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LukaszOlejnik

@LukaszOlejnik@mastodon.social

Security & Privacy. Data protection. Research. Engineering. Strategy, communication. Analyst. Technology Policy. W3C standardisation. PhD (CS/privacy), LL.M (Information Technology Law). Consultant (perhaps happy to do interesting work for you?). Reading & writing (scientific articles, sometimes op-eds, analyses, reports, a book). Seems that I like it?
email: me (at) lukaszolejnik.com.
Book: https://lukaszolejnik.com/book-philosophy-cybersecurity
Twitter: @lukOlejnik

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In the 46-year-old Voyager 1, a processor failed, preventing data transmission. NASA devised a way to reallocate its functions to other hardware, sending an update 24.14 billion kilometers from Earth (taking 45 hours for round-trip communication). It works. https://blogs.nasa.gov/voyager/2024/04/22/nasas-voyager-1-resumes-sending-engineering-updates-to-earth/

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Privacy Sandbox regulatory scrutiny is the biggest (ever!) case of a privacy-competition trade-off that we've ever seen. It's so fascinating particularly to me, having done a PhD in privacy systems (real-time bidding), and LL.M. in Information Technology Law, so viewing the industry for >10 years now, from many sides.

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“Why would anyone think it was a good idea to nuke the moon?”
That’s a great question. Most of us go about our lives comforted by the thought “I would never drop a nuclear weapon on the moon.” The truth is that given a lot of power, a nuclear weapon, and a lot of extremely specific circumstances, we too might find ourselves thinking “I should nuke the moon.”

https://eukaryotewritesblog.com/2024/04/12/nuking-the-moon/

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"US app stores will be banned from carrying TikTok in 270 days unless its Chinese owner sells the video-sharing platform". So just serve Progressive Web Application version to bypass the ban? :-) https://blog.lukaszolejnik.com/making-censorship-resilient-apps-with-progressive-web-applications/

LukaszOlejnik, to privacy
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My LL.M. dissertation is devoted to data protection analysis of Privacy Sandbox. Includes discussion of competition aspects.

https://blog.lukaszolejnik.com/data-protection-assessment-of-privacy-sandboxs-protected-audience-api/

https://blog.lukaszolejnik.com/competition-aspects-of-privacy-sandboxs-protected-audience-api/

https://lukaszolejnik.com/stuff/PrivacySandbox_PAAPI_LLM_LO.pdf?ref=blog.lukaszolejnik.com

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@hanscees The analysis is based on data protection law, GDPR. The definition of personal data does not consider cpu and electricity. Hence why it stands.

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U.S. crackdown on developers of spyware systems. "impose visa restrictions on 13 individuals who have been involved in the development and sale of commercial spyware or who are immediate family members of those involved" https://www.state.gov/promoting-accountability-for-the-misuse-of-commercial-spyware/

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Google is delaying the end of third-party cookies in its Chrome browser. Reason: regulatory scrutiny. "ongoing challenges related to reconciling divergent feedback from the industry, regulators and developers". This was likely, and so expected. https://privacysandbox.com/intl/en_us/news/update-on-the-plan-for-phase-out-of-third-party-cookies-on-chrome/

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NSA intends to have important U.S. systems using quantum-resistant cryptography by 2035. Unclear if/when powerful quantum computers may arrive. Quantum cryptography should not be used. "Do not use a hybrid solution" https://media.defense.gov/2022/Sep/07/2003071836/-1/-1/1/CSI_CNSA_2.0_FAQ_.PDF

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Interesting insight in M-trends report. Dwell time down to 10 (median) days. Over 4000 active cyber threat groups. https://services.google.com/fh/files/misc/m-trends-2024.pdf

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"most software restrictions on corporate machines can be upended by a single browser extension — an extension that’s helpful today and goes rogue tomorrow" via @lcamtuf. That's also why many places prohibit installation of extensions to various software. For example, for MS Word365. But of course: "there’s that 1% or 5% you’re bound to miss. A breach is only a matter of time". https://lcamtuf.substack.com/p/product-security-barking-up-the-wrong

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Another breakthrough in quantum technologies. Demonstration of storage and transfer of quantum information. The first crucial step toward hybrid quantum light-matter interfaces for scalable quantum networks. "The photons emitted by the QD have an exponentially decaying temporal intensity profile with a 1/e decay time of 0.85 ± 0.01 ns." https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adi7346

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Good morning and enjoy your coffee! I need to finish writing reviews of scientific papers submitted to the International Workshop on Privacy Engineering. I'm still somehow in the business :-)

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My book 'PROPAGANDA: from disinformation and influence to operations and information warfare' treats the subject adequately, comprehensively, broadly, expertly. Information surrounds us. How does information influence work? An expert arrangement of the subject. https://blog.lukaszolejnik.com/propaganda-my-book-on-information-security/

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@stf Well, I know how I wrote the book - the thing is that I used references through the book, so it is based on sources. And obviously the sentence is "in my view/opinion", since I said that. Would it sound better to you if I spoke negatively about my work? :-)

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And now I will post details about my second book ...

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American Privacy Rights Act is recycling the idea of Do-Not-Track. Exactly as I explained in my @wired op-ed. To function, such technical designs require legal backing. And here it is. It is still lacking in Europe's /. https://www.wired.com/story/a-second-life-for-the-do-not-track-setting/

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I'm making a deep jump in vs (American Privacy Rights Act). It goes well beyond GDPR, and the technical implications would be substantial. Perhaps I should write down some of my observations (meanwhile, some of it becomes a non-public note).

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I will be giving a lecture at the Brussels Summer Academy @BrusselsPrivacyHub "The Future of Data Protection: Navigating Between Data Regulations, Data Spaces, and Data Dogmas".

My talk is a mix: competition, privacy, cybersecurity. On Digital Markets Act. https://brusselsprivacyhub.com/2024/04/17/lukasz-olejnik/

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I'm finally going to make a big announcement. Hopefully later today, depends on the work schedule :)

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Apple is betting on making useful and productive (i.e. helpful for users) large language models. Also: LLMs working locally on the device.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-04-21/apple-aapl-growth-opportunities-southeast-asia-and-africa-lower-end-iphone-lv9itkna

Like I predicted in August 2023 :) https://www.ft.com/content/d74477b6-8355-42a9-ae37-7c835880ef9e

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I hope that the community will retire the cliché "disinformation is not new" used aplenty in papers, talks or panels. There's so much actual new that it is quite unfortunate to spread the disclaimer/phrase (it's not even catchy!). I'll expand this thought soon enough :)

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Russian cyber operators (Sandworm) cyberwarfare operation aiming at disrupting the functioning of systems of ~20 energy, water and heat supply industry enterprises in 10 regions of Ukraine. New tools in use. https://cert.gov.ua/article/6278706

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127-qubit quantum computer simulated on a Commodore 64 computer? https://www.sigbovik.org/2024/proceedings.pdf

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AI-enhanced propaganda content more influential than fully AI-generated content. AI audio (deepfake) is more impactful than AI video. Impersonations of lesser-known people work better than impersonations of very well-known people such as world leaders. https://blogs.microsoft.com/wp-content/uploads/prod/sites/5/2024/04/MTAC-Report-Elections-Report-Nation-states-engage-in-US-focused-influence-operations-ahead-of-US-presidential-election-04172024.pdf

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