Rabbithole Roundup no. 1

Product and UX don’t need to be in conflict with privacy. Gabriel Valdivia’s case study for Tonic had a thoughtful approach to tailoring recommendations without resorting to tracking and storing user data. There was a framework to go along with it too:

Sensible products are data-prudent, mindful of their users’ time and attention, transparent, and give users top-level control of the experience.

Into the Bytecode #13 with Henri Stern talk balancing protocol-product and control vs convenience. Having and maintaining transparent communication about progressing toward decentralization.

I wish I didn’t need to think about this so often, but On Weaponised Design continues being relevant to recent events, both “good” and “bad”. A slightly depressing–but necessary–look at how design assumptions impact end user security.