Kurt Opsahl
@kurtopsahl.bsky.social
AGC for Cybersecurity & Civil Liberties Policy at Filecoin Foundation, former Deputy ED and GC of EFF, now EFF Special Counsel, affiliate of BKC Harvard, board emeritus USENIX, advisor Open Archive, former Technical Advisory Council CISA. Skeets are my own
Once again, freeloading buskers take over a San Francisco park. The was also a taco truck on at least one corner.
September 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Once again, freeloading buskers take over a San Francisco park. The was also a taco truck on at least one corner.
From FTC letter to big trch companies. www.wired.com/story/big-te...
September 1, 2025 at 2:06 PM
From FTC letter to big trch companies. www.wired.com/story/big-te...
Compare the Barbie parody photo and the Sylvanian drama parody.
August 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Compare the Barbie parody photo and the Sylvanian drama parody.
My post from 2020 on the infosec community letter in support of Krebs. www.eff.org/press/releas...
April 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
My post from 2020 on the infosec community letter in support of Krebs. www.eff.org/press/releas...
What a surprise. Consumer Reports study shows company’s are not honoring opt outs required by CA an CO privacy law. innovation.consumerreports.org/Mixed-Signal...
April 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
What a surprise. Consumer Reports study shows company’s are not honoring opt outs required by CA an CO privacy law. innovation.consumerreports.org/Mixed-Signal...
Lot of good stuff in the 702 surveillance decision finding a warrant required to query data collected, without a warrant, under 702.
January 22, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Lot of good stuff in the 702 surveillance decision finding a warrant required to query data collected, without a warrant, under 702.
Tsunami warning on the west coast of Cal, after a 7.3 quake in Eureka.
December 5, 2024 at 6:59 PM
Tsunami warning on the west coast of Cal, after a 7.3 quake in Eureka.
I don’t always enjoy lawyer’s depictions in fiction, but gotta give a shoutout to Murderbot’s lawyer Pin-Lee.
November 24, 2024 at 5:03 AM
I don’t always enjoy lawyer’s depictions in fiction, but gotta give a shoutout to Murderbot’s lawyer Pin-Lee.
Over a foot of water coming in. Stay safe out the Bay Area fam.
November 23, 2024 at 5:25 AM
Over a foot of water coming in. Stay safe out the Bay Area fam.
Austrian Airlines dropped the mic.
November 22, 2024 at 3:05 AM
Austrian Airlines dropped the mic.
Then Rodger, Tor Project founder, giving lessons from building and sustaining Tor over 20 years.
November 15, 2024 at 6:41 AM
Then Rodger, Tor Project founder, giving lessons from building and sustaining Tor over 20 years.
Hart from Linux Foundation on how to open source, with an important shout out to security and addressing vulns and supply chain attacks.
November 15, 2024 at 6:40 AM
Hart from Linux Foundation on how to open source, with an important shout out to security and addressing vulns and supply chain attacks.
Some great talks today at EFDevcon. CoinCebter’s Peter Van Valkenburgh’s Glass Houses & Tornados
November 15, 2024 at 6:39 AM
Some great talks today at EFDevcon. CoinCebter’s Peter Van Valkenburgh’s Glass Houses & Tornados
Welcome to all the new Bluesky followers! Keep it up.
November 14, 2024 at 11:50 AM
Welcome to all the new Bluesky followers! Keep it up.
Bluesky tells me I got a five digit member number, as they hit 8 digits. Which is cool, but I still will never be as cool as my Dad’s (low) four digit member number at REI.
September 19, 2024 at 2:07 AM
Bluesky tells me I got a five digit member number, as they hit 8 digits. Which is cool, but I still will never be as cool as my Dad’s (low) four digit member number at REI.
So you’re saying it’s kind of a face palm situation. www.wsj.com/tech/persona...
September 9, 2024 at 4:44 AM
So you’re saying it’s kind of a face palm situation. www.wsj.com/tech/persona...
Cryptography is not a crime.
August 27, 2024 at 5:36 AM
Cryptography is not a crime.
Join me at the @eff.org ‘s @defcon.bsky.social charity poker tournament, hosted by @tarah.bsky.social, this Friday at the Horseshoe in Vegas! #defcon32
August 5, 2024 at 11:11 PM
Join me at the @eff.org ‘s @defcon.bsky.social charity poker tournament, hosted by @tarah.bsky.social, this Friday at the Horseshoe in Vegas! #defcon32
Hello DC! I’m in town for the Foundry’s Internet Law Trivia, looking forward to catching up with DC peeps. Trivia’s tomorrow night, tickets still available. www.eventbrite.com/e/2024-found...
July 22, 2024 at 9:26 PM
Hello DC! I’m in town for the Foundry’s Internet Law Trivia, looking forward to catching up with DC peeps. Trivia’s tomorrow night, tickets still available. www.eventbrite.com/e/2024-found...
Every crisis is an opportunity, thought Director Wray. Most modern text messages are encrypted comms. iMessage, WhatsApp, FB Messager, Signal, etc.
July 18, 2024 at 3:42 AM
Every crisis is an opportunity, thought Director Wray. Most modern text messages are encrypted comms. iMessage, WhatsApp, FB Messager, Signal, etc.
Register today for the EFF Benefit Poker Tournament at @defcon.bksy.social, hosted by @tarah.bsky.social! We’ll shuffle up and deal Aug 9, at noon in the Horseshoe Poker Room! MC’d by Cory Doctorow, with celebrity guests @malwarejake.bksy.social @runasand.bksy.social and @deviantollam.bksy.social.
June 24, 2024 at 12:52 AM
Register today for the EFF Benefit Poker Tournament at @defcon.bksy.social, hosted by @tarah.bsky.social! We’ll shuffle up and deal Aug 9, at noon in the Horseshoe Poker Room! MC’d by Cory Doctorow, with celebrity guests @malwarejake.bksy.social @runasand.bksy.social and @deviantollam.bksy.social.
The Google AI isn’t hallucinating about glue in pizza, it’s just over indexing an 11 year old Reddit post by a dude named fucksmith.
May 23, 2024 at 4:15 AM
The Google AI isn’t hallucinating about glue in pizza, it’s just over indexing an 11 year old Reddit post by a dude named fucksmith.
May 16, 2024 at 12:03 AM
Never underestimate the power of OSS maintainers to obsess on a metric.
March 31, 2024 at 9:11 PM
Never underestimate the power of OSS maintainers to obsess on a metric.