Karl Grindal
@grindal.bsky.social
Personal account, views are my own. Cyber Policy Prof @ University of New Hampshire; researching the standards, regulations, and institutions shaping privacy and security.
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If you're wondering why a bunch of the internet seems vaguely borked this morning
November 18, 2025 at 1:09 PM
If you're wondering why a bunch of the internet seems vaguely borked this morning
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Airline #Privacy is a serious problem, as airlines essentially have no privacy requirements (Dept of Transportation started investigating airline privacy practices last year but the agency has since dropped it).
You should opt out of this practice ASAP.
You should opt out of this practice ASAP.
PSA from 404 Media: you can opt-out of a data broker selling your flight travel data to the government to be searched without a warrant. Here's how I did it. This is ARC, the data broker owned by major U.S. airlines like United, Delta, American, etc
www.404media.co/how-to-opt-o...
www.404media.co/how-to-opt-o...
How to Opt-Out of Airlines Selling Your Travel Data to the Government
The Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC), owned by major U.S. airlines, collects billions of ticketing records and sells them to the government to be searched without a warrant. I managed to opt-out o...
www.404media.co
November 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Airline #Privacy is a serious problem, as airlines essentially have no privacy requirements (Dept of Transportation started investigating airline privacy practices last year but the agency has since dropped it).
You should opt out of this practice ASAP.
You should opt out of this practice ASAP.
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Well this is VERY exciting. For the last 6 months we've been making a brand new BBC podcast series all about Evil Corp - the OGs of Russian cyber crime. Preview here. Series drops Monday! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Cyber Hack - Evil Corp - Introducing Evil Corp - BBC Sounds
Accused of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars – Russia’s most wanted hackers
www.bbc.co.uk
October 18, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Well this is VERY exciting. For the last 6 months we've been making a brand new BBC podcast series all about Evil Corp - the OGs of Russian cyber crime. Preview here. Series drops Monday! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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This is a fundamental point that 99% of higher-ed coverage, and 100% of immig coverage, have missed.
A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.
30% drop year over year!
September 29, 2025 at 8:48 PM
This is a fundamental point that 99% of higher-ed coverage, and 100% of immig coverage, have missed.
My article "Analyzing Broadband Reliability: Insights from Alaskan Arctic Communities" w/ @saschameinrath.bsky.social was published with the Journal of Information Policy. We compiled #Ookla and NDT7 speed test from remote clinics that document telecom QoS challenges. doi.org/10.5325/jinf...
Analyzing Broadband Reliability: Insights from Alaskan Arctic Communities
Abstract. This study investigates broadband Internet reliability in underserved Alaskan communities by analyzing two years of network latency and outage data from anchor institutions. It critiques spe...
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September 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
My article "Analyzing Broadband Reliability: Insights from Alaskan Arctic Communities" w/ @saschameinrath.bsky.social was published with the Journal of Information Policy. We compiled #Ookla and NDT7 speed test from remote clinics that document telecom QoS challenges. doi.org/10.5325/jinf...
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I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
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WaPo - Trump administration unveils a new crackdown on Pentagon journalists, requiring them to pledge they won't gather any information — even unclassified — that hasn't been expressly authorized for release, and will revoke press credentials of those who don't obey. www.washingtonpost.com/busine...
Pentagon demands journalists pledge to not obtain unauthorized material
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is imposing strict new rules that would severely limit the ability of journalists to report on the Pentagon.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 20, 2025 at 12:31 AM
WaPo - Trump administration unveils a new crackdown on Pentagon journalists, requiring them to pledge they won't gather any information — even unclassified — that hasn't been expressly authorized for release, and will revoke press credentials of those who don't obey. www.washingtonpost.com/busine...
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Update on Protocol Moderation
Where account takedowns happen is important
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September 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Thank you, Brendan Carr of the FCC, for standing up for what's right.
September 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Thank you, Brendan Carr of the FCC, for standing up for what's right.
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Voters in a pair of New Hampshire cities hit the polls on Tuesday in municipal elections. Check out the results here.
Results for elections held Tuesday in Manchester, Berlin
Voters in a pair of New Hampshire cities hit the polls on Tuesday in municipal elections. Check out the results here.
www.wmur.com
September 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Voters in a pair of New Hampshire cities hit the polls on Tuesday in municipal elections. Check out the results here.
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it's so funny to see America's health insurance companies be like "look. If there's one thing we love it's denying you care. but we ran the numbers - and we cannot BELIEVE we're saying this - and it's cheaper for us to just pay for the vaccines than deal with you going to the ER."
Regardless of the disgraceful nonsense we will likely hear from this administration in the coming days on vaccine “recommendations,” Americas healthcare insurers issued a joint statement tonight saying coverage for Covid and flu shots will remain unchanged from prior years.
Speaks for itself.
Speaks for itself.
September 17, 2025 at 3:03 AM
it's so funny to see America's health insurance companies be like "look. If there's one thing we love it's denying you care. but we ran the numbers - and we cannot BELIEVE we're saying this - and it's cheaper for us to just pay for the vaccines than deal with you going to the ER."
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September 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Subscribe to @flaminghydra.com, it is fascinating and the writing is superb. ALSO, it's a cooperative fully owned by our writers and artists.
IRL people make it, so no gross AI nonsense.
Check some stories out for FREE: flaminghydra.com/free
Subscribe: flaminghydra.com/subscribe
IRL people make it, so no gross AI nonsense.
Check some stories out for FREE: flaminghydra.com/free
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BREAKING: ICE is sending Russian dissidents back to Russia. When the dissidents arrived in Russia, the Russian authorities were given documents relating to their asylum applications in the US which under US law are confidential. This seems to be part of a secret agreement between Trump and Putin.
‘I escaped a Russian prison — only to end up in an American jail’
Dozens of Russian dissidents have been expelled from the US and forcibly returned to Russia with the co-operation of immigration authorities
www.thetimes.com
September 6, 2025 at 10:52 PM
BREAKING: ICE is sending Russian dissidents back to Russia. When the dissidents arrived in Russia, the Russian authorities were given documents relating to their asylum applications in the US which under US law are confidential. This seems to be part of a secret agreement between Trump and Putin.
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Surveillance & Society is not only the top quality, peer-reviewed journal of #surveillance studies, but also independent, completely #OpenAccess & free to submit to, publish in & read: No APCs, no publication fees, no subscriptions – just free! #AcademicSky
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Surveillance & Society
the international journal of surveillance studies
ojs.library.queensu.ca
September 7, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Surveillance & Society is not only the top quality, peer-reviewed journal of #surveillance studies, but also independent, completely #OpenAccess & free to submit to, publish in & read: No APCs, no publication fees, no subscriptions – just free! #AcademicSky
ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/su...
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The punishment should fit the crime.
September 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The punishment should fit the crime.
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Master of Public Administration degree, folks!
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Jessica Chastain Opens Up About Studying at Harvard as She Admits She's a 'Secret Nerd'
During a Sept. 2 appearance on 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,' Jessica Chastain opened up about attending Harvard University to attain a Master's degree. The Oscar winner said that her progr...
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September 5, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Master of Public Administration degree, folks!
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Notable bit from this @dell.bsky.social story on @wired.com — renaming the 9 bases after Confederate general officers had a projected cost of $39 mil. So if Dpt of War ends up being a full rebrand (with or without congress), we’re talking 9 figures and up: www.wired.com/story/depart...
Defense Department Scrambles to Pretend It’s Called the War Department
President Donald Trump said the so-called Department of War branding is to counter the “woke” Department of Defense name.
www.wired.com
September 5, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Notable bit from this @dell.bsky.social story on @wired.com — renaming the 9 bases after Confederate general officers had a projected cost of $39 mil. So if Dpt of War ends up being a full rebrand (with or without congress), we’re talking 9 figures and up: www.wired.com/story/depart...
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A small hurdle, but an important one.
Now you need a warrant for surveillance car footage.
Waymo Says You're Not Getting its Footage Without a Warrant
The move is one of several signaling a growing tension between innovation, privacy, and law enforcement power.
gizmodo.com
September 5, 2025 at 10:59 AM
A small hurdle, but an important one.
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The world’s leading genocide scholars’ association has passed a resolution saying that the legal criteria have been met to establish Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, its president says.
There was no immediate response from the Israeli foreign ministry.
There was no immediate response from the Israeli foreign ministry.
Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, scholars' association says
Israel has strongly denied that its actions in Gaza amount to genocide and says they are justified as self defense. It is fighting a case at the International Court of Justice.
nbcnews.to
September 1, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The world’s leading genocide scholars’ association has passed a resolution saying that the legal criteria have been met to establish Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, its president says.
There was no immediate response from the Israeli foreign ministry.
There was no immediate response from the Israeli foreign ministry.
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August 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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August 24, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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Heads up to those of you affected by the Columbia University data breach: they’ve sent out breach notices (offering 2 years of credit monitoring)…to the address they have on file from when you applied. Even if you got in and attended and they know perfectly well where you now live.
Have other people impacted by the Columbia data breach heard anything back from the university?
I have in fact reached out to Columbia about this as I am potentially directly affected and so far I haven't heard back. It's super encouraging!
August 19, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Heads up to those of you affected by the Columbia University data breach: they’ve sent out breach notices (offering 2 years of credit monitoring)…to the address they have on file from when you applied. Even if you got in and attended and they know perfectly well where you now live.
Proud to have led UNH's renewal of our designation as a Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense (CAE-CD). I've got great colleagues here and we have some excellent cybersecurity programs that are worth a look. #cybersecurity
UNH Recognized as Center of Excellence in Cyber Defense Education
DURHAM, N.H.—The University of New Hampshire has once again been designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense (CAE-CD) by the National Security Agency and the Department of ...
www.unh.edu
August 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Proud to have led UNH's renewal of our designation as a Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense (CAE-CD). I've got great colleagues here and we have some excellent cybersecurity programs that are worth a look. #cybersecurity
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SB 259 would prevent retailers from using ai “to jack up prices using the information stored on customers’ phones. That could include the phone’s battery life, whether it’s an older model, what apps are installed, what time of day it is, where its user is located and where they live.”
CA could ban use of consumer location data to set prices – The Markup
A proposed bill would bar companies from using data like a phone’s battery life, what apps are installed and where its user is to set prices.
themarkup.org
August 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
SB 259 would prevent retailers from using ai “to jack up prices using the information stored on customers’ phones. That could include the phone’s battery life, whether it’s an older model, what apps are installed, what time of day it is, where its user is located and where they live.”