Joseph Lorenzo Hall, PhD

joebeone@techpolicy.social

I help government get tech right and tech get governance rightDistinguished Technologist at the Internet Society. Former Chief Technologist at the Center for Democracy & Technology, Princeton CITP, NYU, with graduate studies at UC Berkeley's School of Information and the Astronomy Department. <a href="https://josephhall.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://josephhall.org/</a> (he/him)

Posts

Post #4419923
goddamn this is excellent: "Moving Forward from Hot Fable Summer" - by Alex Stamos https://alexstamos.com/p/moving-forward-from-hot-fable-summer
Post #4338413
Is there a recent treatise on software products liability law in the USA? My knowledge is probably ten years out of date...
Post #4290237
if I ever use the word &quot;juncture&quot;, you’ll know an alien has snatched my body
Post #4290236
&quot;What policy makers need to know about AI safety and security&quot; by EKR https://educatedguesswork.org/posts/ai-security-policymakers/ full paper: https://educatedguesswork.org/assets/ai-security-policy.pdf
Post #4290235
ISOC Ghana urges policy reforms to expand community networks and bridge rural digital divide - MyJoyOnline https://www.myjoyonline.com/isoc-ghana-urges-policy-reforms-to-expand-community-networks-and-bridge-rural-digital-divide/
Post #4290234
People are about to learn the hard way that &quot;air-gapping&quot; is a remarkably fragile load-bearing concept
Post #4290233
First all-woman a cappella group to take the world championship, Girls Quartet. Their winning song: &quot;Mothers and Daughters&quot; https://youtu.be/237MVL5y8ac (worth the six minutes)
Post #4256639
Oof: "The Second Derivative: Why No One Understands the AI Boom" https://www.groundbrkr.com/p/the-second-derivative-why-no-one
Post #4256459
When the Lights Went Out: What the Iberian Blackout Taught Us About Internet Resilience | ISOC Pulse https://pulse.internetsociety.org/en/blog/2026/07/when-the-lights-went-out-what-the-iberian-blackout-taught-us-about-internet-resilience/
Post #4256251
Can a content delivery network be a "public electronic communications network"? Italy's AGCOM says yes. We think that's wrong—legally and technically—and the stakes reach well beyond Italy. 🧵 1/5
Post #4152690
Alex Stamos made a great point on the Big Technology Podcast that I’d generalize: technology is increasingly putting tools of mass destruction, and mass creation, into individuals’ hands. We are nowhere near ready for the responsibility that kind of power requires.
Post #4116087
are there any fucking trauma shares that random airports will not confiscate? just had my favorite pair of confiscated in the Vienna airport because it was 1 cm over. Total bullshit.
Post #4073300
The Fourth Circuit Says Border Agents Can Search Your Phone By Hand, No Suspicion Required | Electronic Frontier Foundation https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/fourth-circuit-says-border-agents-can-search-your-phone-hand-no-suspicion-required
Post #4072244
Honored to be featured in the @CenDemTech@techpolicy.social Alumni Spotlight series. My years there shaped how I approach policy technology: combining technical depth with principled pragmatism to build lasting real-world impact. https://cdt.org/insights/cdt-alumni-spotlight-joe-hall/ 1/3
Post #3918808
Want to help protect the future of Wikipedia? The Wikimedia Endowment Board is looking for At-Large Directors with financial or fundraising expertise. Please share with anyone you think might be a good fit: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/wikimediaendowment/jobs/4226183?gh_src=0hpu1qso1us
Post #3895503
Nonprofits hold sensitive data and are actively targeted by adversaries and scammers. Steve Sharer (RipRap Security) and Tom Anderson (IT4Causes) hosted an excellent PIR/NTEN webinar on hardening these operational environments. Watch: https://youtu.be/Y1Y6B11v3cY
Post #3862079
Measuring Data Center Growth | ISOC Pulse https://pulse.internetsociety.org/en/blog/2026/07/measuring-data-center-growth/
Post #3847183
You can't bug fix your way out of the vulnpocalypse · Alex Gaynor https://alexgaynor.net/2026/jul/15/you-cant-bugfix-your-way-out-of-the-vulnpocalypse/
Post #3708505
With so much major Supreme Court and legal news dominating the headlines recently, you might have missed an important filing from late June. We joined CDT and OTI to file an amicus brief in CCIA v. Paxton before the US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2026/07/safety-over-bans-internet-society-challenges-app-store-age-verification/
Post #2792054
&quot;Dödens Maskätna Anlete&quot; by Vanhelgd https://youtube.com/watch?v=Wc2vkdMPDck
Post #2792053
Killing long-lived developer API and GPG keys was a massive victory for the architecture of the Internet. But attackers didn&#39;t just give up; they shifted their focus to our build pipelines. My latest post examines this structural threat shift: https://josephhall.org/blog/squeezing-the-balloon/ 1/5
Post #2792052
If you missed the information session for the Common Good Cyber Fund, the recording is now available on YouTube. Learn more about the program objectives, eligibility requirements, and the upcoming application window opening June 23rd. Watch here: https://youtu.be/AEYui3bpAaQ
Post #2740380
Demystifying RPKI-Invalid Prefixes: Hidden Causes and Real Risks — Internet Society Pulse https://pulse.internetsociety.org/en/blog/2026/05/demystifying-rpki-invalid-prefixes-hidden-causes-and-real-risks/
Post #2740379
At the Google EMEA Fraud Summit, Timo Wagenblatt brought the perfect Swiss analogy to defense-in-depth. Securing the Internet takes complementary layers of protection, much like Swiss cheese, where each slice covers the holes of the last.
Post #2740378
&quot;ArXiv to Ban Researchers for a Year if They Submit AI Slop&quot; by Sam Cole at 404media https://www.404media.co/new-arxiv-rules-ai-generated-papers-ban/
Post #2740377
Friend soon to be stationed in Djibouti. Trying so hard to get all the jokes out of our collective system... almost impossible task
Post #2740376
&quot;How RightsCon Is an Unexpected Stress Test for the Multistakeholder Model of Internet Governance&quot; - Sally Wentworth, CEO Internet Society https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2026/05/how-rightscon-is-an-unexpected-stress-test-for-the-multistakeholder-model-of-internet-governance/
Post #2740375
I believe it&#39;s time to dance!!! … &quot;FROZEN&quot; by LOVE OBJECT (Single) https://youtube.com/watch?v=IYNYc-WNgOY
Post #2740374
Btw, a potentially helpful custom Gemini instruction for creating accessible alt-text
Post #2740373
Why it might not make sense for you to own a self-driving car https://www.understandingai.org/p/why-it-might-not-make-sense-for-you