Mallory Knodel

Executive director and founder @swf, weekly newsletter @IX.

GitHub: https://github.com/mallory

Last Notes

2026-02-18 14:49:49 UTC

Remember, encryption doesn't protect you if you add cops-- or bots-- to the chat https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-says-bug-causes-copilot-to-summarize-confidential-emails/

2025-11-24 14:24:23 UTC

Trying out the @npub142g…kmy5 client! Adds another layer to picking a server and making an account, as an additional tailoring of the ways I consume, interact with and create content.
#Reddit #tiktok #x #disinformation #FacebookFediverse #bereal #Twitter #socialmediause #socialmedia #twitter #mastodon #threads #facebook #pinterest #instagram #Facebook #meta #algorithms #newsmast

2025-10-15 17:34:16 UTC

This was a great convo. Now you know what I really think about big tech and "Open_Internet_v2.0."
https://bsky.app/profile/techpolicypress.bsky.social/post/3m2zaalu4oc2k

2025-06-24 10:09:48 UTC

Join the @npub1tuh…89y4 at the #igf2025 today in Norway to talk about privacy and interoperability of the open social web. Today, Tuesday at 13:30 in workshop 3. It’s a roundtable setup and we hope you’ll take a place behind a mic! https://socialwebfoundation.org/2025/06/19/swf-at-the-igf-2025/

2025-03-29 20:06:07 UTC

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https://bsky.app/profile/mallory.techpolicy.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3ll7ybd5zx4g2

2025-02-13 14:20:35 UTC

Open letter calling on the UK to rescind its demand that Apple create a backdoor into its end-to-end encrypted services: https://www.globalencryption.org/2025/02/joint-letter-on-the-uk-governments-use-of-investigatory-powers-act-to-attack-end-to-end-encryption/
Signatures still welcome over the next seven days.

2025-01-04 01:45:56 UTC

Wild story of enshittification— the resignation of the board of the leading journal in paleoanthropological research is the 20th mass resignation from a science journal in just two years! https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/12/journal-editors-resign-to-protest-ai-use-high-fees-and-more

2024-11-05 07:29:07 UTC

The Weaponization of Things: Israel’s Techno-Violence, A Litmus Test for Technologists https://www.techpolicy.press/the-weaponization-of-things-israels-technoviolence-a-litmus-test-for-technologists/

2024-09-27 09:26:04 UTC

My weekly newsletter covers highlights from #tprc2024, the launch of @npub1tuh…89y4 and, of course, all of the links.
https://internet.exchangepoint.tech/social-web-foundation/