XOT: On Privacy, Security, and...

I have been following the AI debate from the sidelines for quite some time now.

I use Emacs installed through Homebrew, also use MacTeX, have the Apple developer command line tools installed, and recently upgraded to MacOS 27.

Matthew Green argues — perhaps somewhat counter-intuitively — that as AI becomes better at finding vulnerabilities in software, the digital systems and services we use will become much more secure.

At the CPFP conference last week I learned that the European Commission wants to impose interoperability requirements on Android, to allow third party AI services the same unrestricted access to an Android smartphone as Google’s own Gemini AI agent has.

Age assurance (reliably estimating or securely verifying someones age) has become an important – and controversial – topic recently.

Bij een op de drie deurcamera’s die de openbare weg filmen en zijn aangemeld bij een speciaal politieregister staan de beelden langer opgeslagen dan “strikt noodzakelijk”.

The Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium is considering an update to its policy regarding the use of (generative) AI.

When you encrypt your data on your hard drive or in the cloud, the only way to access it is with the decryption key.

Solvinity, het bedrijf dat de infrastructuur levert waarop DigiD (en andere belangrijke applicaties van Logius, zoals MijnOverheid) draaien, komt in handen van Kyndryl, een Amerikaans bedrijf.

Trump is the greatest danger to the world since Adolf Hitler.

Het kabinet is ons aan het voorbereiden op een mogelijke noodsituatie.

I have been following the development of the digital euro from a certain distance.