Everything is about to “go dark”

Chat Control & Going Dark: The war on encryption is on the rise. Through a shady collaboration between the US and the EU.

After Snowden’s whistleblowing in 2013, large parts of the internet became encrypted, enabling private and secure communication. Not everyone has welcomed this change. Most notably, the FBI and other U.S. government agencies have fought what is often called the “crypto wars”, the war on encryption. In recent years, they have been joined by the European Commission. Under the slogan “what about the children,” they try to introduce total mass surveillance of all EU citizens — first through the proposed Chat Control legislation, and later via the Going Dark and ProtectEU initiatives. The goal is to legally mandate spy tools on every European smartphone and computer. The forces behind these efforts have turned out to be American tech companies and intelligence agencies.

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Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of Blackness

On the Surveillance of Blackness

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Sexual deepfakes continue to get more sophisticated, capable, easy to access, and perilous for millions of women who are abused with the technology.

Dark Hours

Whether tonight is worth going out for, when to go, and which way to look.

Dark Hours

Whether tonight is worth going out for, when to go, and which way to look.

Haints, Hollers, and Hoodoo

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Credentials, Rooms, and Walls: Mezzanine Meets Composable Trust - Nightflight

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A Dark Room

A minimalist text adventure

We Shouldn’t Wait Another Fifteen Years for a Conversation About

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DARKMATTER

A dark theme for the open web

Dark Code

A few months ago, a founder I know had a data leak that took his security team four days to understand.

Caduceus City

The appearance of a thoroughly protocolized environment is, almost, the perfect cover for dark practices.

Meeting where AI eyes can't follow

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