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RE: 1 BILLION
It is interesting from a sociological perspective that some people will go to great lengths to explain how big 1+ billion is in the context of Elon Musk or Mark Zuckerberg having too much money, yet will consider similar numbers to be trivial in the matter of filtering daily content uploads to seek evidence of…
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Ofcom’s quest to censor the world | spiked
[Ofcom] wants, it seems, pre-emptive powers to block access to sites operating anywhere in the world, should they be deemed harmful to people in the UK. This is authoritarian nonsense on any number of levels. For one thing, it moves noticeably towards a Great British Firewall, like that used in China. We should also worry…
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When I started password cracking in 1991, using all available computer resources of a small university I could manage about 200 guesses per second
Nowadays we do billions of guesses per second on modern laptops, not even particularly high-end ones; so when this person gets one token every four seconds for a 2.8 TRILLION parameter LLM, using AN OLD MACBOOK PRO, to me it suggests that local LLMs will soon be everywhere:
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New York puts accuracy minimums for age assurance into effect with SAFE for Kids Act | Biometric Update
The linked blog is a massive https://www.biometricupdate.com/202607/new-york-puts-accuracy-minimums-for-age-assurance-into-effect-with-safe-for-kids-act
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India App Censorship Leads To Own Goal, Streisand Effect, Ofcom To Take Note, Please| Rahul Matthan
The I4C takedown order that requires GitHub to delete Bitchat’s code repositories not only rests on shaky law — it bans a piece of software because of what it might one day be used to do. Not only is this unfounded in law, it has backfired in ways that the Government did not anticipate. https://rahulmatthan.com/ex-machina/2026/488.-own-goal/
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US Gov’t threatens sanctions on China for Open Source LLMs “because distillation is a cyber attack”
https://x.com/SecScottBessent/status/2080008411790368895?s=20
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The Huggingface Dilemma
Sigh. https://www.wired.com/story/openai-models-escaped-containment-and-hacked-huggingface
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Apple Defeats Liability for Not Scanning iCloud for CSAM, But the Judge Was Not Pleased-Amy v. Apple | Eric Goldman
The opinion downplays the encryption angle; it mentions encryption only twice, as if it’s an afterthought. However, encryption is the critical attribute underlying Apple’s moves. Forcing Apple to scan for CSAM in iCloud means breaking end-to-end encryption for everyone and all purposes, including: malefactors who would intercept private files for criminal purposes; and government actors…
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EU Exempts Apple Watch and AirPods [and iPhone] From Battery Removal Requirement [due to water resistance & safety]
The “right to repair” folk will be upset, but here’s a further thought: If “water resistance” is legitimate grounds for sidestepping “right to repair”, perhaps “hacker & abuse resistance” can be valid grounds to sidestep “interoperability”? https://mjtsai.com/blog/2026/07/17/eu-exempts-apple-watch-and-airpods-from-battery-removal-requirement/
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I was waiting for this: House of Lords / Baroness Royall: “Algorithms Killed Ann Widdecombe”
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/lords/?id=2026-07-14a.524.6#g531.1
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