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Alec is a technologist, writer & security consultant who has worked in host and network security for more than 30 years, with 25 of those in industry.
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The Wyoming GRANITE Act, America’s first-ever foreign censorship shield bill, has PASSED the Wyoming House of Representatives, 46-12! | Preston Byrne

2026-02-24 13:18:00

If Wyoming pass such a law then the chances of it being replicated at a federal level are greatly increased:

“BREAKING: the Wyoming GRANITE Act, America’s first-ever foreign censorship shield bill, has PASSED the Wyoming House of Representatives, 46-12!

On to the Wyoming Senate!”

“Google and Apple today announced that testing of encrypted RCS messaging between Android and iPhone is now underway” | Yay, more end-to-end encryption!

2026-02-24 05:15:46

My understanding is that the RCS E2EE test is available globally, except for China & France.

Yes, really.

https://9to5google.com/2026/02/23/google-messages-encrypted-rcs-iphone/

Google and Apple today announced that testing of encrypted RCS messaging between Android and iPhone is now underway […] In the iOS Messages app, green bubbles will be prefaced by “Text Message · RCS | [lock icon] Encrypted” at the center of the screen.


On Google Messages, it will be the same lock icon, just like messages to Android users. […] To test, the iPhone must be running iOS 26.4 beta 2, with this available on supported carriers.

Thought for the day: Online Safety and Age Verification

2026-02-23 21:25:01

The Online Safety Act has made the United Kingdom the least-safe place to develop and build software to connect people, online.

US Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy explains that maybe age verification is not about child protection

2026-02-23 21:20:40

[…] Child protection is a goal we share, but anyone who wants to force you to identify yourself to the government as a precondition for querying or speaking on the internet has other goals in mind.