Jaap-Henk Hoepman 🟥 ⬜️ 🟩 ⬛️
@xotoxot.bsky.social
Visiting Professor Karlstad University. Associate professor Radboud University Nijmegen. Privacy Engineering Boffin.
Author of "Privacy Is Hard and Seven Other Myths. Achieving Privacy Through Careful Design", MIT Press, 2021.
Posts in English and Dutch
Author of "Privacy Is Hard and Seven Other Myths. Achieving Privacy Through Careful Design", MIT Press, 2021.
Posts in English and Dutch
My great colleague Gunes Acar has an open PhD position in online tracking and web security. See here for details:
www.ru.nl/en/working-a...
Join us!
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Join us!
PhD Position: Digital Privacy and Security | Radboud University
Do you want to work as a PhD Position: Digital Privacy and Security at the Faculty of Science? Check our vacancy!
www.ru.nl
October 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
My great colleague Gunes Acar has an open PhD position in online tracking and web security. See here for details:
www.ru.nl/en/working-a...
Join us!
www.ru.nl/en/working-a...
Join us!
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Seriously that text goes so hard, I love it:
"[My new license] is not following the OSI definition of open-source because i don’t give a damn how capital defines its needs."
"[My new license] is not following the OSI definition of open-source because i don’t give a damn how capital defines its needs."
"The Free Software Foundation has been sliding into irrelevance more and more by entirely failing to address its big Creepy Uncle problem. Open-Source has turned into a form of unpaid internship to be hired to make shitty apps that bring more surveillance and ads to our world."
Introducing the Forklift Certified License—Aria’s Barks
It's not following the OSI definition of open-source because i don't give a damn how capital defines its needs.
aria.dog
September 19, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Seriously that text goes so hard, I love it:
"[My new license] is not following the OSI definition of open-source because i don’t give a damn how capital defines its needs."
"[My new license] is not following the OSI definition of open-source because i don’t give a damn how capital defines its needs."
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🚨Our governments are about to decide whether 450M Europeans deserve privacy - or not.
Help ensure your country says NO to Chat Control: Call you local representatives!
Privacy is not negotiable. Speak up now. ✊ #privacy
👉 More on how to stop Chat Control: tuta.com/blog/chat-co...
Help ensure your country says NO to Chat Control: Call you local representatives!
Privacy is not negotiable. Speak up now. ✊ #privacy
👉 More on how to stop Chat Control: tuta.com/blog/chat-co...
September 9, 2025 at 7:24 AM
🚨Our governments are about to decide whether 450M Europeans deserve privacy - or not.
Help ensure your country says NO to Chat Control: Call you local representatives!
Privacy is not negotiable. Speak up now. ✊ #privacy
👉 More on how to stop Chat Control: tuta.com/blog/chat-co...
Help ensure your country says NO to Chat Control: Call you local representatives!
Privacy is not negotiable. Speak up now. ✊ #privacy
👉 More on how to stop Chat Control: tuta.com/blog/chat-co...
Europe is still pushing for the scanning of all your outgoing messages for potential child sexual abuse material (the so called 'chat control' proposal). This is bad for privacy, cripples end-to-end encryption, and makes apps like WhatsApp and Signal no longer secure for business and government use.
csa-scientist-open-letter.org
September 9, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Europe is still pushing for the scanning of all your outgoing messages for potential child sexual abuse material (the so called 'chat control' proposal). This is bad for privacy, cripples end-to-end encryption, and makes apps like WhatsApp and Signal no longer secure for business and government use.
De hack bij Clinical Labs had eenvoudig voorkomen kunnen worden.
blog.xot.nl
August 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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GroenLinks/PvdA komt na de VVD nu ook met een woonplan: “Bouwen voor de sociale meerderheid”.
Net als de plannen van de VVD analyseren we: of het goede ideeën zijn? En wie profiteren er (en wie niet)?
Kort draadje 🧵
Net als de plannen van de VVD analyseren we: of het goede ideeën zijn? En wie profiteren er (en wie niet)?
Kort draadje 🧵
July 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
GroenLinks/PvdA komt na de VVD nu ook met een woonplan: “Bouwen voor de sociale meerderheid”.
Net als de plannen van de VVD analyseren we: of het goede ideeën zijn? En wie profiteren er (en wie niet)?
Kort draadje 🧵
Net als de plannen van de VVD analyseren we: of het goede ideeën zijn? En wie profiteren er (en wie niet)?
Kort draadje 🧵
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Letter from I & @moonalice.com @cristinacaffarra.bsky.social @tomvalletti.bsky.social @ianbrown.tech @carissaveliz.bsky.social @finnmyrstad.bsky.social @xotoxot.bsky.social @tomasoduso.bsky.social @tanyaocarroll.bsky.social @tjmcintyre.com @lilianedwards.bsky.social
www.iccl.ie/news/privacy...
www.iccl.ie/news/privacy...
July 10, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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De Europese Commissie komt met een leeftijdsverificatie-app die moet voorkomen dat minderjarigen pornosites kunnen bezoeken. Deskundigen betwijfelen of zo'n app effectief is. "Interesse van jongeren verdwijnt niet."
Brussel komt met leeftijdslot voor pornosites, maar twijfels bij deskundigen
De Europese Commissie komt met een leeftijdsverificatie-app die moet voorkomen dat minderjarigen pornosites kunnen bezoeken. "Interesse van jongeren verdwijnt niet."
nos.nl
July 8, 2025 at 8:01 AM
De Europese Commissie komt met een leeftijdsverificatie-app die moet voorkomen dat minderjarigen pornosites kunnen bezoeken. Deskundigen betwijfelen of zo'n app effectief is. "Interesse van jongeren verdwijnt niet."
Please consider signing this open letter to stop the uncritical adoption of AI technologies in academia
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Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia
openletter.earth
June 30, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Please consider signing this open letter to stop the uncritical adoption of AI technologies in academia
openletter.earth/open-letter-...
openletter.earth/open-letter-...
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I think one main issue I have with the whole "EURO Stack" stuff is that it is not looking for an alternative. It's "we want what we got just with EU companies". But the fact that the Internet and its services have been turned into a mall is the big fucking problem.
June 30, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I think one main issue I have with the whole "EURO Stack" stuff is that it is not looking for an alternative. It's "we want what we got just with EU companies". But the fact that the Internet and its services have been turned into a mall is the big fucking problem.
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Like what a ridiculous amount of complexity to support an obsolete signature format from decades ago. Just pick a different signature scheme instead of inventing a whole new ZK scheme. news.dyne.org/longfellow-z...
The Longfellow ZK (Google-zk)
Analysis of the longfellow-zk implementation, also known as google-zk, for MDOC/mdl selective disclosure of verifable credentials.
news.dyne.org
June 30, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Like what a ridiculous amount of complexity to support an obsolete signature format from decades ago. Just pick a different signature scheme instead of inventing a whole new ZK scheme. news.dyne.org/longfellow-z...
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This only happens to you once.
June 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM
This only happens to you once.
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I’ve begun my journey to reduce my reliance on US tech, so it’s time for an update on how it’s all going!
No surprise, some services are far more easy to replace than others. Email and streaming are low-hanging fruit; maps and messaging can be more difficult. But we should still make the effort.
No surprise, some services are far more easy to replace than others. Email and streaming are low-hanging fruit; maps and messaging can be more difficult. But we should still make the effort.
Getting off US tech is no easy task
But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t make the effort
www.disconnect.blog
June 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I’ve begun my journey to reduce my reliance on US tech, so it’s time for an update on how it’s all going!
No surprise, some services are far more easy to replace than others. Email and streaming are low-hanging fruit; maps and messaging can be more difficult. But we should still make the effort.
No surprise, some services are far more easy to replace than others. Email and streaming are low-hanging fruit; maps and messaging can be more difficult. But we should still make the effort.
Sovereignty-washing
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Sovereignty-washing
blog.xot.nl
June 18, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Sovereignty-washing
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My #Ableton #Live remote script for the Electra One (electra.one) has been updated to work with Live 12.2, which was released today. See:
codeberg.org/xot/ElectraOne
Enjoy!
codeberg.org/xot/ElectraOne
Enjoy!
Electra One
Electra One: The MIDI Controller Designed for Serious MIDI Work.
electra.one
June 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
My #Ableton #Live remote script for the Electra One (electra.one) has been updated to work with Live 12.2, which was released today. See:
codeberg.org/xot/ElectraOne
Enjoy!
codeberg.org/xot/ElectraOne
Enjoy!
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Meta and Russian Yandex engaged in unprecedented internet tracking practices, likely illegal with EU data protection law. localmess.github.io
June 5, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Meta and Russian Yandex engaged in unprecedented internet tracking practices, likely illegal with EU data protection law. localmess.github.io
“Whereas if you campaign on housing, education, healthcare, which are major issues in the Netherlands, then you force the VVD to have a position on that. You even force Wilders to have a position on that.”
Amen.
Amen.
I spoke to First Edition of @theguardian.com about the odd decision of Geert Wilders to blow up the Dutch government (now).
Thursday briefing: How Geert Wilders’ exit from Dutch coalition might set up his own comeback
In today’s newsletter: The Dutch government collapsed after Wilders pulled out of the coalition – leaving renewed political uncertainty as parties scramble to redefine their positions
www.theguardian.com
June 5, 2025 at 7:43 AM
“Whereas if you campaign on housing, education, healthcare, which are major issues in the Netherlands, then you force the VVD to have a position on that. You even force Wilders to have a position on that.”
Amen.
Amen.
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ANALYSIS: The EU is set to deliver a sobering message to a growing movement in Europe calling for a detox from U.S. Big Tech.
The message? That ain’t happening anytime soon.
W/ @mathieupollet.bsky.social
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
The message? That ain’t happening anytime soon.
W/ @mathieupollet.bsky.social
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
Europe’s dream to wean off US tech gets reality check
As the Trump administration plays hardball, a new EU strategy puts collaboration front and center.
www.politico.eu
June 5, 2025 at 7:16 AM
ANALYSIS: The EU is set to deliver a sobering message to a growing movement in Europe calling for a detox from U.S. Big Tech.
The message? That ain’t happening anytime soon.
W/ @mathieupollet.bsky.social
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
The message? That ain’t happening anytime soon.
W/ @mathieupollet.bsky.social
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
Great talk by Theia Henderson "Protocols, not platforms... but the API first!" on the (un)usability of current protocols. Her main messages: write an API first, before specifying the protocol.
recapworkshop.online
recapworkshop.online
ReCAP Workshop
recapworkshop.online
June 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Great talk by Theia Henderson "Protocols, not platforms... but the API first!" on the (un)usability of current protocols. Her main messages: write an API first, before specifying the protocol.
recapworkshop.online
recapworkshop.online
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"Er is maar één belang dat telt.... het algemeen belang" #verkiezingen
June 3, 2025 at 10:16 AM
"Er is maar één belang dat telt.... het algemeen belang" #verkiezingen
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Uiteraard! Dit komt ook uitgebreid aanbod op de Digital Summit op 14 juni as in Zwolle. Kijk hier: groenlinkspvda.nl/agenda/digit... Ben je erbij?
Digital Summit 2025 | GroenLinks-PvdA
Welke politieke keuzes zijn nodig om de digitale samenleving van morgen vorm te geven? Meld je aan voor onze Digital Summit en praat mee over de digitale toekomst!
groenlinkspvda.nl
May 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Uiteraard! Dit komt ook uitgebreid aanbod op de Digital Summit op 14 juni as in Zwolle. Kijk hier: groenlinkspvda.nl/agenda/digit... Ben je erbij?