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UK government ignites debate over privacy vs. safety #noplacetohide
https://www.computerworld.com/article/3647369/uk-government-ignites-debate-over-privacy-vs-safety.html
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Technology analyst @BenedictEvans noted that “end-to-end encryption is probably the only issue where the entire tech industry is on Facebook’s side”. “Collective reaction: ‘Jesus, do we have to explain this *again*?’”, he tweeted. #noplacetohide
Also… “M&C Saatchi’s support to partners includes PR and communications advice to work towards the shared goal of protecting children online.” https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/encryption-government-campaign-home-office-b1995605.html …so, offline, somehow the @ukhomeoffice doesn’t care and would let them starve, be bullied, whatever…?
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Home Office to spearhead anti-encryption public comms campaign
Ciaran Martin, the founding chief executive of the GCHQ-based National Cyber Security Centre, has previously voiced concern and scepticism about government’s rhetoric on encryption and its proposals for means of access, which he indicated in a speech given in November could “weaken privacy and cybersecurity, possibly catastrophically”. Martin, who ended a 23-year civil-service career in
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BBC News: New campaign aims to stop more encrypted apps
Ciaran Martin, the former head of the National Cyber Security Centre, in a speech in November said the idea that it was possible both have well-functioning end-to-end-encryption and give law enforcement targeted access to messages was “technological ‘cakeism’”. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/59964656
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The @ukhomeoffice-funded #NoPlaceToHide campaign claims that “14 million reports” of child abuse may be “lost” if @Messenger implements #endtoendencryption. Here’s a horrible thought …
The NoPlaceToHide campaign is bandying a huge number — 14,000,000 — as the number of “reports” of child abuse that “could” be “lost” if the Facebook Messenger application implements end-to-end encryption by default. This number — as cited — comes from the (US) National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, also known as NCMEC (pronounced:
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Can a @Messenger Application with #EndToEndEncryption provide a #BackDoor for #LawEnforcement access to message content? #noplacetohide
Perhaps regrettably, no, it cannot. The whole point of end-to-end-encryption is that messages cannot & will not be read by someone the sender did not intend. Any app which makes messages available for third-party oversight, isn’t end-to-end secure. For slightly more technical discussion, see this blog post. But what about warranted access? See this blog
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FAQ regarding #noplacetohide — Given that @WhatsApp, @SignalApp & others all have #endtoendencryption, then why is @ukhomeoffice so upset about @Messenger adopting #E2EE ?
Answer The goal is to make an example of Facebook in order to put a brake on other applications deploying E2EE at scale; if Messenger has robust end-to-end encryption then the feature practically becomes an obligatory tickbox for all other and future messenger applications to adopt. This will represent a loss of capability for state
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“New [Government] campaign aims to stop more encrypted apps” – so @BBCNews gets the headline mostly right, emphasis mine. #noplacetohide
Hammer, meet nail… A new government-backed campaign is calling on tech giants to stop rolling out end-to-end-encryption (E2EE). Messaging apps like WhatsApp and Signal already use E2EE, and Meta plans to deploy it in Facebook Messenger, but the No Place to Hide campaign says it makes it harder to detect child abuse. When messages are
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Harrison Bergeron, Software Engineer
As Neil Brown elegantly puts it — This question boils down to “should organisations be required to design and operate services in a way which maximises the potential for surveillance?” Challenge Response
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A note about using application “risk profiles” to improve online safety for children #NSPCC
A quick note for the lovely people at @NSPCC_Press: It's a lot more risky to throw a punch at Conor McGregor than at a typical guy down the pub. This exemplifies why "risk profiles" are generally tied to (a) behaviours & (b) capabilities, of "actors" in an model As such "risk profiles" are heavily individualised
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Reactions and foreshadowings of #noplacetohide (“live” blog post, will update occasionally)
My commentaries will be picked-out in blue blocks like this; obviously I don’t necessarily agree with anything that is quoted on this page… Andy Burrows, NSPCC Interesting to see NSPCC kick-off with the assumption that online anonymity (not to mention: totalitarianism and political/religious/gender oppression) is “not a thing” and therefore it is reasonable to gatekeep
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Why we need #EndToEndEncryption and why it’s essential for our safety, our children’s safety, and for everyone’s future #noplacetohide
Privacy-enabling technologies like End-to-End Encryption are under threat from Governments that want to undermine peoples’ ability to have a private conversation. This has been underway for many years. Having been previously framed around “drugs” and “terrorism” the current round of attacks is focused especially upon child safety, with the co-operation of concerned but misguided and