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Michael Brennan

@michaelbrennan.bsky.social
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Supporting people and organizations building a more equitable internet. Views expressed are my own. Philadelphia.

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Michael Brennan @michaelbrennan.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Funding opportunity! The Spyware Accountability Initiative is giving grants to civil society orgs fighting spyware abuse. Learn more + apply by June 13th at stopspyware.fund/apply #SpywareAccountability #Funding
stopspyware.fund
Apply for funding — Spyware Accountability Initiative
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Steven Renderos @stevenrenderos.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
A critical read to understand recent news on AI. The TLDR, it’s not necessary to mortgage the future of the planet to accomplish the promise of AI.
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
"This is unconstitutional," I scream as the facial recognition equipped robot dogs drag me to my cell. "This goes against everything America stands for!" I shout, as the algorithmic sentencing machine condemns me to death. "This is not who we are!" I remind the firing squad of child soldiers
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Where is the money being used to buy Israeli spyware company Paragon coming from? American teachers/police/firefighters retirement funds.
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Ron Deibert @rondeibert.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
#Apple's notifications to spyware victims have been a game changer. There are plenty of good reasons to criticize Apple, but this is not one of them techcrunch.com/2024/12/20/w...
techcrunch.com
Why Apple sends spyware victims to this nonprofit security lab | TechCrunch
Cybersecurity experts, who work with human rights defenders and journalists, agree that Apple is doing the right thing by sending notifications to victims of mercenary spyware — and at the same time r...
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Michael Brennan @michaelbrennan.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
JOBS IN FUNDING OPEN SOURCE: @sovereign.tech is hiring for a bunch of positions including cybersecurity program lead, program managers, technologists, and administration. This is an amazing team funding open source projects with millions of dollars each year. Office (Berlin) and remote options.
sovereign.tech
Open Positions | Sovereign Tech Agency
The Sovereign Tech Agency is a new organization doing pioneering work in a ground-breaking field with an ambitious mission that has real societal impact.…
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
we are not paying enough attention to commercially available phone-cracking and spyware being sold to any government who will buy it
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Michael Brennan @michaelbrennan.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
JOB ALERT: Great position for someone looking to start a career at the intersection of technology, rights & justice! DC-based. Plus you get to work with @harlanyu.bsky.social - www.upturn.org/join/researc...
upturn.org
Upturn Seeks a Research Associate
This position is ideal for someone who is excited about sharp, interdisciplinary research on a range of topics related to technology, policy, and justice.
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Michael Brennan @michaelbrennan.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
This report by @sarahjeong.bsky.social totally transported me to Seoul last night. It's one of those pieces that makes you feel like you now have a foothold of understanding to someplace new and unfamiliar. It's so good, and so funny.
theverge.com
6 hours under martial law in Seoul
On the ground from the protests outside the National Assembly building
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Michael Brennan @michaelbrennan.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Being able-bodied is temporary for all of us. Let's build a web that is accessible to all - it serves us all. Proud to support the Web Accessibility Initiative with this grant. www.w3.org/press-releas...
w3.org
W3C web accessibility work boosted by Ford Foundation core funding
This press release announces our first grant since W3C's newly registered entity as a US public-interest non-profit organization. W3C is the recipient of a major grant from the Ford Foundation toward ...
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Mikehausen ⚒️ @mikehausen.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
West Ham family .... digital rights matter! We're a broad church afterall, so give this geezer a follow 😀 Oh and @michaelbrennan1.bsky.social too if you've got the time 😉
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Michael Brennan @michaelbrennan.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
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Michael Brennan @michaelbrennan.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Found out via clearsky.app that I'm on a bunch of West Ham starter packs which explains a bunch of my followers. I hope you all like digital rights as much as you like football because I don't know shit about soccer!
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Michael Brennan @michaelbrennan.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
brb sending this tweet to every reviewer who said my papers on how security tech failed at-risk communities were not "computer science enough"
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 22/11/2024
When I was 5, I loved science, which I took to be planets and magnets and chemicals and shit. Soon I realized science was a collective human activity, and these were just the objects of its attention. Anyway, whenever I read an OpEd on how science isn't political, I think "Are you 5 years old?"
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Disco Elysium Quotes @discoelysiumbot.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
ESPRIT DE CORPS - Kim Kitsuragi is a nice guy. Wish he was here right now.
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Michael Brennan @michaelbrennan.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
"Discover" is my default tab and I'm not ashamed of it!
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Michael Brennan @michaelbrennan.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
"There’s a high probability that we see big rollbacks on spyware policy," says @stevenfeldstein.bsky.social - A somber read. Still, I have hope for global progress on spyware in absence of US leadership.
wired.com
More Spyware, Fewer Rules: What Trump’s Return Means for US Cybersecurity
Experts expect Donald Trump’s next administration to relax cybersecurity rules on businesses, abandon concerns around human rights, and take an aggressive stance against the cyber armies of US adversa...
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Michael Brennan @michaelbrennan.bsky.social · 03/01/2024
"Proprietary software, installed in my body, led me to no choice but to accept medical treatment that I didn't even need." - a powerful story of just how personal open source can be sfconservancy.org/blog/2023/de...
sfconservancy.org
A Note from Our Executive Director: 2023 and my personal quest for software freedom
Just when I think that I've really grokked the implications of the technology I have woven into my life, I find that life throws completely new challenges my way that make me realize the extent of the...
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Michael Brennan @michaelbrennan.bsky.social · 05/10/2023
Climate Justice & Digital Rights Fellowship Opportunity! Apply to be a Green Web Foundation fellow (paid, 6 months) and help build bridges across these critical global movements www.thegreenwebfoundation.org/fellowships/...
thegreenwebfoundation.org
Call For Applications: Green Web Fellowship - The Green Web Foundation
Work on climate justice and digital rights—apply to be a Green Web Fellow today! ⚡
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