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EU delays biometric border plan again as demand for fingerprints could be scrapped | The Independent
“gosh, who could have foreseen, etc…” https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/eu-biometric-border-fingerprint-entry-delay-b2627645.html
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The Disappearance of an Internet Domain
Countries come, countries go, but speaking as one of the rare people who has successfully lobbied for a new TLD, my suspicion is that there will be some kind of fudge… https://every.to/p/the-disappearance-of-an-internet-domain
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It is the 7th of October 2024 and once again the European Union are FRESHLY attempting to spy on all your messages
ChatControl got removed from the agenda last week and is back on it this week, presumably in the hope that people have stopped paying attention:
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Dutch avoid endorsing Hungary’s approach to EU child sexual abuse regulation | Euractiv
The Dutch Secret Service opposed [ChatControl] because [it…] “…would be a complex & extensive system that would introduce risks to digital resilience” https://www.euractiv.com/section/law-enforcement/news/dutch-oppose-hungarys-approach-to-eu-child-sexual-abuse-regulation/
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Digital Breakup Assistant | Certo Software
This is some pretty solid information security & privacy advice for people who need it; I went through it as a speculative user, it seemed thorough & helpful: This free tool is designed to help those who might have previously shared devices or accounts with a partner take back control of their data. https://www.certosoftware.com/digital-breakup-assistant/
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Hurrah for Switzerland
The Swiss Parliament voted to adopt a motion (144 yes vs 24 no) to protect Swiss Internet users from indiscriminate scanning of private messages proposed by the EU Commission
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Wouldn’t it be easier to make it illegal to trick, mislead, or defraud people?
The reaction against AI is a microcosm of the “cyber” prefix debacle, the broad and largely erroneous assumption that “people doing bad things to other people by means of {AI, the internet, telegraphy/wire-fraud, the postal service} is somehow distinct from doing it face to face, and also supposedly not covered by existing legislation. Lina Khan
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“Protocol: All messages are encoded as JSON objects and terminated with a single NUL byte”
“What could possibly go wrong?” https://varlink.org/
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Cryptography 101 with Alfred Menezes
Video lectures, notes, and exercises in all areas of applied cryptography https://cryptography101.ca/
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Wow, Conservative leadership candidates are advertising on X/Twitter
I suppose they know where their party members live.
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Alan Turing Institute: “No [evidence of] AI impact on UK, French & EU election results”
Next week: “Home Office, safety lobbyists urge Alan Turing Institute to ‘Look Harder…’” Quote: New research from the Turing’s CETaS finds a lack of evidence showing AI-enabled #disinformation had a measurable impact on recent UK & EU elections. Concerns about trust in digital content persist. https://x.com/turinginst/status/1836682646711111798