Shreyas Gandlur
@shreyas.bsky.social
Policy Counsel for Senator Ron Wyden
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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
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The Roberts Court just created second-class citizenship, the latest horror from a majority hell-bent on rolling back Reconstruction. The next Democratic administration must expand and reform the Court to save our democracy. I have the comprehensive bill to do it.
no surprised that brett ”almost certainly flunked his remedial classes” kavanaugh thinks the constitution authorizes a race-based federal “papers please” regime. quick, someone ask him what he thinks of the fugitive slave act.
This is a paragraph Brett Kavanaugh wrote on his little computer and then sent out into the world:
September 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The Roberts Court just created second-class citizenship, the latest horror from a majority hell-bent on rolling back Reconstruction. The next Democratic administration must expand and reform the Court to save our democracy. I have the comprehensive bill to do it.
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The Senate just passed my bill by UC to release this report to the public, to end this cover-up by CISA. Now the House needs to pass my bill so the public can see how shockingly insecure our phone system is. Then the government must hold phone companies accountable for failing cybersecurity 101.
➡️ EPIC filed a FOIA request against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to release a CISA report on telecommunications security risks affecting the general public: epic.org/documents/ep...
EPIC v. CISA (SS7 Cybersecurity Report)
epic.org
July 29, 2025 at 12:23 AM
The Senate just passed my bill by UC to release this report to the public, to end this cover-up by CISA. Now the House needs to pass my bill so the public can see how shockingly insecure our phone system is. Then the government must hold phone companies accountable for failing cybersecurity 101.
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Paramount just paid Trump a bribe for merger approval. When Democrats retake power, I’ll be first in line calling for federal charges. In the meantime, state prosecutors should make the corporate execs who sold out our democracy answer in court, today.
Paramount agrees to pay Trump $16 million, clearing way for multibillion-dollar merger
Paramount agrees to pay Trump $16 million, clearing way for multibillion-dollar merger
The king demands tribute.
buff.ly
July 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Paramount just paid Trump a bribe for merger approval. When Democrats retake power, I’ll be first in line calling for federal charges. In the meantime, state prosecutors should make the corporate execs who sold out our democracy answer in court, today.
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NEW: Senate Democrats are pushing to reform major aspects of the Privacy Act, including the long-panned "routine use" exemption. The law was passed 50 years ago amid rampant government abuses and rising public fears that mirror many of those rattling Americans today.
www.wired.com/story/democr...
www.wired.com/story/democr...
March 31, 2025 at 8:48 PM
NEW: Senate Democrats are pushing to reform major aspects of the Privacy Act, including the long-panned "routine use" exemption. The law was passed 50 years ago amid rampant government abuses and rising public fears that mirror many of those rattling Americans today.
www.wired.com/story/democr...
www.wired.com/story/democr...
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I wrote section 230 to protect the little guys and the upstarts like Bluesky. Repealing section 230 only helps Meta, Musk, and Donald Trump.
March 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I wrote section 230 to protect the little guys and the upstarts like Bluesky. Repealing section 230 only helps Meta, Musk, and Donald Trump.
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@wyden.senate.gov introduces a bill to require the FCC to issue cybersecurity requirements for telecoms, including minimum security standards, annual testing (+ fixes), annual audits, & annual reports: www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-r...
FCC already considering new rules: bsky.app/profile/eric...
FCC already considering new rules: bsky.app/profile/eric...
December 10, 2024 at 3:36 PM
@wyden.senate.gov introduces a bill to require the FCC to issue cybersecurity requirements for telecoms, including minimum security standards, annual testing (+ fixes), annual audits, & annual reports: www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-r...
FCC already considering new rules: bsky.app/profile/eric...
FCC already considering new rules: bsky.app/profile/eric...
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Not only are sleazy data brokers jeopardizing Americans' personal privacy on a daily basis, they're also posing a massive threat to our national security and troops abroad. I'm not going to stop sounding the alarm on the urgent need for Congress and the FTC to rein in data brokers.
WIRED has tracked thousands of US military & intel personnel coming & going from classified sites, incl. NSA hubs & nuclear vaults. We know where they sleep, what they eat, and which brothels they visit.
It's an ocean of blackmail & national secrets within reach of every spy agency in the world.
It's an ocean of blackmail & national secrets within reach of every spy agency in the world.
Anyone Can Buy Data Tracking US Soldiers and Spies to Nuclear Vaults and Brothels in Germany
More than 3 billion phone coordinates collected by a US data broker expose the detailed movements of US military and intelligence workers in Germany—and the Pentagon is powerless to stop it.
www.wired.com
November 20, 2024 at 4:58 PM
Not only are sleazy data brokers jeopardizing Americans' personal privacy on a daily basis, they're also posing a massive threat to our national security and troops abroad. I'm not going to stop sounding the alarm on the urgent need for Congress and the FTC to rein in data brokers.
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When it comes to violation of Americans’ privacy, the overturn of Roe has pushed our country to a crisis point. I wrote about how we got here, and what needs to be done to protect women in post-Roe America. Check it out:
Opinion | Sen. Ron Wyden: Women's phones have become a tool for abortion surveillance
Americans shouldn’t accept a reality where their phones are sleeper agents for stalkers and fundamentalist politicians.
www.msnbc.com
November 3, 2024 at 4:24 PM
When it comes to violation of Americans’ privacy, the overturn of Roe has pushed our country to a crisis point. I wrote about how we got here, and what needs to be done to protect women in post-Roe America. Check it out:
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Nearly every single American was affected by the UnitedHealth Group hack earlier this year. Patients deserve to know their most personal health care data is being protected with bare minimum cybersecurity standards. I just introduced a bill to make that a reality.
Senate bill eyes minimum cybersecurity standards for health care industry
The legislation from Sens. Wyden and Warner comes in the aftermath of the February ransomware attack on Change Healthcare.
cyberscoop.com
September 27, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Nearly every single American was affected by the UnitedHealth Group hack earlier this year. Patients deserve to know their most personal health care data is being protected with bare minimum cybersecurity standards. I just introduced a bill to make that a reality.
will be skeeting less as I start as a tech policy advisor for Sen. Wyden today
June 3, 2024 at 10:08 PM
will be skeeting less as I start as a tech policy advisor for Sen. Wyden today
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New from 404 Media: two of the biggest safe lock manufacturers have backdoor codes. Available to police and a target for spies. Turns out, the DoD knows about the codes, bans the locks for government use, but deliberately withheld that info from the public www.404media.co/massively-po...
March 13, 2024 at 1:08 PM
New from 404 Media: two of the biggest safe lock manufacturers have backdoor codes. Available to police and a target for spies. Turns out, the DoD knows about the codes, bans the locks for government use, but deliberately withheld that info from the public www.404media.co/massively-po...
The HIPAA regulations are incredibly permissive when it comes to government requests.
For example, the Tennessee Attorney General got transgender patient medical records from Vanderbilt this summer, claiming it was investigating billing practices
www.tennessean.com/story/news/h...
For example, the Tennessee Attorney General got transgender patient medical records from Vanderbilt this summer, claiming it was investigating billing practices
www.tennessean.com/story/news/h...
New: Cops are going into pharmacies and walking out with people's most sensitive health information. No warrant or judge review. Comes at a time when women's health care is being criminalized.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Pharmacies share medical data with police without a warrant, inquiry finds
Findings of a congressional inquiry raise privacy concerns as some states seek to criminalize abortion.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 12, 2023 at 5:55 PM
The HIPAA regulations are incredibly permissive when it comes to government requests.
For example, the Tennessee Attorney General got transgender patient medical records from Vanderbilt this summer, claiming it was investigating billing practices
www.tennessean.com/story/news/h...
For example, the Tennessee Attorney General got transgender patient medical records from Vanderbilt this summer, claiming it was investigating billing practices
www.tennessean.com/story/news/h...
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It goes without saying that foreign governments shouldn't be able to hack into the email accounts of U.S. government officials. I'm demanding the federal government investigate how Microsoft’s neglect of cybersecurity enabled this Chinese spying campaign.
New: Microsoft is facing mounting scrutiny over its security practices related to the recent China-linked email hack. @wyden.senate.gov is asking for three separate federal probes as some researchers say breach could be worse than initially feared.
WSJ News Exclusive | Microsoft Faces Mounting Scrutiny Over China-Linked Email Hack
Leading lawmaker accuses tech company of security negligence that enabled spying campaign
www.wsj.com
July 27, 2023 at 5:15 PM
It goes without saying that foreign governments shouldn't be able to hack into the email accounts of U.S. government officials. I'm demanding the federal government investigate how Microsoft’s neglect of cybersecurity enabled this Chinese spying campaign.