Leif Ryge

independent researcher

[Leif Ryge @wiretapped]

self-censorship is the most effective kind of censorship

[Leif Ryge @wiretapped]

@element_hq U̟̥̘nfo̪̥rt̹̯un̻̪at̘ẹ̥l̟̰y, ̳̙n͈o o̪̥̯n͚̠e ̬can b̩̜͓e ͔t̝ol̤d͚ ̬̝wh̜̥at̘̥̥ ̞̻͎T̼̙h̝̣e ̻Maṱ̜ri̙x is.

[Leif Ryge @wiretapped]

@element_hq why is the f-droid package "a few versions behind"? will you please commit to ensuring that is not the case in the future?

[Leif Ryge @wiretapped]

@chris__barry it's true (last i checked) that they merely upload [effectively] all of your contacts' phone numbers, but given that those tend to be strongly linkable to legal IDs, they're the most valuable part of a phone's address book. so, your intended distinction didn't even occur to me.

[@dmytri @dmytri]

@chris__barry Signal is providing what @wiretapped calls a "pinky-promise" architecture, saying sure we have access to your contact list and upload it to our severs on the AWS, but it's only to help you find your friends! Trust us! Meanwhile, they have no obvious business model.

[Leif Ryge @wiretapped]

@chris__barry @dmytri SGX is some "trusted computing" garbage from Intel, the purpose of which is to get Hollywood to trust your PC even though they don't trust you. And it is broken, of course. 2/2 https://t.co/U4pfHKjQFr https://t.co/OdDhSHv8d7

[Leif Ryge @wiretapped]

@chris__barry @dmytri As their blog post you linked says, they upload hashes of phone numbers and "The obvious problem with this method is that the hash of a user identifier can almost always be inverted."
So their solution is to use SGX to assure you that their (bezos') servers aren't doing that. 1/2

[Stefania Maurizi @SMaurizi]

@avilarenata @estelledehon @suigenerisjen @khrafnsson @SwaziJAF We won for everyone! Every journalist/citizen in the world can litigate a #FOIA in UK no matter nationality/residency/territoriality!

[Christian Ströbele @MdB_Stroebele]

Julian Assange darf nicht an USA ausgeliefert werden. Völlig unerwartet urteilte heute so die Richterin in London. Das ist auch ein Sieg der Solidarität. Die Begründung ist etwas daneben. Egal. Jetzt muß Assange sofort raus aus dem Knast. Freiheit für Julian.

[Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald]

The rejection by the UK court of the US Govt's request to extradite Julian Assange to stand trial on espionage charges is obviously great news. But the judge endorsed most of the USG's theories, but ultimately found the US prison system too inhumane to permit extradition.

[WikiLeaks @wikileaks]

Breaking: UK judge rules against extradition of Assange to US #AssangeCase

[ᖇ⦿ᖘ Gonggrijp @rop_g]

You know the human rights situation in your prisons is becoming internationally untenable when the glass box show trial people refuse to hand over defendants.

[Rozina Ali @rozina_ali]

Today, the Supreme Court ruled 8-0 in Tanzin v Tanvir case, finding that Muslims who were put on the No-Fly list after they refused to become FBI informants and spy on their communities, *can* sue the government for damages

[Public Citizen @Public_Citizen]

Speaking of stealing, here are US billionaire wealth gains during the pandemic:

Elon Musk: $118,500,000,000

Jeff Bezos: $71,400,000,000

Mark Zuckerberg: $50,100,000,000

Larry Page: $28,900,000,000

Sergey Brin: $28,500,000,000

MacKenzie Scott: $23,800,000,000

[Leif Ryge @wiretapped]

@loricott970 @mathladyhazel there are quadrillions of them https://t.co/WQEjc9acbF

[Kashmir Hill @kashhill]

This is a jaw-dropping paragraph. https://t.co/ix4JFLCZJe

[SedaG @sedyst]

Zoom shuts down an NYU academic event on zoom censorship. Facebook asks NYU researchers to stop doing research on political ads. NYU’s response will be interesting to see how even powerful universities can struggle to maintain institutional autonomy vis a vis tech companies.

[Leif Ryge @wiretapped]

self-censorship is the most effective kind of censorship

[CAL FIRE LNU @CALFIRELNU]

#GlassFire - This is the Final Incident Update for this incident

[CAL FIRE @CAL_FIRE]

#GlassFire East of Calistoga In Napa county is 67,484 acres and 97% contained. Unified Command: @CALFIRELNU, @sonomasheriff, @NapaSheriff, and @SantaRosaFire

https://t.co/Tk15ZiULSp