Notices by Daniel Appelquist (torgo@mastodon.social), page 2

No, random person in a hi-viz vest that came to my door asking to read my meter, I am not going to let you in to my house.

Presented my intro remarks to the UN workshop on Technical Standards and Human Rights at #IETF123. Slides here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1h9VaRly3WVgMn0xE6tk_Aktlzvi_wFsvi6-ACca5YHM/edit?usp=sharing It's a bit of a summary of what we've done so far with wide review in the W3C, how we developed the Ethical Web Principles, what that has to do with Human Rights and why we even need to think about this topic in the first place. Spoiler: "Technology without ethics makes social inequality worse.” (Apologies to Ryan Gosling.)

Putting together some slides for tomorrow's UN workshop on Human Rights & Standards at #IETF123: "Shifting Left on Human Rights."

The issue with digital identity is that people don’t have a single, unified identity. Identity, like many things, is a social construct, not part of some natural order. As a dual national, I'm acutely aware that when and how I assert an identity credential, or characteristic, depends on context. Therefore, digital systems that help us assert these identities must be responsive to people’s contextual needs and under their control. Otherwise, we’re just building more surveillance tools.

Giving money to Planned Parenthood.

I'm very pleased to report that I have been elected to the W3C Advisory Board (@ab), and I'll be starting my official term in July! https://www.w3.org/news/2025/w3c-advisory-committee-elects-advisory-board/

As a result, I’ll also be stepping down from the W3C Technical Architecture Group (@tag) — a group I’ve had the honor of co-chairing for the past 12 years.

In the AB, I'll be contributing to the W3C in a different way — helping to ensure the governance, process, and strategic direction meet the needs of the wider web community.

@_elena @fediverse https://fedidb.com is one place.

@_elena I also found https://fediverse.observer/stats

@_elena also pinging @andypiper.

@_elena sources for info are thin on the ground. @evan might have some pointers?

Good that Canada rejected the outright fascist. 🇨🇦

Third party cookies need to go. https://w3ctag.github.io/web-without-3p-cookies/

Lord save me from "how did we do?" emails? I bought a loaf of bread. It was good. There's nothing more I would like to share. There is no need for additional data collection, measurement, sentiment analysis, or follow-up. It was bread. It performed its one job admirably. Please let me eat in peace without contributing to your OKRs.

Today is F day … when I am scheduled to (finally) get "full fibre" to my front door. Will it be fulfilling? Or will it be a flop?

A web browser should *NEVER* be able to look inside your clipboard without an explicit user action (such as ctrl-v). Honestly, this should not be a controversial statement. Microsoft Edge is one of the browsers that ships this dangerous capability. Here is the dialog you need to hunt for to turn this API off.

The #fediverse is my main.

Happy federated New Year! 🥳

Some heroes do throw shakes. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/dec/16/victoria-thomas-bowen-threw-milkshake-nigel-farage-suspended-sentence

Today is a big day. The Ethical Web Principles has been published as a W3C Statement, meaning it’s now fully endorsed by the W3C. More info here: https://www.w3.org/news/2024/ethical-web-principles-is-a-w3c-statement/ #EthicalWebPrinciples These principles already have started to influence the development of web specifications percolating through the W3C, both directly and via other guidelines docs like the Design Principles and Privacy Principles. Kudos to @hadleybeeman, @rhiaro and the rest of the @tag.

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