Serge Egelman

There you go :)

I assume VC money is the answer.

Brave allows you to "force paste," which overrides pages that prevent pasting!

If you don’t throw in your $1.05, who will?

It’s fine! It was probably just someone rigging a Kalshi bet!

Hell, even if it takes a few days to find them, if he asks why you're not wearing them yet, you could probably say they're being "resized."

He wouldn't question it.

What's so weird about this whole thing is that even if you are afraid to not wear the shoes, the correct thing to do is to secretly buy them in the correct size and wear those.

When I joined as the head engineer of the Torment Nexus project, it was to work on fascinating technical problems and make the world a better place along the way. I am appalled to discover that the Torment Nexus would be used this way and, now that my options have vested, will be leaving the project

Republicans are using kids as a smokescreen for what Big Tech lobbyists want: a national surveillance program to harvest our data with zero protections for people and their privacy.

We must fight this dangerous expansion of surveillance technology.

The CPPA Board ordered Ford Motor Company to pay a $375,703 fine and change its practices after requiring email verification before consumers could opt out. The decision makes clear that unnecessary friction in the opt-out process violates the CCPA. Read more: privacy.ca.gov/2026/03/ford...

Assistant Teaching Professor in Computational Social Science and Cognitive Science University of California, San Diego is hiring. Apply now!

Our department is hiring an Assistant Teaching Professor!! This is a joint-appointed position with Computational Social Sciences (css.ucsd.edu). It's 75+ degrees F and sunny today, just thought I'd mention apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF04461

I mean, it’s become increasingly clear that our media can deal with a far right authoritarian party, just not in the way most of us here expected…

Yep! I spun off a company from my research. DHS S&T incubated us, and was using our tools for good: we had several contracts to assist CISA (amongst others) in identifying malware on government networks, as well as spyware used by domestic abusers and others.

We severed all ties last year.

How does “offshoring compute to space” make sense in any context?

If you’re looking to build a data center outside of government reach, at least “compute at sea” gets you free cooling and marginally better latency.

I’ve run a few half marathons and drink a lot. It’s the 24 tacos that scare me. I’m full after 3 tacos.

Running in the morning and having 2-3 beers and a taco or two after seems great (done it before!). But then I need a nap and have no idea how I’ll eat an addition 20+ tacos when I wake up.

Welcome to getting old!

When I hear “master of financial engineering,” I think of Bernie Madoff.

Consumer Injuries and Benefits in the Data-Driven Economy Conference YouTube video by FTCvideos

FTC conference on consumer benefits and injuries of data economy. Live today www.youtube.com/watch?v=6S0V...

I paid FedEx $37 a few days before the ruling. Similarly, item arrived in July, FedEx sent a tariff bill out of the blue in January.

This is a reminder for me to dispute the charge with AmEx.

Given that millions of people get scammed every year, by the same logic revealed preferences indicate that those people are omniscient rational actors who clearly wanted to give their money away!

I guess ask me tomorrow to reassess :)

(As far as I can tell, I’m going to be arguing with economists over bullshit terms like “revealed preferences.”)

Consumer Injuries and Benefits in the Data-Driven Economy The Workshop on Consumer Injuries and Benefits in the Data-Driven Economy will bring together economists, academics, and other experts to examine how the agency can better understand and measure co

DC friends: I’m speaking at an FTC event tomorrow on data harms, come watch! It’ll be fun!

www.ftc.gov/news-events/...

What, is Minnesota flying around on government aircraft to attend the Olympics or something? Did it buy a plane with a queen bed and wet bar?

Your Password Manager May Not Be As Secure As You Thought Cryptography researchers have found ways to access data from a number of password managers, but it might not be time to switch just yet.

I had fun learning about potential security vulnerabilities in cloud-based password managers last week. Thanks to @kennyog.bsky.social and @lujobauer.bsky.social for their insights:

www.iflscience.com/your-passwor...

people, the guy who won this case is running for Attorney General of Colorado. he's been uniform in saying he will prosecute ICE & CBP agents who break the law. you should support him. @seligmanforag.bsky.social

Random reminder that Ghislaine Maxwell knows what a woman told the FBI about the president allegedly assaulting her as a girl, while Congress does not.

I Tried to Be the Government. It Did Not Go Well. My five-month quest to monitor the weather, track inflation, and inspect milk for harmful microorganisms

in honor of a certain surgeon general nominee’s hearing today, here is the story of (among other things) the time I tried to take her advice about milk www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Muppets in the Afternoon

Meta is putting a "Name Tag" feature in Ray-Bans - facial recognition through the glasses' camera. You look at someone, AI tells you who they are.
In an internal document, the company wrote that the timing is good because civil society groups are busy with politics and won't cause problems.