LinkLocker

neveragain.tech is a pledge signed by employees of tech companies who are concerned about the immigration policies of the incoming presidential administration. The signatories of the pledge are committing themselves to honor safe and sane data retention practices, and generally not to take part in facilitating the creation of databases used for identifying individuals for targeting by the US government on grounds of race, religion, or national provenance. As of the moment I'm writing this, 2,288 tech employees have signed on. I have also signed it. Since I'm the managing partner of the LLC that runs LinkLocker, it's safe to say that our company as a whole has committed to these precepts and practices.

There has never been a more perfect time to start being proactive about privacy than this moment, right now, at the end of 2016. The surveillance state is out of control—and it's currently being overseen by a relatively sane administration. Just think about how a Trump presidency might want to put to use the vast troves of personal data about you and your interests. A number of thoughts come to mind, and there isn't a pretty one in the bunch.

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I'm very excited to announce that we are launching the site officially next week (I'm going to keep the exact date under my hat just a little while longer, in case some disastrous bug or server explosion should cause an unexpected delay). I am very excited about this. And that is an understatement.

The Safari Extension is now available for installation. We hope it will be listed on the Safari Extensions Gallery at some point, but their submissions and approval process is something of a black box. Who knows?

This release implements a different & more secure method for exporting user data, and fixes a critical account management bug. More info below the fold.