✨Yael Grauer ✨ @yaelwrites@mastodon.social

i keep forgetting about mastodon

For Consumer Reports' Digital Lab blog, I wrote about PrivacyBot, a new open source project that automates data deletion requests by email. https://digital-lab-wp.consumerreports.org/2021/05/12/new-open-source-project-automates-data-deletion-requests-by-email/

what to do with your old laptop https://www.consumerreports.org/laptop-computers/what-to-do-with-your-old-laptop/

how to recycle old electronics https://www.consumerreports.org/recycling/how-to-recycle-electronics/

what to do after a data breach https://www.consumerreports.org/data-theft/what-to-do-after-a-data-breach/ with Katie Moussouris

“It is a terrible thing
To be so open: it is as if my heart
Put on a face and walked into the world.”

If you are a jerk to my friends (or are a creep on social media), I will definitely not be providing you with free crisis comms training or unpaid consulting on getting the media to cover your startup or pro tips on your fledgling freelance business.

maybe crypto SHOULD mean cryptocurrency if you can't even secure your own site. i don't make the rules.

I wrote about Block Party, the anti-harassment web app that automatically filters out certain tweets and lets you review them later https://consumerreports.org/social-media/filter-out-twitter-trolls-by-using-block-party/

I wrote about deleting your old tweets. https://www.consumerreports.org/social-media/how-to-delete-your-tweets/

this article has outdated views on open source software, conflates open source with decentralization with lack of regulation (these are three different things), glosses over the fact that the entire fediverse is overwhelmingly leftist, and is generally misleading. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/12/far-right-open-source-technology-censorship

it's so quiet here

.@huertanix and I spoke at CactusCon on the worst cybersecurity reporting of 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGPZw0cKNdA&list=PL4umh_7S4rRvo98T9EzAoHcgCT9U3PbZA&index=19 and we also did a Q&A after https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iOv37Xzs4k&list=PL4umh_7S4rRvo98T9EzAoHcgCT9U3PbZA&index=21

how to shut stalkers out of your tech: people facing domestic abuse can take these steps to lock down their devices and eliminate stalkerware
https://www.consumerreports.org/digital-security/shut-stalkers-out-of-your-tech/

I wrote about Clubhouse for Consumer Reports https://www.consumerreports.org/social-media/clubhouse-social-media-app-digital-privacy-security/

For my surveillance story about the surveillance of China's Uyghur minority, I went on the Intercepted podcast https://theintercept.com/2021/02/03/intercepted-china-uyghur-muslim-surveillance-police/ and on Talk East Turkestan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUdpX7zqrKc and

I love how there aren't any tankies #inhere.

I wrote about millions of police files detailing the suffocating surveillance of China's Uyghur minority. https://theintercept.com/2021/01/29/china-uyghur-muslim-surveillance-police/

Some PROFESSIONAL news: I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve accepted a deputy editor position at Consumer Reports’ Digital Lab. I’ll be leading evolution of Security Planner, reporting on privacy and security, and working on digital rights investigations as part of a fantastic team.