LukaszOlejnik

LukaszOlejnik, 1 month ago to random

My comment for Fortune Magazine about my #GDPR complaint on ChatGPT data processing. Though the featured picture is of course of the other guy :) https://fortune.com/2024/04/29/meta-archnemesis-turns-his-attention-to-openai-hallucinations/

LukaszOlejnik, 1 month ago to Cybersecurity

I’ll speak about theory and practice of Digital Markets act. And implications for cybersecurity, privacy, competition. Bonus points: information about one actual case in which I was involved. It considers something that all of you use each and every day :-)

#cybersecurity #privacy #competition #dma

LukaszOlejnik, 1 month ago to random

European Commission opened investigation over Meta's alleged violation of #DigitalServicesAct. EC says that Meta is not properly tackling the deceptive political ads and disinformation. Some of them are really egregious, indeed.

Those are real problems. https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_24_2373

LukaszOlejnik, 1 month ago to random

Following XZ deception operation, open source software community calling all open source maintainers to be alert for social engineering takeover attempts. "These types of attacks are difficult to detect or protect against programmatically as they prey on a violation of trust" https://openssf.org/blog/2024/04/15/open-source-security-openssf-and-openjs-foundations-issue-alert-for-social-engineering-takeovers-of-open-source-projects/

LukaszOlejnik, 1 month ago to random

I wrote a short summary of the claimed undermining of lattice-based assumptions that could put a dent to post-quantum cryptography security. Now retracted. But what awaits there? How about in the next 20 years? https://blog.lukaszolejnik.com/post-quantum-cryptography-not-broken-after-all/

LukaszOlejnik, 1 month ago to random

The author of a paper on breaking quantum-safe cryptography retracted some claims after finding an error. (https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/555.pdf) after finding an error. This caused ripples in the security community, as the learning-with-errors (LWE) method based on lattice problems was seen as a future replacement for current systems due to quantum computing risks If a quantum algorithm could break lattice-problems/LWE, migration would be questionable! (https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=7946)

LukaszOlejnik, 1 month ago to random

I was under a magical awe to some degree. I have no idea whether it could turn the internet off, but we're accidentally still here so it was a close call this time. I can understand that discussing the existence of such a code/tool was risky.

"My motivation for this code was to demonstrate the fragility of distributed trust and to take a potshot at the paradigm of using su and sudo instead of logging in as root".

Discussing the mere existence of such a tool was risky.

https://lcamtuf.substack.com/p/that-time-i-built-an-ld_preload-worm

LukaszOlejnik, 1 month ago to random

Attention. The European Parliament passed a law on sharing health data with external entities. Allegedly only "pseudonymised" (anonymisation impossible), unclear how. Caution advised. Unfortunately data shared without consent. Opt-out is manual. https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-9-2024-0331_EN.pdf

LukaszOlejnik, 1 month ago to random

On Thursday and Friday, two Finnair flights from Helsinki to the Estonian city of Tartu were forced by the GPS jamming to turn around and return to Finland as they were unable to navigate safely to their planned destination. https://www.ft.com/content/37776b16-0b92-4a23-9f90-199d45d955c3

LukaszOlejnik, 1 month ago to random

My #TechLetters out after a break. Cyberwarfare against Ukraine, hypothesised against Iran, and propagandised against France and Poland. AI-enhanced propaganda. Quantum encryption and quantum storage. https://techletters.substack.com/p/techletters-171-cyberwarfare-against

LukaszOlejnik, 1 month ago to random

Faulty fact-opinion differentiation produces meta-level misinformation. Individuals disagree not only on the facts but also on what facts are. This can lead to polarization. Biased partisans tend to see their side as possessing the facts and the other side as possessing opinions.

LukaszOlejnik, 1 month ago to random

UK Competition and Markets Authority asked Google to delay the phaseout of third-party cookies to early 2025, the soonest. This new report considers also data protection! Finally!
Some ad industry market participants argue that Privacy Sandbox goes beyond what is needed by legal requirements when it comes to data protection. They would prefer weaker stuff. Would you believe that? #GDPR

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/662baa3efee48e2ee6b81eb1/1._CMA_Q1_2024_update_report_on_Google_Privacy_Sandbox_commitments.pdf

LukaszOlejnik, 1 month ago to random

US government used over half its $39bn Chips Act funds, granting billions to Intel, TSMC, Samsung, and Micron, sparking a $327bn investment boom in chip manufacturing. This led to a 15-fold increase in facility construction, despite debates on delays, which are now invalidated. https://www.ft.com/content/26756186-99e5-448f-a451-f5e307b13723

LukaszOlejnik, 1 month ago to random

For the European Parliament elections let's admit that juggling with so-called 'european values' is often a meaningless buzzword. That's also why with Amelia Andersdotter we wrote a scientific paper on EU values and technology. #ep24 #EUelections2024 https://blog.lukaszolejnik.com/designing-technologies-with-values-possibility-necessity-and-european-story/

LukaszOlejnik, 1 month ago to random

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/

LukaszOlejnik, 1 month ago to random

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. #GDPR #ePrivacy #APRA

LukaszOlejnik, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

“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/

LukaszOlejnik, 1 month ago to random

"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, 1 month ago to privacy

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

#gdpr #privacy #web

LukaszOlejnik, 1 month ago to random

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/

LukaszOlejnik, 1 month ago to random

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/

LukaszOlejnik, 1 month ago to random

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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LukaszOlejnik, 1 month ago to random

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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