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Wendy M. Grossman<p>This week's net.wars, "Unscreened", is inspired to think about screenless devices and the future of consent by an essay by Gus Hosein at Privacy International: <a href="https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/04/18/unscreened/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">netwars.pelicancrossing.net/20</span><span class="invisible">25/04/18/unscreened/</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.xyz/@privacyint" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>privacyint</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/NetWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NetWars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a></p>
Wendy M. Grossman<p>This week's net.wars, "Catoptromancy", goes to the workshop day of We Robot 2025: <a href="https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/04/04/catoptromancy/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">netwars.pelicancrossing.net/20</span><span class="invisible">25/04/04/catoptromancy/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/NetWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NetWars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/robots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>robots</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/werobot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>werobot</span></a></p>
Wendy M. Grossman<p>This week's net.wars, "The risks of recklessness", hears diplomats consider how to cope with emerging technologies: <a href="https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/03/28/the-risks-of-recklessness/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">netwars.pelicancrossing.net/20</span><span class="invisible">25/03/28/the-risks-of-recklessness/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/NetWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NetWars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/diplomacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diplomacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>signal</span></a></p>
Wendy M. Grossman<p>This week's net.wars, "Lost futures", wonders about the future of the open web in US v. Google, science around the world in the face of US threats, and iRobot, which seemed to herald a new world in 2002: <a href="https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/03/14/lost-futures/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">netwars.pelicancrossing.net/20</span><span class="invisible">25/03/14/lost-futures/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/NetWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NetWars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/future" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>future</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a></p>
Wendy M. Grossman<p>This week's net.wars, "Unsafe", finds Apple challenging the UK government over its encryption notice, Wikipedia ever-harder to edit, Firefox going in unwanted direction, and Rachel Maddow comparing cryptocurrencies to Beanie babies: <a href="https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/03/07/unsafe/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">netwars.pelicancrossing.net/20</span><span class="invisible">25/03/07/unsafe/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/NetWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NetWars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>encryption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firefox</span></a></p>
Wendy M. Grossman<p>This week's net.wars, "Isolate", signs the Global Encryption Coalition's letter opposing Britain's demand that Apple backdoor encryption on its cloud service worldwide, and imagines the worst possible timeline where it's coupled it with Ofcom's rules under the Online Safety Act: <a href="https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/02/14/isolate/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">netwars.pelicancrossing.net/20</span><span class="invisible">25/02/14/isolate/</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/NetWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NetWars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/Ofcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ofcom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/Encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Encryption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/UKPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPolice</span></a></p>
Wendy M. Grossman<p>This week's net.wars, "What we talk about when we talk about computers" goes to the play _What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank_ and comes out thinking about DOGE and computer systems: <a href="https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/02/07/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-computers/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">netwars.pelicancrossing.net/20</span><span class="invisible">25/02/07/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-computers/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/NetWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NetWars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Security</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a></p>
Wendy M. Grossman<p>This week's net.wars, "The Gulf of Google" sees a new way to splinter the Internet; watches panic over a new Chinese reasoning model; thinks Silicon Valley has its cause and effect backwards; and asks, "Did Trump just screw data flows between the EU and US - again?": <a href="https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/01/31/the-gulf-of-google/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">netwars.pelicancrossing.net/20</span><span class="invisible">25/01/31/the-gulf-of-google/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/NetWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NetWars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/DataProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataProtection</span></a></p>
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