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mnot, 29 days ago to random

Law enforcement is asking - yet again - for access to encrypted communications. This post tries to succinctly summarise why that's a bad idea.

https://www.mnot.net/blog/2024/04/29/power

torgo, 3 months ago to random

Something I worked in in @tag (the Ethical Web Principles) was quoted in a UN report on human rights in technical standards: https://undocs.org/en/A/HRC/53/42. It's nice to see our work picked up here, and it's also nice to see that there is a rising awareness across the board that ethics and human rights need to be taken into account in the technical standards process.

torgo, 11 months ago to fediverse

Sometimes I feel that the #Fediverse is going to implode under the crushing gravitational weight of its own home-cooked controversies.

torgo, 2 months ago to random

Very pleased that @w3c has published its updated #CodeOfConduct (which is now appropriately named a "code of conduct"). I'm proud to be one of the individuals named as having contributed into this document. https://www.w3.org/policies/code-of-conduct/

torgo, 8 months ago to random

Reading the health rules for next week’s @w3c #tpac and wow - that is how to do it. https://www.w3.org/2023/09/TPAC/health.html

torgo, 11 months ago to random

What's the deal with open source, open data and open standards licensing? I've been running into multiple situations recently where people are confused about this issue or are applying an inappropriate license. I've tried to pick it apart in this blog post: https://www.torgo.com/blog/2023/06/whats-the-deal-with-open-source-open-data-and-open-standards-licenses.html

torgo, 10 months ago to random

New bloggage from me on the @w3c blog: “Securing the Web forward: Addressing developer concerns in web security”. Have a read and consider joining us for the upcoming "Secure the Web Forward" virtual workshop in September – submissions are due Friday. Let me know if you have any questions. https://www.w3.org/blog/2023/securing-the-web-forward-addressing-developer-concerns-in-web-security/

torgo, 1 year ago to fediverse

Making the point at the @w3c Advisory Committee meeting that #ActivityPub is a key non-browser technology developed at W3C. #W3CAC

torgo, 10 months ago to random

Came into the office in my #FirefoxOS hoodie. Some engineers asked me “what was Firefox OS?” Oh boy. Let me tell you a story.

torgo, 1 month ago to random

Now hearing a talk from UN office on Human Rights on the relationship between technical standards and human rights - quoting some text from the @tag ethical web principles: "we need to put internationally recognised human rights at the core of the web platform." ❤️ cf https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/4031373

torgo, 8 months ago to random

I first met Molly Holzschlag at one of the first web events I ever spoke at. She was an inspiring speaker, an inspiring person and a tireless campaigner for a better web. Sorry to hear of her passing. https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/090523_molly_holzschlag/ #MollyHolzschlag

torgo, 2 months ago to random

Thinking about https://www.w3.org/TR/2024/DNOTE-ethical-web-principles-20240319/#verify today : "The web must make it possible for people to verify information and assess the trustworthiness of its source." #EthicalWebPrinciples

torgo, 13 days ago to random

Overheard on today's @tag call: “Do we need a prefers-less-capitalism media query?”

torgo, 1 month ago to random

My talk from Open Source Summit on Wide Review (of standards / specifications) is now live! https://youtu.be/jmRrj48CRE0 This talk goes into some detail on why #WideReview is important, how it works in W3C (and in @tag), and how it contributes to a better future, particularly when including #Ethical and #HumanrRights considerations. #OSSummit #OpenSourceSummit

torgo, 19 days ago to random

The revolution may not be televised but it will be #Federated.

torgo, 5 months ago to random

Whenever you hear the word “heuristic”, substitute “guess.”

torgo, 2 months ago to random

I'll be presenting at @w3c "Breakouts Day" later today https://www.w3.org/2024/03/breakouts-day-2024/#b-9330e02e-2f20-4cb0-9fe3-22fd9dcdb629 on the work we've been doing in the @tag on #PrivacyPrinciples for the web: https://www.w3.org/TR/privacy-principles/

torgo, 11 months ago to random

I'm running into multiple situations where people are confused about the differences between open source licenses and open data licenses and whether the restrictions on data use in an open data license also apply to open source projects that might want to consume that data. Open source and open data are different things. (And both are different from open standards.) I think a blog post might be in order here.

torgo, 2 months ago to random

There is now so much AI generated goop on the web that I think the only answer is to wipe it and do a clean install.

torgo, 9 months ago to random

For anyone who needs to hear this: open source software licenses matter.

torgo, 1 month ago to random

I have to say I really appreciated the Seattle Convention Center "Summit" building where the Open Source Summit was held last week. It's a really beautiful, airy space with tons of natural light. #ossna #OpenSourceSummit #OSSummit

torgo, 1 month ago to Ethics

Giving my talk later this morning on Wide Review in #Standards, heavily leaning in on #Ethics and #HumanRights. Then it's back home, finally, after 2 weeks on the road. https://sched.co/1aBPU #ossna #OpenSourceSummit

torgo, 1 month ago to random

Kicking off the @w3c advisory committee meeting this morning in Hiroshima with, among other things, a call for the work of the consortium to contribute to the goal of peace.

torgo, 1 month ago to random

Saying farewell to Tokyo this morning. Next stop, Seattle for SOSS community day and Open Source Summit North America! 🌸

A tree-lined street in Tokyo with some blossoms still visible.
A tree lined pedestrian path in Tokyo, skyscraper rising in background against blue sky.

rolle, 17 days ago to bluesky

Bluesky enthusiasts are stating that Bluesky has ”plans” to make ATProto universal and transfer it to W3C or the like. Well, there is no evidence that Bluesky wants to give up control or the protocol is going to be widely adopted after 5 years of development so forgive me being sceptical. The story is a bit different with ActivityPub.

#ATProto #ATProtocol #Bluesky #ActivityPub