We were commissioned by Scottish Parliament to look at the threats posed to them by emerging 'deepfake' technology - so-called 'chamberfakes' of parliamentary business. Report published today with SCCJR www.sccjr.ac.uk/publication/...

Had a brilliant time and a lovely audience - thanks for having me! It ended up being a rather rainy jog across Geneva to the restaurant thereafter. :)

Big privacy/digital tech policy event in London this Thurs - Scrambling for Safety (sign ups here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scrambling... and online here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scrambling...). Critical talks + panels on Chat Control, Online Safety Bill, and AI in govt. Pic of my sleepy dog unrelated.

Particularly of interest in the wake of the far-right rioting this summer (several locations targeted previously in the counter-extremism campaigns were sites of these riots) - lots of digital influence deployed quite quickly in response at the time (some examples here)

As a side-note, the NRL online archives have some great photos in them, as they do all kinds of research (not just #crypto and #privacy projects) from space communications tech to underwater probes. This is one of my favourites - a satellite under testing in an anechoic chamber.

Will be posting thread tomorrow onthe shared cypherpunk roots of #Tor, #Wikileaks, #Bitcoin   , and #filesharing - for now, a real photo from the NRL archives, this time of some of our favourite military-academics testing a satellite. Pre-orders here: www.amazon.com/dp/0262548186/

The #Darkweb has featured in everything from @greatdismal.bsky.social novels to Netflix series. As you can read in upcoming @mitpress.bsky.social book the secret history of Tor is far weirder than crime+cryptomarkets - from battles over US power and digital democracy to the future of the Internet

Coming April 2024 - a secret history of the Tor Project with @mitpress.bsky.social and preorder links here: mitpress.mit.edu/978026254818...