford Internet Institute @oiioxford]

Yesterday we hosted our first event of the @oiioxford election initiative looking at the impact of digital technologies on elections and campaigns. You can now watch the recording of 'Zooming in on the digital aspects of the Indonesian election' here: https://t.co/Zia2M1xBIB

[Lukasz Olejnik @lukOlejnik]

Security vulnerability in... qsort. Yes, the glibc's sort algorithm. It's all over the place on systems running the Internet. "All versions from at least September 1992 are affected". That makes it a more 32 years old bug. https://t.co/7SmpZz4cIs

[UCU @ucu]

“As an education union, we utterly condemn the way Israel is systematically destroying the entire education system in Gaza – from nurseries to world-leading research facilities.”

Our President @justinemercer11 speaking at the 250,000 strong march for Gaza in London today ✊🇵🇸

[Gus 🧅 @0xggus]

Woke up with a user report that Tor wasn't blocked anymore in Russia and they could connect without bridges.
Verified with @OpenObservatory's Circumvention Charts, and yep, it checks out.🤨
But this smells... feels like heavier censorship's on the horizon.

[Weird Data Science (@[email protected]) @WeirdDataSci]

The OII's second annual Halloween Lecture, delving into the statistical horrors of the untranslated Voynich Manuscript. Now online: https://t.co/CiVv8PiAta

[EFF @EFF]

Meta’s decision to make end-to-end encryption the default will bring strong encryption to over one billion people, protecting them from dragnet surveillance of the contents of their Facebook messages—and not a moment too soon. https://t.co/qhjslXrE5v

[Sasha Luccioni, PhD 🦋🌎✨🤗 @SashaMTL]

We need more data transparency!!

[IODA @IODA_live]

IODA announces two new features: Markup Studio and data download! Read all about these new features including a Markup Studio tutorial in our recent post:
https://t.co/LIb7oIV8rO

[Signal @signalapp]

We have no investors, no advertisers, nobody breathing down our necks demanding that we compromise on privacy for the sake of the bottom line. Signal is supported by you and your donations. 1/

[OONI @OpenObservatory]

❗️As of 24th November 2023, OONI data suggests that some ISPs in #Guinea started blocking access to WhatsApp, Telegram, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.

The blocks appear to be implemented by means of TLS interference.

OONI data: https://t.co/ytoet97k4u

[Chomba Bupe @ChombaBupe]

Now that they have regrouped, they have already started with nonsensical AI hype.

OpenAI has no such artificial intelligence technology - no AI lab does.

[Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @o_guest]

Yes but also have you seen the tech sector generally 🫨

[Michael White @MWClimateSci]

I’ve handled the review of > 1000 papers at @nature. Over time, you notice aspects of presentation on which reviewers tend to comment. In the interests of minimizing hassles during review, I offer the following suggestions (a bit targeted to climate papers).

[profdeibert @RonDeibert]

New @citizenlab report uses automated methods to test for internet censorship on 7 🇨🇳 internet platforms after the death of #LiKeqiang 👇

Authored by Jeffrey Knockel and @emiledirks

[Cloudflare Radar @CloudflareRadar]

According to @Paltelco, reserve energy sources have been depleted and all telecom services in Gaza Strip have become unavailable.

@Cloudflare data shows traffic dropping in the four governorates starting around 13:40 UTC (15:40 local time).

https://t.co/2qFMPg8nGe