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Russian lawmakers say ‘security threat’ WhatsApp should prepare to leave Russia | …EU to follow suit by 2027
Russian lawmakers say ‘security threat’ WhatsApp should prepare to leave Russia https://www.reuters.com/business/russian-lawmakers-say-security-threat-whatsapp-should-prepare-leave-russia-2025-07-18/
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Wikimedia Foundation Challenges UK Online Safety Act Regulations | Wikimedia Foundation
For example, the Foundation would be required to verify the identity of many Wikipedia contributors, undermining the privacy that is central to keeping Wikipedia volunteers safe. https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2025/07/17/wikimedia-foundation-challenges-uk-online-safety-act-regulations/
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Cloudflare Blocking Access to Internet Piracy Websites in the UK | ISPreview UK
Of course it’s inevitable that UK Government will go after (and tamper with) intermediaries of any sort in order to further their attempts to control online communication. This is why age verification and client-side scanning also both present risks to secure communication. https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2025/07/cloudflare-blocking-access-to-internet-piracy-websites-in-the-uk.html#google_vignette
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It’s probably a good thing that nobody cares about rail transport in the United States…
…otherwise we would be hearing about this story for months. Nonetheless, we are probably still going to have people in government screaming about “banning software defined radios” because they think that is how cybersecurity works: US railroad industry’s outdate radio protocol is vulnerable | The Register https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/14/train_brakes_flaw/
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Clause Day: “Everyone losing their minds over an entirely standard clause in a tech provider’s T&Cs / EULA day”; also known as Fine Print Friday. Via @katebevan
This is a much needed neologism within the online security community. If you have bluesky access it links through to a fairly funny thread.
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July 15th 1991: 34 years ago I published the first “modern” password cracker…
…or, rather, smeared its development over a few months in response to requests from Unix systems administrators all over the globe – on the Internet and/or several other networks. It was a spark that still glows, but also helped inform the way Infosec developed as a discipline, notably arguments about full disclosure. Gosh I feel…
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The Gist: Age Verification is an Epic fail
From the 21st July 2025, Ireland’s regulator will be enforcing age checks at the door for social media sites in the EU. This is the Gist. https://www.thegist.ie/the-gist-age-verification-is-an-epic-fail
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The most pernicious misinformation story to be found on the Internet is the presumption that government is somehow in control of defining what people can say on it, or use it for…
Governments may lead public discourse, but not drive it:
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Jess Miers on Bluesky and Age Verification: “why no pushback?”
Thread: “I completely understand bluesky’s hand being forced to comply in the UK … But I also agree that there was an opportunity here for [BS] to at least push back on the rhetoric and highlight that age verification makes its users LESS safe.”
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Bluesky, Britain, Age-Verification, Age-Attestation, and Railway Trains | …what child-protection measures British Civil Society *ought* to be demanding
A friend/peer asked me “What are you going to do about Bluesky’s announcement of Age Verification?” as recently described in the Verge — and this is my response: At the moment I am going with “point and laugh, loudly” because if you pick a side then various self-righteous twerps will either chide you for not…
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Bluesky is rolling out age verification in the UK | The Verge
When you stop being able to DM me on Bluesky, this will be why: https://www.theverge.com/news/704468/bluesky-age-verification-uk-online-safety-act
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Bishop of San Bernardino excuses Catholics from mass if they are at risk from ICE
Wow, this is like something from the 1500s: Ref: https://www.vatican.va/archive/cod-iuris-canonici/eng/documents/cic_lib1-cann35-93_en.html https://www.vatican.va/archive/cod-iuris-canonici/eng/documents/cic_lib4-cann1244-1253_en.html