diff --git a/src/posts/2018/americas-internet-freedom-rating-drops-following-net-neutrality-repeal.md b/src/posts/2018/americas-internet-freedom-rating-drops-following-net-neutrality-repeal.md index 8d3579ad..4e533bc3 100644 --- a/src/posts/2018/americas-internet-freedom-rating-drops-following-net-neutrality-repeal.md +++ b/src/posts/2018/americas-internet-freedom-rating-drops-following-net-neutrality-repeal.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- date: '2018-11-05' title: "America's internet freedom rating drops following net neutrality repeal" -description: '"Losing net neutrality impacts internet freedom because the open web is one of most powerful tools we have to hold leaders to account," [Josh] Tabish said. "Whether you're challenging tyranny or just saying something unpopular politically, net neutrality is essential for maintaining free speech online."' +description: "Freedom House, a US think tank, analyzes internet freedom around the world every year, and this year's report saw a drop in the US's rating." draft: false tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] --- diff --git a/src/posts/2018/att-ceo-criticizes-disparate-state-net-neutrality-regulations.md b/src/posts/2018/att-ceo-criticizes-disparate-state-net-neutrality-regulations.md index 33534d3b..ebfd513e 100644 --- a/src/posts/2018/att-ceo-criticizes-disparate-state-net-neutrality-regulations.md +++ b/src/posts/2018/att-ceo-criticizes-disparate-state-net-neutrality-regulations.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- date: '2018-11-13' title: 'AT&T CEO criticizes disparate state net neutrality regulations after helping to dismantle unified, national rules' -description: '"We've got a mess coming at us, literally states independently going out and designing their own privacy regulation," [Randall] Stephenson said. "How do you do business in a world where you have 50 different regulations and rules around privacy?"' +description: 'AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson yesterday urged Congress to pass net neutrality and consumer data privacy laws that would prevent states from issuing their own stricter laws.' draft: false tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] --- diff --git a/src/posts/2018/automating-package-tracking-ios.md b/src/posts/2018/automating-package-tracking-ios.md index 6f6c262f..458f0116 100644 --- a/src/posts/2018/automating-package-tracking-ios.md +++ b/src/posts/2018/automating-package-tracking-ios.md @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ --- date: '2018-01-09' +title: 'Automating package tracking on iOS' +description: 'I try to do as much shopping as I can online and a lot of the shopping I end up doing is through Amazon. This means I end up with quite a few order and shipping confirmation emails in my inbox.' draft: false -title: Automating package tracking on iOS tags: ['automation', 'iOS'] --- diff --git a/src/posts/2018/avoiding-phishing.md b/src/posts/2018/avoiding-phishing.md index 81ff8558..438d57a8 100644 --- a/src/posts/2018/avoiding-phishing.md +++ b/src/posts/2018/avoiding-phishing.md @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ --- date: '2018-01-06' +title: 'Avoiding phishing' +description: "Someone just tried to phish me, and it made me want to put together a little guide to help you catch this stuff before it ruins your day." draft: false -title: Avoiding phishing tags: ['security'] --- diff --git a/src/posts/2018/bill-could-give-californians-unprecedented-control-over-data.md b/src/posts/2018/bill-could-give-californians-unprecedented-control-over-data.md index 44538fc7..23aed649 100644 --- a/src/posts/2018/bill-could-give-californians-unprecedented-control-over-data.md +++ b/src/posts/2018/bill-could-give-californians-unprecedented-control-over-data.md @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ --- date: '2018-06-23' +title: 'Bill promises Californians more control over their data' +description: "the bill would allow California residents to find out what information businesses and data brokers collect about them, where that information comes from, and how it's shared. It would give people the power to ask for their data to be deleted and to order businesses to stop selling their personal information. It places limits on selling data on users younger than 16 years of age, and prohibits businesses from denying service to users for exercising their rights under the bill." draft: false -title: Bill promises Californians more control over their data tags: ['politics', 'privacy'] --- diff --git a/src/posts/2018/blocking-similar-number-spam-calls.md b/src/posts/2018/blocking-similar-number-spam-calls.md index a8e60683..05c15caf 100644 --- a/src/posts/2018/blocking-similar-number-spam-calls.md +++ b/src/posts/2018/blocking-similar-number-spam-calls.md @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ --- date: '2018-01-06' +title: 'Blocking spam calls from similar numbers on iOS' +description: "I've been seeing more incoming spam calls from numbers similar to mine recently. They're annoying in large part because traditional iOS call blockers like Hiya, Nomorobo and so forth don't screen them out (these apps apparently due this to err on the side of caution and avoid blocking what they see as legitimate local calls)" draft: false -title: Blocking spam calls from similar numbers on iOS tags: ['security'] --- diff --git a/src/posts/2018/ca-governor-signs-nations-strictest-net-neutrality-law.md b/src/posts/2018/ca-governor-signs-nations-strictest-net-neutrality-law.md index 42d09090..736901ab 100644 --- a/src/posts/2018/ca-governor-signs-nations-strictest-net-neutrality-law.md +++ b/src/posts/2018/ca-governor-signs-nations-strictest-net-neutrality-law.md @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ --- date: '2018-09-30' +title: "CA governor signs nation's strictest net neutrality law" +description: 'The Justice Department immediately challenged the law, saying only the federal government can regulate broadband providers.' draft: false -title: CA governor signs nation's strictest net neutrality law tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] --- diff --git a/src/posts/2018/ca-net-neutrality-bill-back-on-track.md b/src/posts/2018/ca-net-neutrality-bill-back-on-track.md index fa967770..bd012712 100644 --- a/src/posts/2018/ca-net-neutrality-bill-back-on-track.md +++ b/src/posts/2018/ca-net-neutrality-bill-back-on-track.md @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ --- date: '2018-08-10' +title: 'CA net neutrality bill back on track' +description: "The bill enshrines not only the fundamentals of net neutrality, such as prohibiting ISPs from throttling or blocking sites, but also prohibits other telecom trickery, such as zero rating—a practice where companies provide access to certain parts of the internet for 'free' and charge for others." draft: false -title: CA net neutrality bill back on track tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] --- diff --git a/src/posts/2018/ca-net-neutrality-bill-makes-a-comeback.md b/src/posts/2018/ca-net-neutrality-bill-makes-a-comeback.md index b18235f2..a3027499 100644 --- a/src/posts/2018/ca-net-neutrality-bill-makes-a-comeback.md +++ b/src/posts/2018/ca-net-neutrality-bill-makes-a-comeback.md @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ --- date: '2018-07-08' +title: 'CA net neutrality bill makes a comeback' +description: "After compromise, nation's toughest net neutrality bill back on track." draft: false -title: CA net neutrality bill makes a comeback tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] --- diff --git a/src/posts/2018/ca-senate-passes-net-neutrality-legislation.md b/src/posts/2018/ca-senate-passes-net-neutrality-legislation.md index 8255a40f..c4de4ac0 100644 --- a/src/posts/2018/ca-senate-passes-net-neutrality-legislation.md +++ b/src/posts/2018/ca-senate-passes-net-neutrality-legislation.md @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ --- date: '2018-01-30' +title: 'California state senate passes net neutrality legislation' +description: "This is a positive first step and one that will, hopefully, be taken up and passed through the state house before being signed into law. It'll be interesting to see how this plays out with the FCC's language preemption language includes in their original order." draft: false -title: California state senate passes net neutrality legislation tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] --- diff --git a/src/posts/2018/ca-senate-passes-strict-net-neutrality-law-in-defiance-of-isps.md b/src/posts/2018/ca-senate-passes-strict-net-neutrality-law-in-defiance-of-isps.md index 78507151..05f40609 100644 --- a/src/posts/2018/ca-senate-passes-strict-net-neutrality-law-in-defiance-of-isps.md +++ b/src/posts/2018/ca-senate-passes-strict-net-neutrality-law-in-defiance-of-isps.md @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ --- date: '2018-05-31' +title: 'CA senate passes strict net neutrality law in defiance of ISPs' +description: "As a general rule, if something is good for ISPs, it's bad for their customers." draft: false -title: CA senate passes strict net neutrality law in defiance of ISPs tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] --- diff --git a/src/posts/2018/california-approves-privacy-rules-opposed-by-isps-and-tech-companies.md b/src/posts/2018/california-approves-privacy-rules-opposed-by-isps-and-tech-companies.md index 9b369674..42a74dcf 100644 --- a/src/posts/2018/california-approves-privacy-rules-opposed-by-isps-and-tech-companies.md +++ b/src/posts/2018/california-approves-privacy-rules-opposed-by-isps-and-tech-companies.md @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ --- date: '2018-06-29' +title: 'California approves new online privacy rules' +description: "Consumers would have the right to request all the data collected about them from a business up to twice a year, and businesses would be required to disclose the information free of charge. Consumers would have 'the right to request that a business delete any PI about the consumer which the business has collected from the consumer.'" draft: false -title: California approves new online privacy rules tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] --- diff --git a/src/posts/2018/california-passes-net-neutrality-bill.md b/src/posts/2018/california-passes-net-neutrality-bill.md index c46d1d26..d2e4450d 100644 --- a/src/posts/2018/california-passes-net-neutrality-bill.md +++ b/src/posts/2018/california-passes-net-neutrality-bill.md @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ --- date: '2018-09-03' +title: 'California passes net neutrality bill' +description: "S.B. 822 bans blocking, throttling, and paid prioritization, classic ways that companies have violated net neutrality principles. It also incorporates much of what the FCC learned and incorporated into the 2015 Open Internet Order, preventing new assaults on the free and open Internet. This includes making sure companies can't circumvent net neutrality at the point of interconnection within the state of California." draft: false -title: California passes net neutrality bill tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] --- diff --git a/src/posts/2018/comcast-throttling-mobile-video-and-charging-extra-for-high-quality-streaming.md b/src/posts/2018/comcast-throttling-mobile-video-and-charging-extra-for-high-quality-streaming.md index 6d3ba16a..7e372365 100644 --- a/src/posts/2018/comcast-throttling-mobile-video-and-charging-extra-for-high-quality-streaming.md +++ b/src/posts/2018/comcast-throttling-mobile-video-and-charging-extra-for-high-quality-streaming.md @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ --- date: '2018-07-03' +title: 'Comcast throttling mobile video and charging extra for high quality streaming' +description: "Comcast's Xfinity Mobile service is imposing new speed limits on video watching and personal hotspot usage, and the company will start charging extra for high-definition video over the cellular network." draft: false -title: Comcast throttling mobile video and charging extra for high quality streaming tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] --- diff --git a/src/posts/2018/consolidation-swiftly-follows-the-death-of-net-neutrality.md b/src/posts/2018/consolidation-swiftly-follows-the-death-of-net-neutrality.md index fbb489f7..800bb9f8 100644 --- a/src/posts/2018/consolidation-swiftly-follows-the-death-of-net-neutrality.md +++ b/src/posts/2018/consolidation-swiftly-follows-the-death-of-net-neutrality.md @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ --- date: '2018-06-13' +title: 'Consolidation swiftly follows the death of net neutrality' +description: 'Combined with the death of net neutrality, the U.S. is creating a very uncertain future where a handful of companies now dominate everything from local sports and news broadcasts to broadband, with few rules or guidelines preventing price gouging, predatory practices, and routinely anti-competitive behavior.' draft: false -title: Consolidation swiftly follows the death of net neutrality tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] --- diff --git a/src/posts/2018/don-t-pin-your-political-hopes-on-tech-giants.md b/src/posts/2018/don-t-pin-your-political-hopes-on-tech-giants.md index 825af42e..60d89faf 100644 --- a/src/posts/2018/don-t-pin-your-political-hopes-on-tech-giants.md +++ b/src/posts/2018/don-t-pin-your-political-hopes-on-tech-giants.md @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ --- date: '2018-08-02' +title: "Don't pin your political hopes on tech giants" +description: "Elon Musk donates to Republicans, Facebook donates to Republicans. This doesn't excuse Musk, however. If anything, it should deepen the growing sense that Silicon Valley is concerned first and foremost with its continued survival and success, and doesn't give an iota of a damn about much else." draft: false -title: Don't pin your political hopes on tech giants tags: ['politics'] --- diff --git a/src/posts/2018/facebook-is-not-sorry-it-only-wants-more-data.md b/src/posts/2018/facebook-is-not-sorry-it-only-wants-more-data.md index 7ea6ab49..d3583fa8 100644 --- a/src/posts/2018/facebook-is-not-sorry-it-only-wants-more-data.md +++ b/src/posts/2018/facebook-is-not-sorry-it-only-wants-more-data.md @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ --- date: '2018-10-09' -draft: false title: "Facebook isn't sorry — it only wants more data" +description: "We've already given it so much, why stop now? No one else is going to delete Facebook, so why should I? Facebook understands this — the data tells them so. It also tells them that slickly produced videos and contrite congressional testimony are small ways to ameliorate lingering public concern." +draft: false tags: ['social media', 'privacy'] --- diff --git a/src/posts/2018/fbi-once-again-compares-creating-encryption-back-doors-to-putting-a-man-on-the-moon.md b/src/posts/2018/fbi-once-again-compares-creating-encryption-back-doors-to-putting-a-man-on-the-moon.md index 40fc431c..4ddfe858 100644 --- a/src/posts/2018/fbi-once-again-compares-creating-encryption-back-doors-to-putting-a-man-on-the-moon.md +++ b/src/posts/2018/fbi-once-again-compares-creating-encryption-back-doors-to-putting-a-man-on-the-moon.md @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ --- date: '2018-07-25' +title: 'FBI once again compares creating encryption back doors to putting a man on the moon' +description: "We're a country that has unbelievable innovation. We put a man on the moon. We have the power of flight. We have autonomous vehicles… [T]he idea that we can't solve this problem as a society -- I just don't buy it." draft: false -title: FBI once again compares creating encryption back doors to putting a man on the moon tags: ['politics', 'privacy'] --- diff --git a/src/posts/2018/fcc-admits-its-site-was-never-hacked.md b/src/posts/2018/fcc-admits-its-site-was-never-hacked.md index c1ced2ae..db6abdcc 100644 --- a/src/posts/2018/fcc-admits-its-site-was-never-hacked.md +++ b/src/posts/2018/fcc-admits-its-site-was-never-hacked.md @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ --- date: '2018-08-07' +title: 'FCC admits its site was never hacked' +description: "No one seriously believed the FCC's hackers-ate-my-homework excuse, especially after the FCC refused to cooperate with law-enforcement agencies who wanted to investigate the supposed attack and stonewalling Congress on the details." draft: false -title: FCC admits its site was never hacked tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] --- diff --git a/src/posts/2018/fcc-calls-community-broadband-an-attack-on-free-speech.md b/src/posts/2018/fcc-calls-community-broadband-an-attack-on-free-speech.md index 04e0338a..b956e055 100644 --- a/src/posts/2018/fcc-calls-community-broadband-an-attack-on-free-speech.md +++ b/src/posts/2018/fcc-calls-community-broadband-an-attack-on-free-speech.md @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ --- date: '2018-11-05' +title: 'FCC calls community broadband an attack on free speech' +description: "... ISPs could prevent this by simply offering better, faster, and cheaper service. But it's far easier and cheaper to try and buy laws restricting consumer rights, and to have your favorite public official mindlessly demonize something that is, at the end of the day, a legitimate, organic public response to a broadband competition and availability problem ISPs like AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast would prefer regulators ignore." draft: false -title: FCC calls community broadband an attack on free speech tag: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] --- diff --git a/src/posts/2018/fcc-chairman-boosts-telecom-companies,-throws-silicon-valley-under-the-bus.md b/src/posts/2018/fcc-chairman-boosts-telecom-companies,-throws-silicon-valley-under-the-bus.md index e162898f..2c4acf53 100644 --- a/src/posts/2018/fcc-chairman-boosts-telecom-companies,-throws-silicon-valley-under-the-bus.md +++ b/src/posts/2018/fcc-chairman-boosts-telecom-companies,-throws-silicon-valley-under-the-bus.md @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ --- date: '2018-09-05' +title: 'FCC chairman boosts telecom companies, throws Silicon Valley under the bus' +description: "There's absolutely a legitimate conversation to be had here in terms of what to do about privacy and speech in the Facebook and Twitter era. And that may or may not involve crafting new regulations. But it might be nice if people wised up to the fact that a huge swath of the conversation is being dictated not by parties acting in good faith with a genuine eye on valid solutions, but by telecom monopolies eager to pee in the discourse pool simply to fatten their wallets." draft: false -title: FCC chairman boosts telecom companies, throws Silicon Valley under the bus tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] --- diff --git a/src/posts/2018/fcc-isps-grapple-with-net-neutrality-challenges.md b/src/posts/2018/fcc-isps-grapple-with-net-neutrality-challenges.md index dc94edb0..60f86711 100644 --- a/src/posts/2018/fcc-isps-grapple-with-net-neutrality-challenges.md +++ b/src/posts/2018/fcc-isps-grapple-with-net-neutrality-challenges.md @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ --- date: '2018-03-12' +title: 'FCC, ISPs grapple with net neutrality challenges' +description: "Twelve lawsuits filed against the Federal Communications Commission over its net neutrality repeal have been consolidated into one suit that will be heard at a federal appeals court in California." draft: false -title: FCC, ISPs grapple with net neutrality challenges tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] --- diff --git a/src/posts/2018/fcc-strategically-delays-finalizing-net-neutrality-repeal.md b/src/posts/2018/fcc-strategically-delays-finalizing-net-neutrality-repeal.md index 784e04ee..707aea27 100644 --- a/src/posts/2018/fcc-strategically-delays-finalizing-net-neutrality-repeal.md +++ b/src/posts/2018/fcc-strategically-delays-finalizing-net-neutrality-repeal.md @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ --- date: '2018-04-24' +title: 'FCC strategically delays finalizing net neutrality repeal' +description: "Pai has been fond of saying that the net neutrality repeal hasn't harmed consumers, but that's a pretty low bar to clear given that the rules are still in effect." draft: false -title: FCC strategically delays finalizing net neutrality repeal tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] --- diff --git a/src/posts/2018/fcc-sucks-at-repealing-net-neutrality.md b/src/posts/2018/fcc-sucks-at-repealing-net-neutrality.md index 12b987c2..be148c01 100644 --- a/src/posts/2018/fcc-sucks-at-repealing-net-neutrality.md +++ b/src/posts/2018/fcc-sucks-at-repealing-net-neutrality.md @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ --- date: '2018-03-15' +title: 'The FCC sucks at repealing net neutrality' +description: " ... the FCC shot itself in the foot, and when it neutered its own authority over ISPs at Comcast, AT&T and Verizon's behest, it managed to also neuter its authority to preempt states from filling the void. Of course this could all be moot if the FCC loses its battle in court, but it's amusing all the same, and it's another example of how Ajit Pai and friends didn't really think this whole thing through." draft: false -title: The FCC sucks at repealing net neutrality tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] --- diff --git a/src/posts/2018/fort-collins-municipal-broadband.md b/src/posts/2018/fort-collins-municipal-broadband.md index 5931118f..ddb1344d 100644 --- a/src/posts/2018/fort-collins-municipal-broadband.md +++ b/src/posts/2018/fort-collins-municipal-broadband.md @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ --- date: '2018-01-03' +title: 'Fort Collins votes in favor of municipal broadband' +description: "While the Federal Communications Commission has voted to eliminate the nation's net neutrality rules, the municipal broadband network will be neutral and without data caps." draft: false -title: Fort Collins votes in favor of municipal broadband tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] --- diff --git a/src/posts/2018/fugazi-turnover-live-1991.md b/src/posts/2018/fugazi-turnover-live-1991.md index 79e97769..f6a30302 100644 --- a/src/posts/2018/fugazi-turnover-live-1991.md +++ b/src/posts/2018/fugazi-turnover-live-1991.md @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ --- date: '2018-11-10' +title: 'Fugazi - Turnover (Live 1991)' +description: "Absolutely classic." draft: false -title: Fugazi - Turnover (Live 1991) tags: ['music'] --- diff --git a/src/posts/2018/generating-jekyll-posts-using-drafts-and-working-copy.md b/src/posts/2018/generating-jekyll-posts-using-drafts-and-working-copy.md index b0d127df..85f2df27 100644 --- a/src/posts/2018/generating-jekyll-posts-using-drafts-and-working-copy.md +++ b/src/posts/2018/generating-jekyll-posts-using-drafts-and-working-copy.md @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ --- date: '2018-04-22' +title: 'Generating Jekyll posts using Drafts and Working Copy' +description: "I put together a script that will take a draft, grab the title and body and then prompt you for front matter data before sending the completed post off to Working Copy. It's specific to my site, and purposes, but it should be fairly straightforward and easy to adapt to your needs." draft: false -title: Generating Jekyll posts using Drafts and Working Copy tags: ['iOS', 'JavaScript', 'automation'] --- diff --git a/src/posts/2018/google-tracks-user-location-even-after-they-opt-out.md b/src/posts/2018/google-tracks-user-location-even-after-they-opt-out.md index e3b01153..cff07767 100644 --- a/src/posts/2018/google-tracks-user-location-even-after-they-opt-out.md +++ b/src/posts/2018/google-tracks-user-location-even-after-they-opt-out.md @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ --- date: '2018-08-13' +title: 'Google tracks user location — even after they opt out' +description: "This isn't at all surprising. Google's business consists of monetizing data provided to it by its users — if you're not comfortable with that, the only real fix is to stop using Google's services altogether." draft: false -title: Google tracks user location — even after they opt out tags: ['privacy'] --- diff --git a/src/posts/2018/move-slow-break-nothing.md b/src/posts/2018/move-slow-break-nothing.md index 26a024d2..d98ec156 100644 --- a/src/posts/2018/move-slow-break-nothing.md +++ b/src/posts/2018/move-slow-break-nothing.md @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ --- date: '2018-01-31' +title: 'Move slow and break nothing' +description: "Reliability and stability are features. Focus on them." draft: false -title: Move slow and break nothing tags: ['development'] --- diff --git a/src/posts/2018/net-neutrality-is-repealed-as-the-real-fight-for-it-begins.md b/src/posts/2018/net-neutrality-is-repealed-as-the-real-fight-for-it-begins.md index 769674bd..f0409cb4 100644 --- a/src/posts/2018/net-neutrality-is-repealed-as-the-real-fight-for-it-begins.md +++ b/src/posts/2018/net-neutrality-is-repealed-as-the-real-fight-for-it-begins.md @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ --- date: '2018-06-11' +title: 'Net neutrality is repealed as the real fight for it begins' +description: "So while many are understandably frustrated today, the elimination of the FCC's 2015 rules shouldn't be seen the end of net neutrality, or the end of the road. It's more like another chapter in a story that has neither a beginning nor an end." draft: false -title: Net neutrality is repealed as the real fight for it begins tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] --- diff --git a/src/posts/2018/oig-report-fcc-lied-about-being-hacked.md b/src/posts/2018/oig-report-fcc-lied-about-being-hacked.md index ad1b67f7..16241bb2 100644 --- a/src/posts/2018/oig-report-fcc-lied-about-being-hacked.md +++ b/src/posts/2018/oig-report-fcc-lied-about-being-hacked.md @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ --- date: '2018-08-08' -draft: false title: 'OIG report: FCC lied about being hacked' +description: "The OIG report shows that Pai knew from the start that the story of a hack-attack was unsupported by evidence and disputed by experts -- we knew that too, because those experts were speaking publicly at the time, but it's great to see it in official black-and-white." +draft: false tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] --- diff --git a/src/posts/2018/panoply-announces-ad-targeting-for-podcasts.md b/src/posts/2018/panoply-announces-ad-targeting-for-podcasts.md index 40035579..7b67c04b 100644 --- a/src/posts/2018/panoply-announces-ad-targeting-for-podcasts.md +++ b/src/posts/2018/panoply-announces-ad-targeting-for-podcasts.md @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ --- date: '2018-08-02' +title: 'Panoply announces ad targeting for podcasts' +description: "The last thing we need is the ad industry co-opting podcasts to enable more invasive tracking. No, thanks." draft: false -title: Panoply announces ad targeting for podcasts tags: ['privacy'] --- diff --git a/src/posts/2018/popular-sites-support-long-shot-effort-to-save-net-neutrality.md b/src/posts/2018/popular-sites-support-long-shot-effort-to-save-net-neutrality.md index 5b0e8134..5c2bf995 100644 --- a/src/posts/2018/popular-sites-support-long-shot-effort-to-save-net-neutrality.md +++ b/src/posts/2018/popular-sites-support-long-shot-effort-to-save-net-neutrality.md @@ -1,12 +1,13 @@ --- date: '2018-05-08' +title: 'Popular sites support long-shot effort to save net neutrality' +description: "The measure would still face long odds, however. Republicans, who tend to support the FCC's move to repeal net neutrality, hold a solid majority in the House of Representatives. If it were to pass the House, the measure would also need the signature of President Trump or a two-thirds vote in both houses of Congress to override a veto." draft: false -title: Popular sites support long-shot effort to save net neutrality tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] --- **[Wired:](https://www.wired.com/story/your-favorite-websites-are-rallying-in-a-last-ditch-effort-to-save-net-neutrality)** -> The measure would still face long odds, however. Republicans, who tend to support the FCC’s move to repeal net neutrality, hold a solid majority in the House of Representatives. If it were to pass the House, the measure would also need the signature of President Trump or a two-thirds vote in both houses of Congress to override a veto. +> The measure would still face long odds, however. Republicans, who tend to support the FCC's move to repeal net neutrality, hold a solid majority in the House of Representatives. If it were to pass the House, the measure would also need the signature of President Trump or a two-thirds vote in both houses of Congress to override a veto. I sincerely doubt that this effort will amount to anything, but it's nice to see prominent companies and legislators continuing to fight in favor of net neutrality. diff --git a/src/posts/2018/popular-tech-companies-work-to-stop-california-privacy-law.md b/src/posts/2018/popular-tech-companies-work-to-stop-california-privacy-law.md index 478aa22e..1e05c17b 100644 --- a/src/posts/2018/popular-tech-companies-work-to-stop-california-privacy-law.md +++ b/src/posts/2018/popular-tech-companies-work-to-stop-california-privacy-law.md @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ --- date: '2018-06-26' +title: 'Popular tech companies work to stop California privacy law' +description: "The idea that Californians might gain sweeping new privacy rights has spooked Silicon Valley, internet service providers, and other industries that increasingly rely on data collection, leading to a lobbying push to defeat the initiative before it gains traction." draft: false -title: Popular tech companies work to stop California privacy law tags: ['politics', 'privacy'] --- diff --git a/src/posts/2018/senators-press-wireless-carriers-on-mobile-throttling.md b/src/posts/2018/senators-press-wireless-carriers-on-mobile-throttling.md index 0055e9c5..1c126c15 100644 --- a/src/posts/2018/senators-press-wireless-carriers-on-mobile-throttling.md +++ b/src/posts/2018/senators-press-wireless-carriers-on-mobile-throttling.md @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ --- date: '2018-11-15' +title: 'Senators press wireless carriers on mobile throttling' +description: "'All online traffic should be treated equally, and Internet service providers should not discriminate against particular content or applications for competitive advantage purposes or otherwise.'" draft: false -title: Senators press wireless carriers on mobile throttling tags: ['politics', 'net neutrality'] --- diff --git a/src/posts/2018/silos-centralization-and-censorship:-losing-the-promise-of-the-internet.md b/src/posts/2018/silos-centralization-and-censorship:-losing-the-promise-of-the-internet.md index 1bbee9ad..929f37d5 100644 --- a/src/posts/2018/silos-centralization-and-censorship:-losing-the-promise-of-the-internet.md +++ b/src/posts/2018/silos-centralization-and-censorship:-losing-the-promise-of-the-internet.md @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ --- date: '2018-06-23' +title: 'Silos and centralization on the internet' +description: "For years, we've been saying that it's time for us to rethink the internet, and move back towards a more decentralized, distributed world in which this kind of censorship isn't even an issue. It hasn't happened yet, but it feels like we're increasingly moving towards a world in which that's going to be necessary if we want to retain what is best about the internet." draft: false -title: Silos and centralization on the internet tags: ['politics'] --- diff --git a/src/posts/2018/the-bullshit-web.md b/src/posts/2018/the-bullshit-web.md index 20c0dd8d..caccbf0c 100644 --- a/src/posts/2018/the-bullshit-web.md +++ b/src/posts/2018/the-bullshit-web.md @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ --- date: '2018-07-31' +title: 'The Bullshit Web' +description: "An honest web is one in which the overwhelming majority of the code and assets downloaded to a user's computer are used in a page's visual presentation, with nearly all the remainder used to define the semantic structure and associated metadata on the page. Bullshit — in the form of CPU-sucking surveillance, unnecessarily-interruptive elements, and behaviours that nobody responsible for a website would themselves find appealing as a visitor — is unwelcome and intolerable." draft: false -title: The Bullshit Web tags: ['development'] --- diff --git a/src/posts/2018/the-copenhagen-letter.md b/src/posts/2018/the-copenhagen-letter.md index 5489f607..378cff61 100644 --- a/src/posts/2018/the-copenhagen-letter.md +++ b/src/posts/2018/the-copenhagen-letter.md @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ --- date: '2018-09-06' +title: 'The Copenhagen Letter' +description: 'Tech is not above us. It should be governed by all of us, by our democratic institutions. It should play by the rules of our societies. It should serve our needs, both individual and collective, as much as our wants.' draft: false -title: The Copenhagen Letter tags: ['politics'] --- diff --git a/src/posts/2018/time-to-break-up-facebook.md b/src/posts/2018/time-to-break-up-facebook.md index b7a32d50..3861a058 100644 --- a/src/posts/2018/time-to-break-up-facebook.md +++ b/src/posts/2018/time-to-break-up-facebook.md @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ --- date: '2018-09-04' +title: 'Time to break up Facebook' +description: "...the chilling effect of Facebook and other tech giants buying up every promising startup is noticeable. 'I think if we have a tech economy entirely premised on the idea that monopolists may one day buy the underlying thing, it really limits what can happen,' says Wu." draft: false -title: Time to break up Facebook tags: ['politics', 'social media', 'privacy'] --- diff --git a/src/posts/2018/u.s.-cell-carriers-want-to-help-manager-your-identity-online.md b/src/posts/2018/u.s.-cell-carriers-want-to-help-manager-your-identity-online.md index 2e85684e..9db134d0 100644 --- a/src/posts/2018/u.s.-cell-carriers-want-to-help-manager-your-identity-online.md +++ b/src/posts/2018/u.s.-cell-carriers-want-to-help-manager-your-identity-online.md @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ --- date: '2018-09-15' +title: 'U.S. cell carriers want to help manager your identity online' +description: 'But do you want your carrier managing your logins across the websites and apps you use on your phone?' draft: false -title: U.S. cell carriers want to help manager your identity online tags: ['privacy'] --- diff --git a/src/posts/2018/vermont-passes-law-regulating-data-brokers.md b/src/posts/2018/vermont-passes-law-regulating-data-brokers.md index d291fdec..bb18b153 100644 --- a/src/posts/2018/vermont-passes-law-regulating-data-brokers.md +++ b/src/posts/2018/vermont-passes-law-regulating-data-brokers.md @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ --- date: '2018-05-27' +title: 'Vermont passes law regulating data brokers' +description: "This sounds like the kind of law that should also exist at the federal level to benefit everyone. Data brokers are terrible companies that make money by exposing and endangering everyone's personal information." draft: false -title: Vermont passes law regulating data brokers tags: ['politics', 'privacy'] --- diff --git a/src/posts/2019/australian-political-parties-hacked.md b/src/posts/2019/australian-political-parties-hacked.md index fd95a1f9..4024366d 100644 --- a/src/posts/2019/australian-political-parties-hacked.md +++ b/src/posts/2019/australian-political-parties-hacked.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- date: '2019-02-18' title: 'Australian political parties hacked' -description: 'Morrison said that the Australian government had made moves to "ensure the integrity of our electoral system," including instructing the Australian Cyber Security Centre "to be ready to provide any political party or electoral body in Australia with immediate support, including making their technical experts available."' +description: "Morrison said that the Australian government had made moves to 'ensure the integrity of our electoral system,' including instructing the Australian Cyber Security Centre 'to be ready to provide any political party or electoral body in Australia with immediate support, including making their technical experts available.'" draft: false tags: ['politics', 'security'] --- diff --git a/src/posts/2020/ajit-pai-follows-congress-instructions-requires-new-anti-robocall-tech.md b/src/posts/2020/ajit-pai-follows-congress-instructions-requires-new-anti-robocall-tech.md index 9b5ff255..c2369a4c 100644 --- a/src/posts/2020/ajit-pai-follows-congress-instructions-requires-new-anti-robocall-tech.md +++ b/src/posts/2020/ajit-pai-follows-congress-instructions-requires-new-anti-robocall-tech.md @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ --- date: '2020-03-06' title: "Ajit Pai follows Congress' instructions, requires new anti-robocall tech" -description: 'Phone companies would be required to deploy technology that prevents spoofing of Caller ID under a plan announced today by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai. Pai framed it as his own decision, with his announcement saying the chairman "proposed a major step forward...' +description: "Phone companies would be required to deploy technology that prevents spoofing of Caller ID under a plan announced today by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai. Pai framed it as his own decision, with his announcement saying the chairman 'proposed a major step forward...'" draft: false category: links --- **[Ars Technica:](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/03/ajit-pai-follows-congress-instructions-requires-new-anti-robocall-tech/)** -> Phone companies would be required to deploy technology that prevents spoofing of Caller ID under a plan announced today by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai. Pai framed it as his own decision, with his announcement saying the chairman "proposed a major step forward... +> Phone companies would be required to deploy technology that prevents spoofing of Caller ID under a plan announced today by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai. Pai framed it as his own decision, with his announcement saying the chairman "proposed a major step forward..." diff --git a/src/posts/2020/dressing-for-the-surveillance-age.md b/src/posts/2020/dressing-for-the-surveillance-age.md index 822e95e7..dfce34f0 100644 --- a/src/posts/2020/dressing-for-the-surveillance-age.md +++ b/src/posts/2020/dressing-for-the-surveillance-age.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- date: '2020-03-10' title: 'Dressing for the Surveillance Age' -description: "Tom Goldstein, an associate professor of computer science at the University of Maryland, took an "invisibility cloak" from a pile on a chair in his office and pulled it on over his head." +description: "Tom Goldstein, an associate professor of computer science at the University of Maryland, took an 'invisibility cloak' from a pile on a chair in his office and pulled it on over his head." draft: false tags: ['tech', 'privacy'] --- diff --git a/src/posts/2020/duckduckgo-is-good-enough-for-regular-use.md b/src/posts/2020/duckduckgo-is-good-enough-for-regular-use.md index 4e8dcdc9..61b1e911 100644 --- a/src/posts/2020/duckduckgo-is-good-enough-for-regular-use.md +++ b/src/posts/2020/duckduckgo-is-good-enough-for-regular-use.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- date: '2020-03-06' title: 'DuckDuckGo is good enough for regular use' -description: 'Google recently launched a desktop redesign. The favicon and URL breadcrumbs were turned into a header for organic search results. Ads had the same design, but were identified using the string "Ad" instead of the favicon. This design wasn't new.' +description: 'Google recently launched a desktop redesign. The favicon and URL breadcrumbs were turned into a header for organic search results.' draft: false tags: ['DuckDuckGo'] --- diff --git a/src/posts/2020/lets-encrypt-vulnerability.md b/src/posts/2020/lets-encrypt-vulnerability.md index d8de1655..1705b4a4 100644 --- a/src/posts/2020/lets-encrypt-vulnerability.md +++ b/src/posts/2020/lets-encrypt-vulnerability.md @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ --- date: '2020-03-04' -title: 'Let's Encrypt Vulnerability' -description: 'In a notification email to its clients, the organisation said: "We recently discovered a bug in the Let's Encrypt certificate authority code. "Unfortunately, this means we need to revoke the certificates that were affected by this bug, which includes one or more of your certificates.' +title: "Let's Encrypt Vulnerability" +description: "The BBC is reporting a vulnerability in the Let's Encrypt certificate service." draft: false tags: ['security'] --- **[Bruce Schneier:](https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2020/03/lets_encrypt_vu.html)** -> In a notification email to its clients, the organisation said: "We recently discovered a bug in the Let's Encrypt certificate authority code. "Unfortunately, this means we need to revoke the certificates that were affected by this bug, which includes one or more of your certificates. +> In a notification email to its clients, the organisation said: "We recently discovered a bug in the Let's Encrypt certificate authority code. Unfortunately, this means we need to revoke the certificates that were affected by this bug, which includes one or more of your certificates. diff --git a/src/posts/2020/power-to-the-people.md b/src/posts/2020/power-to-the-people.md index 40a180d9..15bb84c8 100644 --- a/src/posts/2020/power-to-the-people.md +++ b/src/posts/2020/power-to-the-people.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- date: '2020-02-27' title: 'Power to the People' -description: 'When you upload photos to Instagram, back up your phone to "the cloud", send an email through GMail, or save a document in a storage application like Dropbox or Google Drive, your data is being saved in a data center.' +description: "When you upload photos to Instagram, back up your phone to 'the cloud', send an email through GMail, or save a document in a storage application like Dropbox or Google Drive, your data is being saved in a data center." draft: false tags: ['privacy'] ---