Digital Rights and Tech Policy
Essays, analysis and news on surveillance, online speech, platform power, privacy and how governments regulate technology.
- Decent OPSEC guideDecent OPSEC guide - anonymity, security, and privacy without bullshit.https://whos-zycher.github.io/opsec-guide/
- The Future of the Con is Already HereManish Goregaokar on the sophisticated cons now aimed at tech professionals, starting with fake recruiters offering perfectly...https://manishearth.github.io/blog/2026/06/17/the-future-of-the-con-is-already-here/
- (Un)forced Errors: Citizen Lab on Canada's Bill C-22Citizen Lab's analysis of Canada's Bill C-22, the Lawful Access Act. It warns of sweeping surveillance powers, constitutional...The Citizen Lab (Un)forced Errors: Analysis of Proposed Surveillance Law Expansion under Bill C-22, An Act respecting lawful access -
- Keep Android OpenA comprehensive campaign documenting Google’s decision to require all Android developers to register centrally with government...Keep Android Open
- Commission Proposes Tech Sovereignty Package for EuropeThe European Commission's Technological Sovereignty Package: measures to strengthen Europe's own capacity in semiconductors, AI...Commission proposes tech sovereignty package to strengthen Europe\'s digital autonomy and resilience
- A New Bill Takes Aim at Government Pressure to Silence Lawful Online SpeechAn overview of bipartisan legislation designed to protect lawful, First Amendment-protected speech online. The bill creates a...A New Bill Takes Aim at Government Pressure to Silence Lawful Online Speech
- Ad-tech is fascist techA core tenet of the enshittification hypothesis is that all the terrible stuff we're subjected to in our digital lives today is...https://pluralistic.net/2026/03/10/ice-tech/#foreseeable-outcomes
- Sweden's government blocks ChatGPT and Claude, keeps CopilotFrom October 26, Sweden's Government Offices block ChatGPT and Claude on staff computers and steer employees to Microsoft...Sweden's government blocks ChatGPT and Claude, keeps Copilot