Alec Muffett
@alecmuffett.bsky.social
everybody deserves good security.
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Bondi is such a bad lawyer. Because with this single move she tanks legal arguments in support of trying to get the voter roles and also for ICE enforcement.
"We're coming for your elections with the use of force," and "Forget immigrants, we're using this force only to screw with your elections."
"We're coming for your elections with the use of force," and "Forget immigrants, we're using this force only to screw with your elections."
Absolutely reprehensible that AG Bondi is offering ICE stand down in exchange for access to voting rolls. Outrageous and disgusting. It shows ICE is in Minneapolis is not for law enforcement purposes. Instead it’s a way to stir up shit in blue states and extort them.
In the wake of another fatal shooting in Minneapolis.
AG Pam Bondi sends Gov. Walz a letter today making several asks including:
"Allow DOJ Civil Rights division access to state voter rolls"
AG Pam Bondi sends Gov. Walz a letter today making several asks including:
"Allow DOJ Civil Rights division access to state voter rolls"
January 25, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Bondi is such a bad lawyer. Because with this single move she tanks legal arguments in support of trying to get the voter roles and also for ICE enforcement.
"We're coming for your elections with the use of force," and "Forget immigrants, we're using this force only to screw with your elections."
"We're coming for your elections with the use of force," and "Forget immigrants, we're using this force only to screw with your elections."
If you are not on X you are missing content like this:
January 24, 2026 at 11:57 PM
If you are not on X you are missing content like this:
"…but at least #AgeVerification will ensure that no *young* people get angry about this."
"Some readers, having found the image shocking, wrote to the newspaper suggesting that it must have been produced with artificial intelligence, "
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
Pepper-Sprayed While Pinned Down: A Searing Scene Provokes Outrage
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:35 PM
"…but at least #AgeVerification will ensure that no *young* people get angry about this."
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Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
January 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
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To those blaming Walz for not mobilizing the Guard, he did that six days ago. I have to say it's disturbing to see people angry at Walz instead of the government agents that just executed a man. As though we should all be experts about what to do when a secret police force invades an American city.
January 24, 2026 at 6:14 PM
To those blaming Walz for not mobilizing the Guard, he did that six days ago. I have to say it's disturbing to see people angry at Walz instead of the government agents that just executed a man. As though we should all be experts about what to do when a secret police force invades an American city.
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The people who'll tell you today's murder victim in Minnesota shouldn't have turned up to a protest carrying a gun are the same people who said Kyle Rittenhouse was perfectly entitled to do the same thing.
January 24, 2026 at 5:58 PM
The people who'll tell you today's murder victim in Minnesota shouldn't have turned up to a protest carrying a gun are the same people who said Kyle Rittenhouse was perfectly entitled to do the same thing.
“[In the modern era] what threats do VPNs protect against?”
https://alecmuffett.com/article/143019
#encryption #vpns
https://alecmuffett.com/article/143019
#encryption #vpns
“[In the modern era] what threats do VPNs protect against?”
Answer, to a limited extent: jingoistic patriotism, xenophobic populism, theories of speech as a “harm” demanding “duties of care”, state-mandated enumeration of citizens in…
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January 24, 2026 at 2:53 PM
“[In the modern era] what threats do VPNs protect against?”
https://alecmuffett.com/article/143019
#encryption #vpns
https://alecmuffett.com/article/143019
#encryption #vpns
Microsoft Gave FBI BitLocker Encryption Keys, Exposing Privacy Flaw | Forbes
https://alecmuffett.com/article/142847
#EndToEndEncryption #HomeOffice #KeyEscrow #apple #encryption #gchq #privacy #surveillance
https://alecmuffett.com/article/142847
#EndToEndEncryption #HomeOffice #KeyEscrow #apple #encryption #gchq #privacy #surveillance
Microsoft Gave FBI BitLocker Encryption Keys, Exposing Privacy Flaw | Forbes
This is the future of which GCHQ wants for all global encryption: “Microsoft confirmed to Forbes that it does provide BitLocker recovery keys if it receives a valid legal order. “While key re…
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January 23, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Microsoft Gave FBI BitLocker Encryption Keys, Exposing Privacy Flaw | Forbes
https://alecmuffett.com/article/142847
#EndToEndEncryption #HomeOffice #KeyEscrow #apple #encryption #gchq #privacy #surveillance
https://alecmuffett.com/article/142847
#EndToEndEncryption #HomeOffice #KeyEscrow #apple #encryption #gchq #privacy #surveillance
All of the camp-unfriendly kids who are not hip to the memes are going to throw shade… but I have modest hopes.
January 23, 2026 at 4:17 PM
All of the camp-unfriendly kids who are not hip to the memes are going to throw shade… but I have modest hopes.
Anarchist Calisthenics: teaching people to break misconceived little rules before they have to break the totalitarian big ones
https://alecmuffett.com/article/142623
#AgeVerification #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #censorship #surveillance #vpns
https://alecmuffett.com/article/142623
#AgeVerification #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #censorship #surveillance #vpns
Anarchist Calisthenics: teaching people to break misconceived little rules before they have to break the totalitarian big ones
Online Censorship, Age Verification & Social Media Bans are misconceived, illiberal, mass-harmful little rules that we must teach our teens to circumvent, so they have context, understanding &a…
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January 22, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Anarchist Calisthenics: teaching people to break misconceived little rules before they have to break the totalitarian big ones
https://alecmuffett.com/article/142623
#AgeVerification #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #censorship #surveillance #vpns
https://alecmuffett.com/article/142623
#AgeVerification #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #censorship #surveillance #vpns
Britons, Parents: be aware: if they Age-Verify Social Media & VPNs, next up will be free supermarket & cafe Wi-Fi; no more “click one button & connect to the internet”
https://alecmuffett.com/article/142552
#AgeVerification #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #censorship #surveillance #vpns
https://alecmuffett.com/article/142552
#AgeVerification #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #censorship #surveillance #vpns
Britons, Parents: be aware: if they Age-Verify Social Media & VPNs, next up will be free supermarket & cafe Wi-Fi; no more “click one button & connect to the internet”
…instead you will be standing in Tesco, Morrison’s or Sainsbury’s, pulling faces at the camera or hunting for passwords whilst your screaming toddler is attacking the chocolate bars and…
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January 22, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Britons, Parents: be aware: if they Age-Verify Social Media & VPNs, next up will be free supermarket & cafe Wi-Fi; no more “click one button & connect to the internet”
https://alecmuffett.com/article/142552
#AgeVerification #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #censorship #surveillance #vpns
https://alecmuffett.com/article/142552
#AgeVerification #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #censorship #surveillance #vpns
Gammons, Boomers & Musk-fixated ideologues in Lords seek ban on online anonymity, pursue Age Verification for Social Media & VPNs
https://alecmuffett.com/article/142518
#AgeVerification #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #censorship #libdems #surveillance #vpns
https://alecmuffett.com/article/142518
#AgeVerification #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #censorship #libdems #surveillance #vpns
Gammons, Boomers & Musk-fixated ideologues in Lords seek ban on online anonymity, pursue Age Verification for Social Media & VPNs
It’s amazing how most of the illiberal stuff coming out of the House Of Lords nowadays comes from ostensible Liberal Democrats & their (ahem) peers: Online safety campaigner Baroness Kidr…
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January 22, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Gammons, Boomers & Musk-fixated ideologues in Lords seek ban on online anonymity, pursue Age Verification for Social Media & VPNs
https://alecmuffett.com/article/142518
#AgeVerification #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #censorship #libdems #surveillance #vpns
https://alecmuffett.com/article/142518
#AgeVerification #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #censorship #libdems #surveillance #vpns
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Yes, I know that, but you really need to read this 2016 essay by @girlonthenet.bsky.social :
www.girlonthenet.com/blog/get-rou...
Just because you can circumvent something does not mean that it's not a stupid idea which needs to be fought tooth and nail.
www.girlonthenet.com/blog/get-rou...
Just because you can circumvent something does not mean that it's not a stupid idea which needs to be fought tooth and nail.
Can you get round a porn block? | Girl on the Net
Know how to get round a porn block? If you're even vaguely familiar with the internet, you probably do. But that doesn't mean porn laws don't affect you.
www.girlonthenet.com
January 21, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Yes, I know that, but you really need to read this 2016 essay by @girlonthenet.bsky.social :
www.girlonthenet.com/blog/get-rou...
Just because you can circumvent something does not mean that it's not a stupid idea which needs to be fought tooth and nail.
www.girlonthenet.com/blog/get-rou...
Just because you can circumvent something does not mean that it's not a stupid idea which needs to be fought tooth and nail.
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I hope @torproject.org are geared up for the inrush if it passes.
a large dam with the words make gifs at gifsoup.com underneath it
ALT: a large dam with the words make gifs at gifsoup.com underneath it
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January 21, 2026 at 9:47 PM
I hope @torproject.org are geared up for the inrush if it passes.
The UK is fucked. Stupid, stupid, stupid…
> Lord Nash moved amendment 92, after clause 27, to insert the new clause Action to prohibit the provision of VPN services to children in the United Kingdom.
votes.parliament.uk/votes/lords/...
> Lord Nash moved amendment 92, after clause 27, to insert the new clause Action to prohibit the provision of VPN services to children in the United Kingdom.
votes.parliament.uk/votes/lords/...
January 21, 2026 at 9:02 PM
The UK is fucked. Stupid, stupid, stupid…
> Lord Nash moved amendment 92, after clause 27, to insert the new clause Action to prohibit the provision of VPN services to children in the United Kingdom.
votes.parliament.uk/votes/lords/...
> Lord Nash moved amendment 92, after clause 27, to insert the new clause Action to prohibit the provision of VPN services to children in the United Kingdom.
votes.parliament.uk/votes/lords/...
January 21, 2026 at 12:06 PM
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The people who came to Brianna's vigil were the many friends, as an isolated trans girl, she had made on social media. The people who were convicted of her murder knew her in real life, and used transphobic slurs to discuss her.
January 19, 2026 at 7:27 PM
The people who came to Brianna's vigil were the many friends, as an isolated trans girl, she had made on social media. The people who were convicted of her murder knew her in real life, and used transphobic slurs to discuss her.
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Oh are we doing that whole bit again where we pretend Brianna Ghey died because of social media rather than because of the people who stabbed her 28 times.
Mother of murdered Brianna Ghey urges Starmer to ban social media for under-16s
Mother of murdered Brianna Ghey urges Starmer to ban social media for under-16s
Esther Ghey says daughter’s eating disorder and self-harm had been exacerbated by harmful online content
The mother of the murdered teenager Brianna Ghey has urged Keir Starmer to ban social media for under-16s, adding to growing pressure on the prime minister before a crunch vote on the issue on Wednesday.
Esther Ghey wrote to Starmer on Monday explaining in detail how she felt her daughter’s eating disorder and self-harm had been exacerbated by TikTok influencers with whom she had become obsessed. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Oh are we doing that whole bit again where we pretend Brianna Ghey died because of social media rather than because of the people who stabbed her 28 times.
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January 17, 2026 at 9:37 AM
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Trying to protect everything from everyone all the time is a good way to drive yourself crazy. This is why we threat model. Here is EFF's Surveillance Self Defense guide to putting together your security plan, also known as threat modeling: ssd.eff.org/module/your-...
Your Security Plan
Trying to protect all your data from everything all the time is impractical and exhausting. But, have no fear! Security is a process, and through thoughtful planning, you can put together a plan that’...
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January 16, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Trying to protect everything from everyone all the time is a good way to drive yourself crazy. This is why we threat model. Here is EFF's Surveillance Self Defense guide to putting together your security plan, also known as threat modeling: ssd.eff.org/module/your-...
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I find it necessary these days to affirm the obvious because the descent into fascism is mostly a continuous, not discrete, process so here it goes:
these are internal checkpoints by secret police for what is routine freedom of movement.
these are internal checkpoints by secret police for what is routine freedom of movement.
It’s been reported locally, but I’m not sure how much national notice this has gotten. As part of this invasion by shithead goons, they are putting ICE agents in jetbridges and other parts of the airport at Minneapolis-Saint Paul. If you are flying Delta via MSP, you are putting yourself at risk.
ICE agents to begin checking documents at MSP airport, patrol jet bridges - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will begin checking documents of travelers and workers at MSP airport, with patrols inside jet bridges.
www.bizjournals.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:29 PM
I find it necessary these days to affirm the obvious because the descent into fascism is mostly a continuous, not discrete, process so here it goes:
these are internal checkpoints by secret police for what is routine freedom of movement.
these are internal checkpoints by secret police for what is routine freedom of movement.
Today in #onlinesafetyact weirdness: Reddit post claims that author is being prosecuted by UK police for producing deep fakes of his deceased wife, synced to OneDrive; duty solicitor advice appears arguable:
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January 16, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Today in #onlinesafetyact weirdness: Reddit post claims that author is being prosecuted by UK police for producing deep fakes of his deceased wife, synced to OneDrive; duty solicitor advice appears arguable:
www.reddit.com/r/LegalAdvic...
#mentalhealth
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#mentalhealth