#law-and-regulation
9 posts
2026 - November
1 postTikTok Technically Doesn't Comply with Brazilian Law (LGPD/Felca). Here's Why
I analyzed TikTok version 47.7.1 with REA: the app doesn't spy on the rest of your phone, but it builds a persistent, encrypted fingerprint of the device, re-sends your identifiers, measures how you touch and hold the phone, and logs everything you do inside it. I explain why DNS blocking or modifying the app doesn't solve it, why the only way out today is isolating TikTok on a secondary phone or a separate profile, how the app gives the US and Europe a treatment Brazil doesn't get, and where it clashes with Brazil's LGPD and the Lei Felca, with the ANPD having already fined ByteDance.
2026 - August
3 postsSurvival Guide for a Censored Internet
From the X block to a sentence enhancement for using a VPN: Brazil is rehearsing real censorship. A three-phase guide (commercial VPN, step-by-step self-hosted VPN, and obfuscated protocols) to keep your communications alive while it is still possible.
Understanding Anthropic's AI Watermark: How to Beat It
Claude now stamps everything it writes with an invisible statistical watermark, a requirement of European AI law. How it works, what the AI Act demands, and the rewrite in another LLM that wipes the signal.
Understanding the Brazilian Censorship of Discord and the Digital ECA Law
Brazil's data protection authority ordered Discord to kill Go Live in the country because encryption prevents moderation. I break down the Naviraí case, the Felca Law, the clash with the LGPD, the new VPN sentence enhancer, and the dangerous precedent it all sets.
2026 - June
1 postThe Rio 3.5 LLM Controversy. Plagiarism?
Public evidence indicates that Rio 3.5’s initial checkpoint was a blend of Nex-N2-Pro and Qwen, without credit to Nex. The case points to an attribution failure, not legal plagiarism.
2014 - March
1 post[Off-Topic] Commenting on the Approved Marco Civil
Commenting on the approved Marco Civil text, the author considers network neutrality valid but criticizes costs, regulatory agencies, and mechanisms that would expand state access to private data.
2011 - February
1 post[Off-Topic] Demystifying the "Evil" Microsoft
While translating a libertarian defense of Microsoft in its antitrust case, the author argues that vague laws give government arbitrary power and that the company's dominance came from competition, not coercion.
2009 - August
1 post[Off-Topic] The Damn Regulation Law Is Back!
The author criticizes PLS 607/07 for restricting systems analyst jobs to degree holders, leaving enforcement unclear, and threatening self-taught developers and the free market.
2008 - April
1 postOff Topic: Let's All Stop the Regulation of the Systems Analyst Profession
The author criticizes regulating systems analysts by comparing software with high-risk professions. To him, degrees, councils, and bureaucracy do not guarantee quality and may still block good professionals.