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UK porn watchers could have faces scanned – BBC News | how to teach a generation of young Britons to use dodgy VPNs
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-67615719
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“It would be most advisable in the context of this discussion. if the so-called security expert academic community would revert back to their irrelevance and stop with fear mongering.” #eIDAS #QWACs
A comment on this post. Unsurprising to find it coming from Belgium.
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CAMPAIGN: Let’s get the Australian eSafety Office to fix the stale misinformation about #Encryption on its website
So the Australian eSafety Commissioner is running a campaign for the #16Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children; to this end they are promoting a checklist/guide they’ve created for people who need to take back control over their privacy. The categories of advice seem sensible: Reading the actual text gives me slight…
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Sunday Morning is: toddler investigating cause-and-effect with the light switch
NIGHT-NIGHT DADDY! MORNING DADDY! NIGHT-NIGHT DADDY! etc…
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My thermostat requires genuine alkaline AA batteries…
I flatly refuse to move to any kind of IoT solution for core household infrastructure, and so far the devices and RF protocols that I use have survived the death of at least two major online thermostat offerings. I’ve had the same system in place since ~2008 and the only thing that I have done…
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#Sikh activist accuses #India of ‘transnational terrorism’ after US foils plot to kill him | you must wonder: if the Indian government obtains the backdoor it demands in WhatsApp, how many more people it would kill?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/22/us-thwarts-plot-to-kill-sikh-separatist-and-issues-diplomatic-warning-to-india
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BREAKING: leaked document from MEPs lays out a delusional, paranoid joint (mis)understanding of how Web standards work, makes demands for Government, not experts, to dictate how Web works / for HTTPS backdoor #QWACs
This document is circulating amongst European security academics. It is a shockingly bad basis for legislation; I was robustly anti-brexit but this makes me glad that we in the UK are “out”, not that Brexit improves matters because it still means that any global communication with an EU website may have its security and integrity…
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New Zealand smoking ban: Health experts criticise new government’s shock reversal | I was not aware that NZ had dropped the rolling smoking ban. The UK currently persists.
For some reason this reminds me of Australia surprisingly backing down on some oppressive tech legislation and letting the UK go first. Can’t think why. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-67540190 Previously: https://digitalrightswatch.org.au/2023/08/31/campaign-win-against-age-verification/
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Inhaled isopropyl alcohol for nausea & vomiting in the emergency department
Something I learned from TikTok & which I have done considerable recent testing: dry retching antibiotics & infection. Isopropyl alcohol. This works for me. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6189884/#:~:text=Inhaled%20isopropyl%20alcohol%20provides%20a,continued%20short%2Dlasting%20nausea%20relief.