What Freedom.gov's privacy posture actually got right

I did a deep-dive analysis of the Freedom.gov launch from a privacy and security angle, and it's genuinely interesting — a rare case where a government platform publicly commits to strong privacy and security defaults.

The details are in the blog post, but the short version: when the incentives align (CISA guidance, user trust), government sites can set a bar that rivals the private sector.

Happy to discuss the methodology too — it's a useful checklist for auditing any public platform.

I wrote this up in more detail in the full blog post — The Launch of Freedom.gov: A Deep Dive into Privacy, Security, and Global Internet Access — with the deeper context, data, and code. Give it a read if you're curious.