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Switzerland proposes regulations forcing service providers to collect user IDs and disable encryption, threatening its status as a haven for privacy tech firms (Suzanne Smalley/The Record)
https://therecord.media/switzerland-digital-privacy-law-proton-priv…

Swiss government looks to undercut privacy tech, stoking fears of mass surveillance
Switzerland-based providers of secure email, VPNs and other digital services say a pending government proposal would be catastrophic to their ability to protect the privacy of users.

Webinar-Vierteiler: Professioneller Support für Apple-Geräte im Unternehmen
Perfektionieren Sie Ihr Wissen zu macOS, iOS/iPadOS als Apple-Support-Profi. Die Serie eignet sich auch ideal dazu, sich auf das Apple-Zertifikat vorzubereiten.

#Signal Should Improve Visualization of Its #Privacy Properties
https://karl-voit.at/2025/10/12/Signal

Future of Privacy Forum Honors Julie Brill with Lifetime Achievement Award
https://fpf.org/press-releases/future-of-privacy-forum-honors-julie-brill-with-lifetime-achievement-award/
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The Privacy Paradox
Hadn’t realised that this short piece on privacy by Al Jazeera that I contributed to had aired. Apparently did mid August :)
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/aljazeerauntangles/2025/8/13/the-privacy-paradox

The Privacy Paradox
We claim to value privacy, but surrender it daily, often without knowing.

Exploring Formal Math on the Blockchain: An Explorer for Proofgold
Chad E. Brown, Cezary Kaliszyk, Josef Urban
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.08267 https://arx…

Exploring Formal Math on the Blockchain: An Explorer for Proofgold
Proofgold is a blockchain that supports formalized mathematics alongside standard cryptocurrency functionality. It incorporates logical constructs into the blockchain, including declarations of formal theories, definitions, propositions and proofs. It also supports placing and collecting bounties on proving these propositions, incentivizing the development of the formal libraries contained in Proofgold. In this paper, we present a web-based blockchain explorer for Proofgold. The system exposes …

Swiss government looks to undercut privacy tech, stoking fears of mass surveillance https://therecord.media/switzerland-digital-privacy-law-proton-privacy-surveillance

I don’t think there has ever been a technology that is so utterly perfect for fascists as video from generative “AI”.
The purpose of propaganda is largely to create indifference to actually real things (like human suffering, the economy crashing or losing a war), this will be a hundred times easier if no video can be trusted anymore.

Future of Privacy Forum Honors Julie Brill with Career Achievement Award
https://fpf.org/press-releases/future-of-privacy-forum-honors-julie-brill-with-career-achievement-award/
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The “Neural Data” Goldilocks Problem: Defining “Neural Data” in U.S. State Privacy Laws
https://fpf.org/blog/the-neural-data-goldilocks-problem-defining-neural-data-in-u-s-state-privacy-laws/
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