The Prince, The Paedo, The Palace, and the “Safety Tech” app
Shame must change sides. And this week, that means certain corners of the "children's online safety" crusade.
Author: Heather Burns
the other Turing test
Everything which was behind us is in front of us. It's up to you how you respond.
At last, a wonderful day in Parliament.
This is why end-to-end encryption matters.
Ukraine, Sudan, Syria, Yemen, America
Now would be a good time to familiarise yourself with the international protocols used for the collection and categorisation of digital evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The Darnella test of social media and smartphone regulation
Young people, using smartphones, film journalistic content in the public interest. Anti-social media and anti-smartphone regulations threaten that.
The worst fucking app idea ever
A page out of my Mphil project research. This is not a joke.
Resistance honeypots
Journos: if you are advising your readers on counter-surveillance measures but not dropping the adtech, you are not helping your readers. You are building a honeypot to trap them.
2025’s best reads
Non-fiction, fiction, and my heart.
My top achievement for 2025
For 2025, only one dramatic achievement stands out. Yes, you all know what I'm talking about.
Throwing the Flying Spaghetti Monster at the Wall
God has entered the UK chat.
Time to start de-Appling
One for your to-do list.
Footnote privacy? Footnote privacy!
If you use a citations manager for academic writing, add it to your opsec to-do list.