this is a fantastic interview "Palestine Talks: In Conversation with Josie Guilbeau" (ex-US Army ex-NSA)

i think that everyone needs to read this "As Fraenkel explained it, a lawless dictatorship does not arise simply by snuffing out the ordinary legal system of rules, procedures, and precedents. To the contrary, that system—which he called the “normative state”—remains in place while dictatorial power spreads across society. What happens, Fraenkel explained, is insidious. Rather than completely eliminating the normative state, the Nazi regime slowly created a parallel zone in which “unlimited arbitrariness and violence unchecked by any legal guarantees” reigned freely. In this domain, which Fraenkel called the “prerogative state,” ordinary law didn’t apply. (A prerogative power is one that allows a person such as a monarch to act without regard to the laws on the books; theorists from John Locke onward have offered various formulations of the idea.) In this prerogative state, judges and other legal actors deferred to the racist hierarchies and ruthless expediencies of the Nazi regime."

The Atlantic

America Is Watching the Rise of a Dual State

For most people, the courts will continue to operate as usual—until they don’t.

ASML in the Netherlands is hiring several #infosec roles #GetFediHired Expert Security Analyst – Security Incident Response Team https://www.asml.com/en/careers/find-your-job/expert-security-analyst--security-incident-response-team-j00307486?ppc=EML-7 IT Security Risk Specialist https://www.asml.com/en/careers/find-your-job/it-security-risk-specialist-j00314298?ppc=EML-7 Cybersecurity Assurance Officer https://www.asml.com/en/careers/find-your-job/cybersecurity-assurance-officer-j00311921?ppc=EML-7

lesigh. should i be concerned? i currently do not trust Apple given the UK's order to change Advanced Data Protection and other client-managed keys

in these dangerous times, it's important to reevaluate your online habits for example: the surveillance systems baked into the WWW are a disaster. using Tor Browser can really help how? yes, Tor Browser has issues accessing many websites online. but what you can do to help this situation is to find the ones that do not block Tor and to use those ones in TB one of the biggest sources of my WWW-surveillance risk comes from reading the news. news sites are notorious for surveillance i don't want governments and blackbox algorithms knowing what i read, and from there, controlling content to me or from me in ways i'll never know my biggest source of news is from the fediverse. so, what i do is i log into Mastodon etc in Tor Browser. this way the links that i click from fedi open in TB this is safety by default. if a news site doesn't load in TB, i can easily copy the link into https://archive.is/, also opened (and pinned) in TB archive.is has a captcha but once you move past it, it's worth it. if archive.is doesn't have the article you need, you can have them get it for you. reading it here will make the page much more responsive and readable since they strip out javascript any other heavy stuff you don't need or what to read an article i'm happy to help coach people about any of this. if you're new to Tor, don't hesitate to reach out

"The Trump White House has told three Democratic-selected members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board to resign or be fired, which would stop the independent agency from functioning. The Trump White House is moving to paralyze a bipartisan and independent watchdog agency that investigates national security activities that can intrude upon individual rights." https://archive.ph/gIfSw#selection-4539.0-4539.196

only privileged nerds make the claim that Matrix or XMPP is a replacement for Signal get the fuck out of people's replies who are trying to help non-technical, vulnerable people learn about Signal

Good morning #38C3, #38c3novid reading upstairs by Saal Z

Have you ever thought about the privacy and security implications of Starlink satellites and cell phones? You're in luck, I've written a new blog post: "Threat modeling Starlink satellite cellular risks" https://yawnbox.is/blog/threat-modeling-starlink-satellite-cellular-risks/