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Woman, Mother, Principal Engineer at Google. Previous: Mozilla, Yahoo, co-chair of W3C Privacy CG. Tweets are my own. Pronunciation: thun-vee.

Joined April 2012
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Today on twitter…
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Yes, we have to think very carefully about whether we are over dressed or under dressed for each occasion - and for each level. I still haven’t figured it out. When in doubt, I’ve started to 🤷🏻‍♀️ and pick what feels most like me. That’s when I feel most confident anyway.
We say we don't have a dress code in tech and we pretend to have an inclusive culture but in fact we do and this dress code and culture disproportionately affects women.
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Last week I took on a new role as a Principal Engineer for Search Data Protection & Policy at Google. I’m excited to take on new privacy and security challenges, as I stay focused on the user. Yesterday was my first day actually in an office in a long time. It felt energizing.
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This testimony is worth listening to. I don’t claim to know the backstory, but I do appreciate that Mudge highlighted the need for regulation. Privacy & security engineers can’t do this alone, from the ground up. We need regulation to back us up. Globally. judiciary.senate.gov/meeting…
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“My understanding is that one of the reasons the French CNIL is more feared is that they dig in technically and go towards more quantitative results that are less easy for organizations to sort of wordsmith around”, Mudge says in response to a question from Senator Hirono.
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Edit: informed regulation!
"Closing time, every new beginning Comes from some other beginning's end"
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Thanks to all of you who have stuck with me as I switched out of my privsec context for a bit. I'll save the rest of my musical thoughts for @TanviGrooves for those who are interested 🎶
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“Sometimes, all I think about is you Late nights in the middle of June Heat waves been faking me out Can't make you happier now Road shimmer Wiggling the vision Heat heat waves I'm swimming in a mirror”
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“I let the melody shine, let it cleanse my mind, I feel free now”
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“Sometimes it's hard to keep on running We work so hard to keep it going Don't make me want to give up Running running as fast as we can Do you think we'll make it We're running, keep holding my hand So we don't get separated”
“Well, the years start comin and they don't stop comin Fed to the rules and I hit the ground runnin Didn't make sense not to live for fun Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb”
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Missed a few days; cleaning the garage and preparing for a fresh start. 9 days to go! “This ones for u and me, living out our dreams We're all right where we should be With my arms out wide, I open my eyes And now all I wanna see Is a sky full of lighters A sky full of lighters”
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“Just like fire, burning up the way If I can light the world up for just one day… Just like magic, I'll be flying free I'ma disappear when they come for me I kick that ceiling, what you gonna say? No one can be just like me any way Just like fire, fire”
“You've got to get yourself together You've got stuck in a moment And now you can't get out of it Don't say that later will be better Now you're stuck in a moment And you can't get out of it…
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And if the night runs over And if the day won't last And if your way should falter Along the stony paths… It's just a moment This time will pass”
“We didn't start the fire It was always burning, since the world's been turning We didn't start the fire No, we didn't light it, but we tried to fight it”
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“We are all just prisoners here, of our own device”
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“Power and the money, money and the power Minute after minute, hour after hour Everybody's runnin', but half of them ain't lookin' It's goin' on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin'”
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“You've got the music in you Don't let go You've got the music in you One dance left This world is gonna pull through Don't give up You've got a reason to live Can't forget We only get what we give This whole damn world could fall apart You'll be okay, follow your heart”
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