My atconf talk "Consent Before Cryptography" is up! 20 minutes on why building a social future people opt-into is building the future that will win. From FaceMash to the Germ Protocol, I think we're moving in the right direction. ✅ atmosphereconf.org/event/LZxV6dv
ATmosphereConf 2026
atmosphereconf.orgApr 10, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Why Meta is retreating from encryption
In 2019, Mark Zuckerberg called privacy the future of social networking. Not anymore
The Consentful Tech Project – The Consentful Tech Project raises awareness, develops strategies, and shares skills to help people build and use technology consentfully.
The Consentful Tech Project, the Detroit Community Technology Project, And Also Too, and Data 4 Black Lives are thrilled to announce the launch of our new curriculum. From protecting ourselves…
Yes: Affirmative Consent as a Theoretical Framework for Understanding and Imagining Social Platforms | Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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"The protocol world has been trying to solve the problem of how to leave, and the next step is working on how we can stay together."
It's not enough to be free. We also need to be in community
AT Protocol builder manifesto - WIP, comments wanted!
working title: "Why AT Protocol Will Win: A Manifesto for Building in the Atmosphere"
Project Proposal - Social-PETs.EU | Notion
🇪🇺 EU Horizon Call: Privacy Enhancing Technologies
Customer Commons
We are planning to release more agreements as we approach the finalization of the IEEE P7012 Standard for Machine Readable Personal Privacy Terms . This initiative is currently has a demo #NoStalking, and we encourage your participation and feedback to help shape its development.
Securing our future: July 2026 progress report on Microsoft's Secure Future Initiative | Microsoft Security Blog
Microsoft’s latest Secure Future Initiative report outlines progress on secure foundations, AI-powered defense, and future-ready cybersecurity.
Integrating Germ with AT Protocol — Germ Network
End-to-end encrypted Germ DM is now a Bluesky messenger. In this technical post, we introduce the architecture of Germ’s integration with AT Protocol. From the beginning, Germ has been building for an interoperable E2EE ecosystem, and this extends to our integration with AT Protocol. We’ll define th
sherif.eurosky.social/atmosphere-verification
A project for democratic, ID-free verification for everyone on the AT Protocol
FOSDEM 2026 - FOSDEM 2026 Call for Participation
Proposals for developer rooms and main track talks for FOSDEM 2026 can now be submitted!
Proud to finally share what I've been working on. I'm excited for a future where privacy is normal. encryptedspaces.org
Signal Alums Reveal ‘Encrypted Spaces,’ a System for Making Private Collaboration Apps
www.wired.comlooking for feedback on the first pass of permissioned data protocol lexicons! hop in & let me know your thoughts! discourse.atprotocol.community/t/permissioned-data-pds-lexic…
Permissioned Data PDS Lexicons
discourse.atprotocol.communityAre you building on atproto? Wanna join a working group for a @lexicon.community lexicon that would allow users to express their consent in AI usage? Please join the conversation below I plan to do this in the blacksky.community settings to let users opt out of AI. It'd be better to interoperate.
The community.lexicon.preference.ai lexicon
discourse.atprotocol.community
