Hi, Tonight I wasn’t sure what I wanted to write about. That’s not quite true. I wanted to write about quantum computers but to do that I need to understand elliptical curves. And that’s going to take too much time. However, in trying to figure out what to write I stumbled onto a misunderstanding.Next StepsThe plan is to write about how quantum computers break key generation and signatures. This is going to require writing about elliptical curves and RSA first. When reading through the cloudf...

Hi, Tonight I wasn’t sure what I wanted to write about. That’s not quite true. I wanted to write about quantum computers but to do that I need to understand elliptical curves. And that’s going to take too much time. However, in trying to figure out what to write I stumbled onto a misunderstanding.Next StepsThe plan is to write about how quantum computers break key generation and signatures. This is going to require writing about elliptical curves and RSA first. When reading through the cloudf...

Hi, This week has been a good week. I’m really happy with the teasing out of monitoring and story telling. Being able to think through those ideas through writing has been awesome. It’s also been cool to experience talking to others about those ideas. Get ideas formed out into words. Then talk to others about the ideas I’ve formed out and get other thoughts churning. Those ideas then make their way back into other written words. A couple take aways from this week:Monitoring as a framing for p...

Hi, This week has been a good week. I’m really happy with the teasing out of monitoring and story telling. Being able to think through those ideas through writing has been awesome. It’s also been cool to experience talking to others about those ideas. Get ideas formed out into words. Then talk to others about the ideas I’ve formed out and get other thoughts churning. Those ideas then make their way back into other written words. A couple take aways from this week:Monitoring as a framing for p...

Hi, Tonight I saw friends Board games were played together It was lots of fun -Lucas

Hi, Tonight I saw friends Board games were played together It was lots of fun -Lucas

Howdy, Today I want to spend time framing privacy/security/surveillance problems as monitoring. As discussed on an earlier post, monitoring seems like a better word to describe privacy / surveillance issues (it’s not that I have trouble spelling surveillance I swear).Government MonitoringGovernment Monitoring PeopleGovernments are constantly trying to know as much as they can about EVERYONE. In some cases this is important. A strong government can enforce its borders. It knows how well its po...

Howdy, Today I want to spend time framing privacy/security/surveillance problems as monitoring. As discussed on an earlier post, monitoring seems like a better word to describe privacy / surveillance issues (it’s not that I have trouble spelling surveillance I swear).Government MonitoringGovernment Monitoring PeopleGovernments are constantly trying to know as much as they can about EVERYONE. In some cases this is important. A strong government can enforce its borders. It knows how well its po...

Hey, I wanted to think a bit about proving privacy. You can tell me your product maintains my privacy, but how I can I KNOW that your claims are true. If a VPN service says it won’t log any data and give you anonymity, how can one prove this? If your app says you won’t collect personal data, how can you prove this?AuditingWhat inspired this post was a letter written by Rep Anna Eshoo and Senator Wyden to the FTC to manage privacy claims made by VPN. The letter asks the FTC to add government o...

Hey, I wanted to think a bit about proving privacy. You can tell me your product maintains my privacy, but how I can I KNOW that your claims are true. If a VPN service says it won’t log any data and give you anonymity, how can one prove this? If your app says you won’t collect personal data, how can you prove this?AuditingWhat inspired this post was a letter written by Rep Anna Eshoo and Senator Wyden to the FTC to manage privacy claims made by VPN. The letter asks the FTC to add government o...

Hi there, Just finished Stranger Things Season 4 (also finished the other seasons the couple weeks prior). I definitely enjoyed it so gonna do a review.OverviewSometime has passed since the end of season 3. El, Will, Jonathan, and Joyce have moved to California.The “kids” are now freshmen in high school. El is bullied and doesn’t have her powers anymore. Jonathan is a stoner. Joyce is a telemarketer. Will cares about El but feels mixed because he has thing for Mike. Mike, Lucas, and Dustin ar...

Hi there, Just finished Stranger Things Season 4 (also finished the other seasons the couple weeks prior). I definitely enjoyed it so gonna do a review.OverviewSometime has passed since the end of season 3. El, Will, Jonathan, and Joyce have moved to California.The “kids” are now freshmen in high school. El is bullied and doesn’t have her powers anymore. Jonathan is a stoner. Joyce is a telemarketer. Will cares about El but feels mixed because he has thing for Mike. Mike, Lucas, and Dustin ar...

Hello, Last day and I wanted to get a review in. Yesterday I rewatched Shrek 2 and it was a great time.SummaryThe movie takes place right after the end of Shrek. Shrek and Fiona get married and go on their honeymoon. When they come back they learn that Fiona’s parents, the king and queen of far far away, want them to celebrate her rescue and marriage. The king and Shrek can’t stand each other. Fiona being and marrying an Ogre doesn’t sit well with the king. Shrek wants to be at his swamp. Shr...

Hello, Last day and I wanted to get a review in. Yesterday I rewatched Shrek 2 and it was a great time.SummaryThe movie takes place right after the end of Shrek. Shrek and Fiona get married and go on their honeymoon. When they come back they learn that Fiona’s parents, the king and queen of far far away, want them to celebrate her rescue and marriage. The king and Shrek can’t stand each other. Fiona being and marrying an Ogre doesn’t sit well with the king. Shrek wants to be at his swamp. Shr...

Howdy, What would be a short story to explore the growing lack of privacy? I have 2 general ideas:Keep it focused on the person in the parkFind a story where the world is tracking everythingI’m leaning towards the person in the park, because it’s easier to add a simple story on top of that. Option 2 seems a little harder. I need to figure out the world and find a story in that world. But let’s play around with both ideas today.Person in the parkThe basic idea is that any time someone goes to ...

Howdy, What would be a short story to explore the growing lack of privacy? I have 2 general ideas:Keep it focused on the person in the parkFind a story where the world is tracking everythingI’m leaning towards the person in the park, because it’s easier to add a simple story on top of that. Option 2 seems a little harder. I need to figure out the world and find a story in that world. But let’s play around with both ideas today.Person in the parkThe basic idea is that any time someone goes to ...

Hi, Had a fantastic time chatting with a friend tonight (hi, Ryan, if you’re reading this). Something that was brought up was privacy in public spaces. Given all the technological advances and our ability to use them to monitor, will public spaces ever have privacy again?The Person in the ParkOne framing we talked about was it would be like every time you go to the park, there is always someone else there. If a crime happens, someone is watching it. If you fall, someone is watching. If you ar...

Hi, Had a fantastic time chatting with a friend tonight (hi, Ryan, if you’re reading this). Something that was brought up was privacy in public spaces. Given all the technological advances and our ability to use them to monitor, will public spaces ever have privacy again?The Person in the ParkOne framing we talked about was it would be like every time you go to the park, there is always someone else there. If a crime happens, someone is watching it. If you fall, someone is watching. If you ar...

Hi, A lot of my recent writing have been forced to be quicker. They’re not necessarily bad; however, it’s hard to get what I want out if I start late. Either I need to rush to bed or I put it off until it’s very late. I need to start writing these earlier. Besides that I am enjoying the process. It’s fun to do research, reviews, world build, discuss privacy/security, and put my thoughts onto paper. But man, I need to do these earlier in the day to want to spend the time.ImprovementsI have not...

Hi, A lot of my recent writing have been forced to be quicker. They’re not necessarily bad; however, it’s hard to get what I want out if I start late. Either I need to rush to bed or I put it off until it’s very late. I need to start writing these earlier. Besides that I am enjoying the process. It’s fun to do research, reviews, world build, discuss privacy/security, and put my thoughts onto paper. But man, I need to do these earlier in the day to want to spend the time.ImprovementsI have not...

Hi, I was watching Stranger Things tonight and was enjoying how season 4 is exploring trauma. One reason why the show is so enjoyable is how they use different genres to cover up what they are doing. They use a compelling mystery and horror to hide they are making a fantasy/D&D story. They’re using the supernatural elements to hide the a story about trauma and growing up. Hide isn’t the right word. It’s a mix of distract and enhance. I forget that there’s horror when the kids are having a rel...

Hi, I was watching Stranger Things tonight and was enjoying how season 4 is exploring trauma. One reason why the show is so enjoyable is how they use different genres to cover up what they are doing. They use a compelling mystery and horror to hide they are making a fantasy/D&D story. They’re using the supernatural elements to hide the a story about trauma and growing up. Hide isn’t the right word. It’s a mix of distract and enhance. I forget that there’s horror when the kids are having a rel...

All of a sudden It comes. Washing over me Worry. Sadness. Weight My parents notice before I do. Air slowly leaves my body. The feelings come back. I am heavier, more uncertain. Must move forwards. Life is made of waves. Energy flows. Up and down. The cycles repeat. Writing down these thoughts help. It identify and captures the feelings. Known and trapped they do less harm. But small amounts of worry still escape. Will someone else read these thoughts? Will I get in trouble?

All of a sudden It comes. Washing over me Worry. Sadness. Weight My parents notice before I do. Air slowly leaves my body. The feelings come back. I am heavier, more uncertain. Must move forwards. Life is made of waves. Energy flows. Up and down. The cycles repeat. Writing down these thoughts help. It identify and captures the feelings. Known and trapped they do less harm. But small amounts of worry still escape. Will someone else read these thoughts? Will I get in trouble?