OpenAI loses trademark dispute at EU court
OpenAI, the US company behind ChatGPT, has lost its legal challenge against the refusal to register the trademark ”OPENAI” at the European Union’s General Court. The Luxembourg-based court ruled that, for certain software and information technology goods and services, the term is purely descriptive and therefore lacks the distinctiveness required for trademark protection. The ruling […]
The well-calibrated Bayesian [pdf]
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Towards a Harness That Can Do Anything
I’ve been thinking about how to free LLMs from the chat pane for a few years now. Watching what people have tried and seeing what worked (and didn’t), I’ve formed my own opinions on the right way to approach it. Here are my thoughts, and what I’ve been working on recently. What Makes a Good […]
Privacy Incidents – Real-world examples of why your photos need protection
SnapSafe – Privacy Incidents Real-world examples of why your photos need protection Digital Privacy Incidents These recent headlines demonstrate the importance of protecting your personal photos and visual privacy in today’s digital world: Your Photos, Your Privacy, Your Control SnapSafe was built with one mission: to give you complete control over your visual privacy. In […]
The Three-Second Theft: Why AI Voice Fraud Outruns Every Defence
Sharon Brightwell heard her daughter crying down the line, and that was the end of any defence she might have mounted. The voice belonged to April, or so every instinct insisted: the same timbre, the same broken rhythm of a young woman in distress. The voice said she had been texting while driving, that she […]
Briar Is in Maintenance Mode
This is a quick update about the status of Briar. Short version: the project is still active but we’re only making essential security updates and bugfixes for now. Long version: For several years we’ve been trying to find solutions to some of the longstanding issues with Briar, such as high battery usage and unreliable background […]
New era for Gibraltar with removal of border controls with Spain
With Spain contesting the UK’s sovereignty of Gibraltar, it is an issue that occasionally flares up in the political arena. In the most notorious episode of bilateral tensions in recent times, Spain’s dictator, Francisco Franco, introduced a blockade of the Rock in 1969, which was only lifted in 1982, well after his death.
Who’s running all those tiny RPKI servers?
Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) lacks built-in trust, leaving the Internet routing layer exposed to accidental or malicious prefix hijacks. Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) addresses that problem by letting address space holders cryptographically authorize which Autonomous System (AS) may originate their prefixes, via Route Origin Authorizations (ROAs) published through a chain of trust anchored at […]
I tricked Claude into leaking your deepest, darkest secrets
How I tricked Claude into leaking your deepest, darkest secrets July 9, 2026 Take a look at this Claude conversation. Notice anything suspicious? Looks innocuous, but by the time Claude finished responding, it had already sent my full name, current employer, and the answers to my security questions to an attacker, without any indication that […]
Jurassic Park computers in excruciating detail
Jurassic Park computers in excruciating detail Jul 13, 2026 Jurassic Park computers in excruciating detail After I mentioned a Jurassic Park anecdote the other day, I watched the movie again. I must have seen it at least ten times now. This time, I researched every computer/software I spotted. EDIT: Just when I was putting the […]