What will an effective solution look like?
Three schemes for shared-private storage - Paul's Leaflets
[Proposal] Shared private Data for social posting
seconding a sidecar private PDS endpoint attached to the DID document as a good approach in the general case (in an implementation of private data I did which never saw the light of day, this was the approach I took), though obviously it imposes additional constraints on a first mover building this out.
A Model for addressing privacy on ATproto
When I first got involved with Northsky social, we knew we would have to eventually address the elephant in the room. How do we proactively protect a community from outside influences without relying purely on moderation? And more importantly, how do we keep bad actors from simply pulling their data straight from a relay?
A Cypherpunk's Manifesto
Privacy is necessary for an open society in the electronic age. Privacy is not secrecy. A private matter is something one doesn't want the whole world to know, but a secret matter is something one doesn't want anybody to know. Privacy is the power to selectively reveal oneself to the world.
Evaluating permissioned spaces for community contexts - meri's missives
A look at Bluesky's proposed approach to private data on ATProto
Modeling communities on permissioned data - Daniel's Leaflets
Arguing against "universal spaces" and raising a couple questions that come up as a result.
B-Sides: Permissioned data is a love triangle - Nick's Blog
This is a B-sides post with unpolished thoughts that didn’t make it into the main article.
Guardian Angels: LLM Personalization for Productivity and Security
I propose an approach for highly personalized LLMs, for near-future productivity gains and personal info/cybersecurity against increasingly powerful LLMs: they should, in the spirit of uploading, try to emulate the user’s values and preferences in order to amplify the principal—not replace them. I discuss a package of techniques and proposals to accomplish such ‘guardian angels’; dynamic evaluation of LLMs combined with active learning and elicitation and heavy inner-monologue search/data-augmentation.
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A socially motivated website which provides information about protecting your online data privacy and security.
Privacy as EU Tech advantage - The LeafPlaza Blog
Online crime loves legal massive data collection, grey systems, and jurisdictional gaps. Privacy-first design can actually reduce crime exposure and build trust in digital services. It is also central to the EU's tech autonomy: build systems aligning with European rights and risk models. Do not rely on foreign platforms or copy outside practices that might go against the EU values and needs.
OpenSanctions: Supreme Data on Supreme Leaders
The open-source database of sanctions, watchlists, and politically exposed persons — aggregating hundreds of sources and relied on by compliance teams, investigators, and journalists.
NorthStar Social: People. Privacy. Period.
NorthStar Social is where your public and private social networks converge. The world's first decentralized local-first social network to keep you in control of your data. Your privacy is too precious to leave in the hands of corporations and billionaires who don’t have your best interests in mind. Privacy is built-in. Your public and personal social connections in one app.
Privacy, human rights, and Tornado Cash
I am more worried about privacy than crypto crime.
