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Thread by @ciaranmartinoxf on end-to-end encryption
Unrolled So here, with trepidation, I've ventured into the end-to-end encryption debate with a lecture earlier this month, published by @BlavatnikSchool? & a summary article for @prospect_uk 1/15 https://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/research/publications/end-end-encryption-fruitless-search-compromise The @prospect_uk article is here 2/15 https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/science-and-technology/ex-security-chief-ciaran-martin-gchq-government-encryption-plans-facebook-apple Brief summary of a summary: there is ill-will on all sides rather than a focus on the reasonable objectives
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It’s never going to be popular to tell people that saving innocent little children is *not* the most important big-picture thing for humanity — but it’s true (HT: @elegant_wallaby)
This is a long Twitter thread which can be accessed by starting with this tweet and working backwards. Introduction David / @Elegant_Wallaby writes powerfully in favour of addressing child safety concerns regarding end-to-end encrypted environments — concerns which are rooted in zero, none, a complete lack of data, but the online safety community considers that
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Prof @matthew_d_green on the recent thread by @elegant_wallaby
Some fragments worth saving, regarding defenders (proponents) of overblown online “think of the children” arguments to resist, delay, rethink, or backdoor deployment of end-to-end encryption… Part 1 [in context] — regarding “think of the children” On the other hand, this particular argument actually *is* being used to some extent as a pressure tactic to delay
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The stupid thing about all the “Meta / Facebook Messenger Delaying End-to-End #Encryption” stories, is that… FB are not delaying it. The article misrepresents what was written. It is fake news, it worked, and we all got pwned. #e2ee #endtoendencryption
So it’s all over the information security and online safety spaces. And it’s wrong. Timeline: Part 1 Facebook’s Antigone Davis wrote this in the Telegraph — regrettably paywalled, but I obtained access in order to go have a look: We’re taking our time to get this right and we don’t plan to finish the global
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It’s really disappointing when journalists, activists, academics & pundits dismiss the elderly as incapable users
I’m on Twitter, pointing out something which I consider to be so obvious as to be a truism: that a lot of our concerns about “online tracking” actually stand upon the behaviour of a bunch of code — and that rather than legislate and prosecute (etc) in order to regain privacy, we should instead simply
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QUESTION: What crimes are easier to commit when there is no end-to-end encryption of messenger systems; and what opportunities are lost?
I was asked this question, and it’s a good one, speaking clearly to “what is the value proposition of robust end-to-end encryption that is worthy of the name?” I have written on an abstract level on this topic before, but my questioner is looking for a concrete checklist so I am hastily thrashing out some
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My father was born in 1919; he told me that when he was a small boy in the late 1920s/early 1930s, his parents rationed access to the family crystal set radio in case it “disrupted sleep” or he encountered “improper influences”, per newspaper fears
It’s funny how nothing changes, really — except now the goal is to get the newspaper’s competitors to enumerate, identify & “protect” all their “new” media consumers. Because “safety” is a great cover story to obtain mass surveillance by via a morally irreproachable (?) back door.
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Nur Sajat’s offence was to wear a baju kurung, the traditional long-sleeved outfit worn by Malay women, at a private religious ceremony she held in 2018
Your occasional reminder not to take freedoms for granted: In the eyes of the Malaysian authorities, Nur Sajat is considered male, and under Islamic law, a man cannot dress as a woman. Speaking to the BBC from Sydney, she said she had no choice but to flee, after being assaulted by officers from JAIS, the
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Judge Ian Lawrie said it was “extraordinary” the DNA evidence was still available to prove Shakespeare’s guilt after such a long time | “I didn’t realise you kept DNA banks that long,” he told the court
DNA “Fingerprints” are forever: A man has admitted raping an 18-year-old woman who was walking her dog on a footpath more than 30 years ago.…The case featured on the BBC’s Crimewatch programme in 2008, but despite a huge number of calls from the public, no one was ever charged. Shakespeare was caught after a DNA
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“EU’s Latest Internet Regulatory Madness: Destroying Internet Security With Its Digital Identity Framework” # if you’re not following both @MMasnick & @TechDirt, you should be
Article Link https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20211113/00304047929/eus-latest-internet-regulatory-madness-destroying-internet-security-with-digital-identity-framework.shtml