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The Misinformation-Outrage Cycle, Part 1: “There are no Yankees here!” | …another Teri Kanefield post that I wish I had read sooner…
…although I recommend not taking it uncritically; there are (e.g.) elements of whistleblower adulation in there which I don’t feel are worthy. But it’s good, thoughtful stuff. https://terikanefield.com/can-democracy-work-in-america-part-1-there-are-no-yankees-here/
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Apple says UK could ‘secretly veto’ global privacy tools | …The Home Office said … that it also had to keep the country safe [from people being TOO secure]
The problem — from the Home Office’s point of view — is that they want people to be safe online, but not so safe that they cannot be hacked or surveilled by the Home Office. Alas, reality does not work this way. There’s no reliable way to have an “it’s okay, you’re being hacked by
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The Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill: further changes are still needed to ensure user trust and safety, and to mitigate potential conflicts of law
Too right; British exceptionalism is attempting to put the entire internet’s security at risk. Alas, I have not yet found an analysis of how it went in the Lords, yesterday: We are of the view that the proposed changes will exacerbate conflicts of law, hinder technological advancements aimed at improving consumer privacy, integrity and security,
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Wire a computer to a radio & a satellite dish, download free weather maps & imagery from space…
Weather Satellite Images. Do NOT post weather images except if they’re taken from a satellite. WeFax is fine. No SSTV pictures except from the ISS. https://www.facebook.com/groups/Satellite.apt.group/?ref=share
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Internet Standards Almanac | …pretty and interesting/ish, but I find it clumsy to explore & lacking in opinionation
…for instance, ITU-T and the description of this project: The elements proposed in the “New IP” model may undermine the interoperability, security, and governance of existing IP-based networks. … I’d like to see far more strongly phrased. Nonetheless, the website is worth a look. The Internet Standards Almanac is a guide for engaging in the
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Bugs in our pockets: the risks of client-side scanning
Nice to see this 2021 paper updated and properly published so that anti-privacy academics can stop ignoring its existence despite the god-tier authorship. Our increasing reliance on digital technology for personal, economic, and government affairs has made it essential to secure the communications and devices of private citizens, businesses, and governments. This has led to
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(2018) “Government regulation is not something to fear. Regulation doesn’t stifle innovation.” | …just a little reminder that sometimes even the great and the good will get it wrong
I suppose that someone will say “not all regulation” or “we didn’t mean it like that”, but yes, alas, yes you did.
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Meta tool to block nude images in teens’ private messages | …note, since this does not report outwards this is not client-side scanning, no more than a spellchecker would be
The test of Client-Side Scanning (CSS) is: …the answers (for CSS) to which are: “yes”, “no”, and “any non-participant”, respectively. Something mandatory which is scanning for & reporting CSAM on behalf of “society” is CSS. Whereas Grammarly is “maybe/yes/the participant” is not CSS. Something which nudges you with “this selfie you just took has a
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You learn some weird stuff on Instagram… and this is exceptional
Instantly Converting Atrial Fibrillation into Sinus Rhythm by a Digital Rectal Exam on a 29-year-Old Male: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21769254/
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British man acquitted over London-Spain flight bomb hoax | …SnapChat leaking messages to security services & supporting KOSA? Not a good combo for user privacy | HT @rebeccamkern
SnapChat must* be surveilling their non-encrypted chats (i.e. all of them, but they travel over HTTPS for privacy) & triggering on sensitive words, either on-server or on-client, reporting to law enforcement who then over-react … PLUS they announced support for the illiberal & misconceived KidsOnlineSafetyAct. The two, combined, are not a great indicator for how
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UK tabloid media seems hellbent upon resurrecting the myth of “red rooms” (i.e. “dark web snuff movies”) even though there is no such phenomenon
I’ve had The BBC and The Sun contact me in the past few weeks, and it seems that others are trying to keep the groundless tech-fearmongering going. Quoting the Reddit Deep Web FAQ: Red rooms are fake. One more time, say it with me: “Red rooms are fake”. To this day, not one single person
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The Rust community are lovely but they definitely are worthy of the snark…
we will also reveal the details about CVE-2024-0853. A severity low issue (that would not have been avoided by us using another language) https://mastodon.social/@bagder/111840075114342229