Low information density posts about the Internet, the way that technologies shape it, and the people that do things to it.

Latest Posts

1. Everything you need to know about selective disclosure 21 Nov 2024 IETF W3C Identity Cryptography

   … and why it might not offer the answers to difficult identity questions as you might have hoped

2. Thoughts on TAG Design Reviews 21 Nov 2023 W3C TAG

   I am running for the W3C TAG election

3. Fraud, Abuse, Fingerprinting, Privacy, and Openness 23 Aug 2023 W3C Anti-Fraud Advertising Abuse Fingerprinting

   Why my bank is fingerprinting me and why that's fine.

4. Entropy and Privacy Analysis 27 May 2022 Information Theory Privacy W3C

   A discussion about the use of entropy and similar statistics in privacy analysis.

5. Bundling for the Web 26 Feb 2021 IETF W3C

   How hard could this possibly be?

6. Standardizing Principles 05 Jan 2021 IETF W3C

   The role of specifications in standards extends beyond a description of what happens when.

7. RFCs in HTML 18 Dec 2020 IETF HTML Visual Design

   The IETF has long made its specifications available on the web, but its official offerings for HTML are inferior to text.

8. Next Level Version Negotiation 11 Dec 2020 Protocol Design

   New insights regarding version negotiation mechanisms in protocols suggest that we have been doing it right, but only by accident.

9. Oblivious DoH 09 Dec 2020 DNS HTTP

   Thoughts on the recent announcement of Oblivious DoH support.

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