Privacy - Jesse Hirsh

The harms associated with the loss of privacy

4 years ago 5 min read Privacy Public Policy legal

Digital technology has not only transformed our relationship with privacy, it also changes our understanding of the concept as a whole. Our definition of privacy is being eroded, there’s reason to believe that our privacy is actually being renewed, and strengthened.

Future Tools: HestiaPi

4 years ago 6 min read Future Tools Open Source 3D Privacy Wireless

HestiaPi is an evolving project that began with a focus on a thermostat, but aspires to play a larger role in the growing smart home ecosystem.

Future Tools: Qubes OS

4 years ago 8 min read Future Tools Operating System Open Source Encryption Security Privacy

The Qubes operating system, while focusing on computer security, also illustrates an aspect of digital we tend to ignore or take for granted: that identity is fluid and flourishing.

Distributed Federated Artificial Intelligence

5 years ago 4 min read AI distributed democracy participatory Privacy Public Policy

AI is tyrannical by default, due to the false assumption that it has to be centralized, unresponsive, unaccountable, and inevitable. Yet there’s no reason why AI can’t be democratized. Imagine for a moment that we live in such a world. What would that look like?