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Today in Nerdiness: this doesn’t mean what I reflexively interpreted it to mean.
Although my interpretation works for me.
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OMG this is an emotional rollercoaster: “Our cybersecurity ‘industry best practices’ keep allowing breaches” – but @allengwinn has got at least one thing right about cybersecurity
So there is this posting at The Hill. And it’s terrible. But also insightful. And all of my cyberfriends are focusing on the former, and not looking at where the latter might be pointing. It’s got this: And it’s got this: And this is likely a recipe for disaster: But it’s also got this: I…
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A vision of the future: #CyberSumptuary Laws — who will and will not be permitted to use encryption or to have online privacy? #CyberNobility, #CyberPeasantry, #KnightsTale & #HeathLedger (HT @heyfeifer)
A few days ago I was listening to Build For Tomorrow, a podcast by Jason Feifer which specialises in debunking the myth that the world is in a permanent state of decline, that society is getting worse, etc; it’s a wonderful podcast in a bunch of ways, but it especially appeals to those of us…
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Now: #Canada proposes to regulate popular Twitter accounts
In ~2011 I gave a cybersecurity end-of-term lecture at Shrivenham Defence Academy, citing @stephenfry as a exemplar in this argument regarding censorship. Now: #Canada proposes to regulate popular Twitter accounts: https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/minister-suggests-with-bill-c-10-regulations-could-apply-to-accounts-with-a-large-enough-following-1.5419170 #OnlineHarms #OnlineSafetyBill Incidentally, the next few slides / answer to the question, are: Canadian Minister @s_guilbeault : “Don’t worry, we don’t mean *you*.” Not…
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“Messenger Interoperability” : a largely terrible, illiberal, misconceived idea which — on the other hand — if implemented in the least terrible way, would stop any lingering capability to monitor or filter end-to-end encrypted messengers
I was on a E2EE conference Zoom-call yesterday, run by the Stanford mob and discussing combatting political misinformation on end-to-end-secure messenger platforms. There were some (IMHO) constructive solutions proposed, such as: “tip-lines” community engagement with influencers reddit/slack-bot like “vaxbots” (“you appear to be repeating some misinformation re: Covid, here are some links to sites which…
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Welcome to the Online Regulation Analogy Collection
Unrolled: Welcome to the Online Regulation Analogy Collection: speech as everything that it isn’t (and certainly not as the freedom that underpins all other freedoms). Prompted by the ever-lengthening list of analogies invoked to justify why a discretionary regulator should take control of what we say online. #OnlineHarms #OnlineSafetyBill Speech is not a protruding nail…
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Conversations with @bricksilk / David Anderson QC
A couple of threads: Hi David! I work with various civil society organisations re: end-to-end encryption, having formerly been an engineer at both FB & SunMicrosystems. I know that it's dangerous to argue by analogy in this space, but I would be interested to know your perspective on the following: In the USA alone, provision…
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A Wolf in Child-Protection’s Clothing: “This legislation should not be interpreted as prohibiting or weakening end-to-end encryption” — it’s amazing to see Governments framing future attacks upon end-to-end encryption, by simply denying that they are…
Take a look at the attached, and think about not the words that it says, but the outcomes of infrastructures which would be needed in order for them to be implemented: all images which are shared on social media, will need to be checked against registers of “prohibited content” and matches will have to be…
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So the Prime Minister’s phone number leaked; what could possibly go wrong? (recap thread)
The Prime Minister uses both WhatsApp & Signal, and presumably appreciates the benefits of end-to-end encrypted communication. Unless the UK moves towards a "one rule for politicians, another for everyone else"-approach, if Boris can have end-to-end encrypted crypto, so can we. In case you're not aware, the Prime Minister's excessively-old phone number just leaked, online,…