Archive - Privacat Insights

18,000 words. Four Questions. Much Delegation. Little Guidance

The EDPB issued their much-anticipated Opinion on AI Models, and boy do I have some opinions. And bonus analysis (for paid subscribers!)

Dec 20, 2024 •

Privacy Disasters: A Depressingly Regular Series

A friend on Bluesky shared the Calmera app with me on Bluesky, and now I am raging internally.

Mar 19, 2024 •

Does Proton Still Stand for Anything?

Proton's CEO Andy Yen, praised Trump on Twitter, and the company doubled-down in support of the Republicans and JD Vance. Here's why ditching "Swiss…

Jan 16 •

A Follow Up on 'Does Proton Still Stand for Anything' ?

Andy Yen reached out to me on LinkedIn, and I wanted to share my thoughts on our conversation.

Jan 19 •

Dear Tech Companies: Please Stop Stepping on Your Own Dicks

Forcing users to decipher what you do with their data is a terrible idea.

Feb 1 •

Privacy Disasters: FaceHuggers Are Eating Your Skeets

This is a post about the current mishegoss related to Hugging Face and Bluesky's firehose, and how both companies are largely fucking over their users.

Dec 2, 2024 •

I Do a Deep Dive on DeepSeek, Part 2

I really dig into DeepSeek's terms and privacy policy, and provide a link to the spreadsheet where I'm keeping track of differences between the six LLM…

Jan 13 •

Can LLMs Unlearn? Part 1: Predictable Law, Unpredictable Machines

Part 1 in a multi-part series on the problems of deterministic laws in an increasingly non-deterministic world.

Jun 9, 2024 •

I Do a Deep Dive on DeepSeek

A reader tipped me off to a new chatbot out of China. While initial reports claim that it's the new big bad, on review, it's only slightly worse than…

Jan 12 •

Breach or Blessing? Lessons from a Suppression List Slip-Up

A cautionary tale about a client who accidentally sent an 'oops' email, and what data protection lessons we can all learn from it.

Feb 19 •

Privacy As Resistance: Things are Changing

This blog will be undergoing a few changes—given the state of the world, everything sacred feels like it’s under threat. Constantly. And I need to do…

Mar 24 •

We Need Our Claws Out to Protect our Privacy and Fundamental Rights

I share some of my favorite organizations, tech & laws for maintaining purr-sistent resistance against fascists, big tech, and the broligarchy. Also a…

Feb 11 •

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