John Perrino
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John Perrino
@johnperrino.com
· Jan 28
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Reposted by John Perrino
Spanish internet service providers are blocking access to the No-IP dynamic DNS service with an HTTP error code 451. The error is usually shown when sites are taken down due to legal reasons.
It's probably LaLiga-related antipiracy enforcement, as usual
torrentfreak.com/isp-blocking...?
It's probably LaLiga-related antipiracy enforcement, as usual
torrentfreak.com/isp-blocking...?
ISP Blocking of No-IP's Dynamic DNS Enters Week 2 * TorrentFreak
Spanish ISPs blocked No-IP's dynamic DNS service over a week ago. For local users, artificial disruptions like these are part of everyday life.
torrentfreak.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Spanish internet service providers are blocking access to the No-IP dynamic DNS service with an HTTP error code 451. The error is usually shown when sites are taken down due to legal reasons.
It's probably LaLiga-related antipiracy enforcement, as usual
torrentfreak.com/isp-blocking...?
It's probably LaLiga-related antipiracy enforcement, as usual
torrentfreak.com/isp-blocking...?
Reposted by John Perrino
I ♥️ encryption
Senator Ron Wyden calls on the Internet Society community to 📣 "GET LOUD" 📣 this Global Encryption Day!
"Get loud because you are the glue that holds the Internet together." - @wyden.senate.gov
Thank you for fighting for the Internet to give power to the powerless and a voice to the voiceless!
"Get loud because you are the glue that holds the Internet together." - @wyden.senate.gov
Thank you for fighting for the Internet to give power to the powerless and a voice to the voiceless!
Encryption Matters: In Conversation with Sally Wentworth and US Senator Ron Wyden
YouTube video by Internet Society
www.youtube.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I ♥️ encryption
Reposted by John Perrino
Using end-to-end encryption protects your digital conversations from prying eyes and fosters a safer online environment for everyone. 🔐🖥️📱🛡️#GlobalEncryptionDay 🧵
October 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Using end-to-end encryption protects your digital conversations from prying eyes and fosters a safer online environment for everyone. 🔐🖥️📱🛡️#GlobalEncryptionDay 🧵
Reposted by John Perrino
on Global Encryption Day, a reminder that digital security is *essential* for the exercise of human rights. from the conclusion of my 2015 report to the UN--> www.ohchr.org/en/documents...
October 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
on Global Encryption Day, a reminder that digital security is *essential* for the exercise of human rights. from the conclusion of my 2015 report to the UN--> www.ohchr.org/en/documents...
Senator Ron Wyden calls on the Internet Society community to 📣 "GET LOUD" 📣 this Global Encryption Day!
"Get loud because you are the glue that holds the Internet together." - @wyden.senate.gov
Thank you for fighting for the Internet to give power to the powerless and a voice to the voiceless!
"Get loud because you are the glue that holds the Internet together." - @wyden.senate.gov
Thank you for fighting for the Internet to give power to the powerless and a voice to the voiceless!
Encryption Matters: In Conversation with Sally Wentworth and US Senator Ron Wyden
YouTube video by Internet Society
www.youtube.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Senator Ron Wyden calls on the Internet Society community to 📣 "GET LOUD" 📣 this Global Encryption Day!
"Get loud because you are the glue that holds the Internet together." - @wyden.senate.gov
Thank you for fighting for the Internet to give power to the powerless and a voice to the voiceless!
"Get loud because you are the glue that holds the Internet together." - @wyden.senate.gov
Thank you for fighting for the Internet to give power to the powerless and a voice to the voiceless!
🏛️ Apple and the UK government agreed to drop a case challenging a secret government order to provide access to encrypted cloud backups.
🇬🇧 The agreement comes days after the order was changed to only apply to UK citizens.
🤦♂️ Of course, you can't just break encryption for some...
🇬🇧 The agreement comes days after the order was changed to only apply to UK citizens.
🤦♂️ Of course, you can't just break encryption for some...
Apple and Home Office agree to drop legal claim over encryption backdoor | Computer Weekly
Apple has agreed with the Home Office to drop its legal claim against a government order requiring it to provide intelligence and law enforcement with the capability to access encrypted data of Apple ...
www.computerweekly.com
October 13, 2025 at 9:10 PM
🏛️ Apple and the UK government agreed to drop a case challenging a secret government order to provide access to encrypted cloud backups.
🇬🇧 The agreement comes days after the order was changed to only apply to UK citizens.
🤦♂️ Of course, you can't just break encryption for some...
🇬🇧 The agreement comes days after the order was changed to only apply to UK citizens.
🤦♂️ Of course, you can't just break encryption for some...
Anyone in this book!
Let's go with Rizzuto Berra Day! ⚾ 🇮🇹
Let's go with Rizzuto Berra Day! ⚾ 🇮🇹
October 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Anyone in this book!
Let's go with Rizzuto Berra Day! ⚾ 🇮🇹
Let's go with Rizzuto Berra Day! ⚾ 🇮🇹
California has a new online age check requirement, but it may be the best of the worst.
People will have to provide their age for account creation on computers, mobile devices, and app stores. No ID check required and devices will share age ranges with apps.
The law goes into effect Jan. 1, 2027.
People will have to provide their age for account creation on computers, mobile devices, and app stores. No ID check required and devices will share age ranges with apps.
The law goes into effect Jan. 1, 2027.
California Enacts Google-Backed Law for App Stores to Verify Age
App stores and smartphone operating systems, such as those by produced Alphabet Inc. and Apple Inc., will have to undertake age-verification responsibilities to better protect children online under le...
news.bgov.com
October 13, 2025 at 3:02 PM
California has a new online age check requirement, but it may be the best of the worst.
People will have to provide their age for account creation on computers, mobile devices, and app stores. No ID check required and devices will share age ranges with apps.
The law goes into effect Jan. 1, 2027.
People will have to provide their age for account creation on computers, mobile devices, and app stores. No ID check required and devices will share age ranges with apps.
The law goes into effect Jan. 1, 2027.
Reposted by John Perrino
When a BBC reporter can do this, without privileged access to communications data, I find it hard to accept law enforcement's constant claim that they are "going dark" because of encrypted messaging. Encryption is not the main obstacle to effective law enforcement.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC tracks down sextortion scammer targeting teenage boys
The BBC challenges the scammers targeting teenagers like Evan Boettler, who took his own life just 90 minutes after being contacted.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
When a BBC reporter can do this, without privileged access to communications data, I find it hard to accept law enforcement's constant claim that they are "going dark" because of encrypted messaging. Encryption is not the main obstacle to effective law enforcement.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Congressman: "Free speech only applies if you agree with me."
thehill.com
September 12, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Congressman: "Free speech only applies if you agree with me."
I am proud to have worked on an Internet Society amicus brief with the Supreme Court raising concerns that a case could cause thousands of innocent people to lose Internet access.
Your Internet Access Is at Risk. We’re Speaking Up - Internet Society
The Internet Society filed an amicus brief in Cox Communications v. Sony Music Entertainment, urging the Court to consider Internet implications.
www.internetsociety.org
September 8, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I am proud to have worked on an Internet Society amicus brief with the Supreme Court raising concerns that a case could cause thousands of innocent people to lose Internet access.
Reposted by John Perrino
Again, I know this will upset some AI haters, but I worry that in our efforts to stop all AI, we're going to end up shutting down the open internet in ways we won't easily get back.
We’re Walling Off The Open Internet To Stop AI—And It May End Up Breaking Everything Else
A longtime open internet activist recently asked me whether I'd reversed my position on internet openness and copyright because of AI. The question caught me off guard—until I realized what he was seeing.…
A longtime open internet activist recently asked me whether I'd reversed my position on internet openness and copyright because of AI. The question caught me off guard—until I realized what he was seeing.…
We’re Walling Off The Open Internet To Stop AI—And It May End Up Breaking Everything Else
A longtime open internet activist recently asked me whether I'd reversed my position on internet openness and copyright because of AI. The question caught me off guard—until I realized what he was seeing. Across the tech policy world, people who spent decades fighting for an open, accessible internet are now cheering as that same internet gets locked down, walled off, and restricted.
www.techdirt.com
September 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Again, I know this will upset some AI haters, but I worry that in our efforts to stop all AI, we're going to end up shutting down the open internet in ways we won't easily get back.
People across the Middle East reported slower Internet speeds Sunday as undersea cable cuts were reported in the Red Sea.
It's not clear if the cuts were the result of an accident or an attack. Some have blamed Yemen Houthi rebels for attacks.
Either way, repairs can take weeks.
It's not clear if the cuts were the result of an accident or an attack. Some have blamed Yemen Houthi rebels for attacks.
Either way, repairs can take weeks.
Undersea cables cut in the Red Sea, disrupting internet access in Asia and the Mideast
Undersea cable cuts in the Red Sea have disrupted internet access in parts of Asia and the Middle East.
apnews.com
September 8, 2025 at 10:18 PM
People across the Middle East reported slower Internet speeds Sunday as undersea cable cuts were reported in the Red Sea.
It's not clear if the cuts were the result of an accident or an attack. Some have blamed Yemen Houthi rebels for attacks.
Either way, repairs can take weeks.
It's not clear if the cuts were the result of an accident or an attack. Some have blamed Yemen Houthi rebels for attacks.
Either way, repairs can take weeks.
Guess what? Bluesky isn't the only social network that's unable to comply with the Mississippi age verification law.
Mastodon says it doesn't 'have the means' to comply with age verification laws | TechCrunch
Decentralized social network Mastodon says it cannot comply with age verification laws, like in Mississippi and elsewhere, and says it's up to individual server owners to decide.
techcrunch.com
September 3, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Guess what? Bluesky isn't the only social network that's unable to comply with the Mississippi age verification law.
Arguments are being filed in a Supreme Court case that could force ISPs to shut off Internet connections for the mere allegation a user is engaging in copyright infringement by sharing or downloading songs.
Cox argues an adverse ruling would "yield mass evictions from the internet."
Cox argues an adverse ruling would "yield mass evictions from the internet."
August 29, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Arguments are being filed in a Supreme Court case that could force ISPs to shut off Internet connections for the mere allegation a user is engaging in copyright infringement by sharing or downloading songs.
Cox argues an adverse ruling would "yield mass evictions from the internet."
Cox argues an adverse ruling would "yield mass evictions from the internet."
Some members of Congress want to control Wikipedia articles they don't like. Yay First Amendment!
Comer and Mace Investigate Efforts to Manipulate Information on Wikipedia - United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability
United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability
oversight.house.gov
August 29, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Some members of Congress want to control Wikipedia articles they don't like. Yay First Amendment!
Reposted by John Perrino
Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
August 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
Here we go again! The next TikTok sell or ban "deadline" is September 17, but President Trump says he may do another extension and that he'll keep extending until there is a buyer.
For those keeping score at home, that would be the fourth deadline extension by executive order.
For those keeping score at home, that would be the fourth deadline extension by executive order.
Trump says he’ll keep extending TikTok shutdown deadline
President Donald Trump is calling national security and privacy concerns related to TikTok and its Chinese parent company highly overrated.
apnews.com
August 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Here we go again! The next TikTok sell or ban "deadline" is September 17, but President Trump says he may do another extension and that he'll keep extending until there is a buyer.
For those keeping score at home, that would be the fourth deadline extension by executive order.
For those keeping score at home, that would be the fourth deadline extension by executive order.
A little oopsie in the Great Firewall may have unintentionally cut China off from the rest of the Internet for an hour yesterday.
China cut itself off from the global internet on Wednesday
: Great Firewall took out all traffic to port 443 at a time Beijing didn't have an obvious need to keep its netizens in the dark
www.theregister.com
August 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
A little oopsie in the Great Firewall may have unintentionally cut China off from the rest of the Internet for an hour yesterday.
More than 100 million Russian WhatsApp users could lose access to a vital secure communications channel with the outside world in the coming days.
Russia restricts calls via WhatsApp and Telegram, the latest step to control the internet
Russian authorities have announced partial restrictions on calls in messaging apps Telegram and WhatsApp. This is part of a long-standing effort to control the internet.
apnews.com
August 20, 2025 at 10:04 PM
More than 100 million Russian WhatsApp users could lose access to a vital secure communications channel with the outside world in the coming days.
We need to move policy debates from the impossible to the possible of online safety!
Great @markscott.bsky.social piece today:
"To jump directly to the 'let's read everyone's messages!' stage makes good politics. But it does not represent a grown-up approach to what are impossible trade-offs."
Great @markscott.bsky.social piece today:
"To jump directly to the 'let's read everyone's messages!' stage makes good politics. But it does not represent a grown-up approach to what are impossible trade-offs."
The never-ending battle between safety and privacy
In the rush to protect kids online, policymakers are skipping over basic digital safeguards to undermine fundamental privacy rights.
www.digitalpolitics.co
August 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
We need to move policy debates from the impossible to the possible of online safety!
Great @markscott.bsky.social piece today:
"To jump directly to the 'let's read everyone's messages!' stage makes good politics. But it does not represent a grown-up approach to what are impossible trade-offs."
Great @markscott.bsky.social piece today:
"To jump directly to the 'let's read everyone's messages!' stage makes good politics. But it does not represent a grown-up approach to what are impossible trade-offs."
People are finally realizing that age verification for "adult content" doesn't just mean porn.
🎧 Want to listen to a song with explicit lyrics? 🚫 Age check.
💬 Access a message board on sexual health? 🚫 Age check.
📰 Read the news? 🚫 Age check.
We need another word for "adult" content. Any ideas?
🎧 Want to listen to a song with explicit lyrics? 🚫 Age check.
💬 Access a message board on sexual health? 🚫 Age check.
📰 Read the news? 🚫 Age check.
We need another word for "adult" content. Any ideas?
Why U.S. politicians are up in arms about new internet rules in Britain
On Friday, Vice President JD Vance kicked off his trip to the U.K. by warning about online “censorship” in the country.
www.nbcnews.com
August 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM
People are finally realizing that age verification for "adult content" doesn't just mean porn.
🎧 Want to listen to a song with explicit lyrics? 🚫 Age check.
💬 Access a message board on sexual health? 🚫 Age check.
📰 Read the news? 🚫 Age check.
We need another word for "adult" content. Any ideas?
🎧 Want to listen to a song with explicit lyrics? 🚫 Age check.
💬 Access a message board on sexual health? 🚫 Age check.
📰 Read the news? 🚫 Age check.
We need another word for "adult" content. Any ideas?
Reposted by John Perrino
Wyoming and South Dakota passed their own AV laws last month, with one important omission: they leave out the "one-third" or "substantial" content provision, opening up a whole new can of worms in those states www.404media.co/wyoming-and-...
Wyoming and South Dakota Age Verification Laws Could Include Huge Parts of the Internet
By omitting the "one-third" provision that most other states with age verification laws have adopted, Wyoming and South Dakota are placing the burden of verifying users' ages on all sorts of websites,...
www.404media.co
August 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Wyoming and South Dakota passed their own AV laws last month, with one important omission: they leave out the "one-third" or "substantial" content provision, opening up a whole new can of worms in those states www.404media.co/wyoming-and-...
The Internet Society is taking a stand against secret UK government orders to break encryption. 🇬🇧 🏛️ 🔐
We jointly filed a request with a court on Wednesday to provide expert evidence on privacy and security.
We jointly filed a request with a court on Wednesday to provide expert evidence on privacy and security.
A UK Government Order Threatens the Privacy and Security of All Internet Users - Internet Society
Earlier this year, the UK government ordered Apple to provide access to encrypted data in the company's cloud storage service, iCloud.
www.internetsociety.org
July 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The Internet Society is taking a stand against secret UK government orders to break encryption. 🇬🇧 🏛️ 🔐
We jointly filed a request with a court on Wednesday to provide expert evidence on privacy and security.
We jointly filed a request with a court on Wednesday to provide expert evidence on privacy and security.
Congratulations to my incredible colleague @josephhall.org who has taught and inspired many of us in tech policy!
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/22nd-annua...
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/22nd-annua...
July 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Congratulations to my incredible colleague @josephhall.org who has taught and inspired many of us in tech policy!
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/22nd-annua...
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/22nd-annua...