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Florida student asks ChatGPT how to kill his friend, ends up in jail: deputies | WFLA
Someday this will overlap with D&D again: Law enforcement immediately responded to the school and confronted the teenager. The boy said he was “just trolling” a friend who annoyed him, deputies said. “Another ‘joke’ that created an emergency on campus,” the sheriff’s office said. “Parents, please talk to your kids so they don’t make the
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The EU Is Forcing Backdoor Access to Your Phone | [He] Followed the Money
Interesting video reflecting information that I would not describe as causative, but certainly influential. Chat control is not dead, it will be back soon.
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Stuff that you don’t see on Reddit in the UK because you aren’t age verified, Part 2
From groups which are not normally NSFW:
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Not your average cybersecurity book
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The bad news is: the fact that the vote was cancelled signals that they want to have yet another go. We still have to fight Chat Control.
If it had gone to a vote and lost then they would be in a bad place for another attempt, so they cancelled the vote in order to keep the idea warm for next time. Keep this link handy, we will need it again within a year: Fight Chat Control | Protect Digital Privacy in
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1996: “Law and Borders: The Rise of Law in Cyberspace” | David R. Johnson & David G. Post | …we’ve seen this comity problem coming for ~30+ years
By asserting a right to regulate whatever its citizens may access on the Net, these local authorities are laying the predicate for an argument that Singapore or Iraq or any other sovereign can regulate the activities of U.S. companies operating in Cyberspace from a location physically within the United States. Full Quote: First, the determined
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Ofcom, the Government, the Online Safety Act and the Leather Shoes
Once upon a time, in a bright and busy kingdom, there was a kind young princess who loved her people very much. One summer, the roads grew hot and rough, and everyone’s feet were getting scratched and sore. The princess worried, “How can my people walk and play if the ground hurts them?” So she
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Two teenagers arrested over cyber-attack on nursery chain | BBC News
Something something two kids in a basement something indistinguishable from cyber war something: Two 17-year-old boys have been arrested by police investigating a cyber-attack on a chain of nurseries in London. The Metropolitan Police say the pair were arrested at residential addresses in Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, on suspi https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpvlgzk0xvpo
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One-man spam campaign ravages EU ‘chat control’ bill | POLITICO
I can’t decide if I approve of the coverage or disapprove of the “lone hacker” spin: The website, called Fight Chat Control, was set up by Joachim, a 30-year-old software engineer living in Aalborg, Denmark. He made it after learning of a new attempt to approve a European Union […bill] seen by privacy activists as
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Citizen Protest Halts Chat Control; Breyer Celebrates Major Victory for Digital Privacy | Patrick Breyer
“Without the tireless resistance from citizens, scientists, and organizations, EU governments would have passed a totalitarian mass surveillance law next week, spelling the end for digital privacy. That we stopped this—for now—is a moment to celebrate.” https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/citizen-protest-halts-chat-control-breyer-celebrates-major-victory-for-digital-privacy/
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Data protection under fire: Messenger services react to EU chat control | heise online
Feedback from Signal, WhatsApp, Messenger & Threema: A Meta spokesperson told netzpolitik.org that despite claims to the contrary, the new proposal from the Danish EU presidency continues to undermine end-to-end encryption. It thus jeopardizes everyone’s privacy, freedom, and digital security. https://www.heise.de/en/news/Data-protection-under-fire-Messenger-services-react-to-EU-chat-control-10716352.html
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Proof-of-age ID leaked in Discord data breach | The Guardian
If they were not obliged to collect the data then the data would not be available to be stolen: The support system was targeted to access user data with a view to extort a financial ransom from Discord, the company stated. Discord said it revoked the third-party provider’s access to its ticketing system and launched
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