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Chat Control is “like a malware on your device” – Signal slams the EU proposal to scan your private chats | TechRadar
“Apart from the legal bit, that’s exactly how malware works. It compromises your device in order to gain access to information,” said Signal’s vice-president for global affairs, Udbhav Tiwari. https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/chat-control-is-like-a-malware-on-your-device-signal-slams-the-eu-proposal-to-scan-your-private-chats
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[Home Secretary] Mahmood answers that just because you have a freedom “doesn’t mean you have to use it at every moment of every day”
Um… https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cwy8dkp97wyt?post=asset%3A81e23402-712c-4bf5-a961-e47087f0d01b#post
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The UK Is Still Trying to Backdoor Encryption for Apple Users | Electronic Frontier Foundation
“…but if there are no British users then there will be nobody to spy upon?” The initial order from January targeted the data of all Apple users. […] The new order provides insight into [what has changed:] the U.K. was just rewriting it to only apply to British users. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/uk-still-trying-backdoor-encryption-apple-users
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Terry Pratchett explains large chunks of civil society in a nutshell
From “Jingo“.
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Discord Age Verification Data Hack: ‘The unauthorized party also accessed a “small number” of images of government IDs from “users who had appealed an age determination.”’
If you require platforms to age verify it means the user is giving up more data to somebody, which means there is more data to be hacked: Discord customer service data breach leaks user info and scanned photo IDs | The Verge https://www.theverge.com/news/792032/discord-customer-service-data-breach-hack
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Struggling to heat your home? Try 500 Raspberry Pi units | The Register
Thermify told us that the processing power inside each HeatHub is provided by a cluster of 500 Raspberry Pi Compute Modules, either the CM4 or CM5. The whole kit is submerged in oil, and the heat is transferred to the domestic central heating and hot water systems, making it a “plug and play” replacement for
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Do not introduce Digital ID cards | Petitions | 2.75 MILLION SIGNATURES …
…and all they can do is retrench; extended details at the link: We will introduce a digital ID within this Parliament to help tackle illegal migration, make accessing government services easier, and enable wider efficiencies. We will consult on details soon. https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/730194
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“Apple cannot disable ADP automatically for [UK users, who…] will be given a period of time to disable the feature themselves to keep using their iCloud account”
“Apple will soon provide additional guidance.” The UK Government is systemically weakening protections for UK data: Apple can no longer offer Advanced Data Protection in the United Kingdom to new users – Apple Support (UK) https://support.apple.com/en-gb/122234
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UK government tries again to access encrypted Apple customer data: Report | TechCrunch
You have to wonder: if no Britons can use it then what on earth do the Home Office think they are going to be intercepting? Or is this just a battle that they “must win”? https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/01/uk-government-tries-again-to-access-encrypted-apple-customer-data-report/
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The Law of the Server is the Law of the Site: a Trans-Atlantic Free Speech Defense Doctrine | Preston Byrne | …broadening the US/Europe free-speech impedance mismatch…
Taylor Wessing’s note correctly identifies that practically all European tech regulation, including [DSA & GDPR] is potentially vulnerable if U.S. companies decide to force European speech & data protection regulators to behave like any other European state or non-state actor, and render service through the treaties […becoming] vulnerable to constitutional attack the moment it is
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UK makes new attempt to access Apple cloud data | FT
Can anyone smell a dead horse? The UK government has issued a new order to Apple to create a backdoor into its cloud storage service, this time targeting only British users’ data, despite US claims that Britain had abandoned all attempts to break the tech giant’s encryption. https://www.ft.com/content/d101fd62-14f9-4f51-beff-ea41e8794265 and https://archive.ph/5QXk3
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UK Digital ID Cards: is the Government going to compensate UK business for losses due to forcing them to accept additional business risk?
I spent the best part of 14 hours yesterday learning how to argue with people who, perhaps blindly, believe that Digital ID will bring “advantages” to “everybody”; a detailed example was “renting a car” which demands both an identity document and an independent proof of recent address, such as a utility bill. I was told
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