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Crossed wires derailed a UK child abuse case for months | The Register | Two botched police CSAM raids on innocent persons because literally crossed wires
…police burst through AFG’s door, only to find SPR and FYC in attendance … Police seized devices from the property and took them away for analysis, which yielded no findings of [CSAM] … an engineer carrying out maintenance on a street cabinet serving both properties eight years earlier crossed two wires, which meant that Individual
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The Ofcom Tea Party: 4Chan Lawyer publishes Ofcom correspondence, British regulator claims “sovereign immunity” to defend itself – and sovereign powers to regulate foreign companies
Ofcom — driven by the letter of British law that they are bound to follow, but still Ofcom — are quietly making Britain look (a) very silly and (b) as if we haven’t yet shucked-off the American Revolution, let alone colonialism. What’s Happened Now? Preston Byrne, lawyer for 4Chan, has published the (apparently full) correspondence
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Microsoft’s OneDrive Begins Testing Face-Recognizing AI for Photos (for Some Preview Users) | Slashdot | …and: “You can only turn off this setting 3 times a year”
Oh FFS, if this turns out to be a legitimate report it’s going to be a nightmare in several different dimensions of stupidity, illiberality & regulatory posturing: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/10/11/0238213/microsofts-onedrive-begins-testing-face-recognizing-ai-for-photos-for-some-preview-users
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US State Department trawls social media for critics of Charlie Kirk, revokes visas…
Seems that the first amendment is being respected selectively: (thread) The State Department continues to identify visa holders who celebrated the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk. Here are just a few examples of aliens who are no longer welcome in the U.S.:
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“Unacceptable slur in record” — Bluesky, intent upon banning Homophobic Slurs, bans Frequently Asked Questions
This blog automatically propagates to several platforms, and the blogpost tags – where relevant – are converted into hashtags for those platforms. This morning I was debugging why one of my posts was failing to propagate to Bluesky, and manual testing revealed the message: “unacceptable slur in record” For a blogpost about digital identity and
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Online Safety Act consultation : Threat to protest and political content | Open Rights Group
The proposals would mean that: Lawful activism could be censored as it happens. Political content about Palestine may auto-delete from your feeds. The police can clampdown on protest online. Open Rights Group is urging everyone who cares about democracy and our right to protest to respond to this consultation. https://action.openrightsgroup.org/online-safety-act-consultation-threat-protest-and-political-content
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Quote: ‘Ofcom: “you have no rights under US law. UK law is all that matters. However, we will run and hide behind the protections of US law if you challenge us.”‘
Yes, pretty much. This is how British exceptionalism has worked, to date.
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The Surreal Practicality of Protesting As an Inflatable Frog | 404media
Why wear a mask when you can be an inflatable frog? https://www.404media.co/the-surreal-practicality-of-protesting-as-an-inflatable-frog/
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ANONYMITY IS HARD: if you are reading this post, it is an invitation for you to consider how anonymity can fail (leading to re-identification) in a heavily networked system
I post lots about digital identity cards and how they can fail, and I get lots of responses from people who believe the marketing material – variously from governments, or for zero knowledge protocols, or for some other kind of snake oil – regarding how they can exchange official identity credentials for tokens that can
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Why Signal’s post-quantum makeover is an amazing engineering achievement | Ars Technica
Happy to read this, not least because I’ve often seen the push for rapid adoption of PQ as coming from intelligence agencies seeking to sow confusion & discord; having a well researched hybrid solution with solid traditional foundations, reassures me. https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/10/why-signals-post-quantum-makeover-is-an-amazing-engineering-achievement/
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“We do not guarantee that GOV.UK One Login will always be available, or that access to it will be error free. We will provide a way for you to report problems with GOV.UK One Login”
Wow. Reference to “Safari 12” suggests this is 2018-era technology, at best: Terms and conditions – GOV.UK One Login https://signin.account.gov.uk/terms-and-conditions archived at https://archive.ph/yTPbc
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“The EU is now testing a digital age verification system that ties internet access to your government ID”
Under the new system, users upload official documents once through an app. In return, they get a token to show platforms like YouTube or Snapchat. This is how ID-based access to the internet begins in Europe… https://reclaimthenet.org/eu-launches-new-push-for-digital-id-age-checks-and-big-tech-probe-under-digital-services-act Via:
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