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From @camwilson on Mastodon | … more evidence that Australia is a land of online safety contrasts
> As both the prime minister and the opposition leader signal their support for under 16 social media ban, the eSafety Commissioner just published a report on 14-17yo LGBTIQ+ children using the internet can be “a doorway to supportive, like-minded communities ?” https://mastodon.social/@camwilson/112674917483003755
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“Google: Stop Burning Counterterrorism Operations” | @mncoppola | … Remember, Kids: bad guys exploiting bugs is BAD, but when we do it, it’s GOOD
Anyone who thinks the linked blog post is insightful or sensible should watch all of Marcus Ranum’s “Cyberwar: You’re Doing It Wrong” from 2012, especially from 12:42 on the topics of coordination and mythical weapons. The sense of entitlement is enormous, not to mention the loss of focus on the users: general purpose software does
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“all of the thriving EU-based smartphone & OS makers can jump in & compete on merit now, without Apple the gatekeeping bully in their way”
Gruber nails the wishful thinking of the DMA: Daring Fireball: The EU Is Reaping What It Sows With the DMA: Uncertainty https://daringfireball.net/2024/06/eu_reaping_what_it_sows
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Booking chief slams EU over ‘dumb’ [DMA] regulations
I would be interested to see what the precise stance of Booking was in, say, 2022 or before
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First insight: 42 key points of the secret #EUGoingDark surveillance plan for the new EU Commission | Patrick Breyer
This is what’s next from the EU: https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/first-insight-42-key-points-of-the-secret-eugoingdark-surveillance-plan-for-the-new-eu-commission/
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Etappensieg: Belgien scheitert mit Abstimmung zur Chatkontrolle | Chat Control is NOT dead, but will be back next month
> Instead, the item was postponed indefinitely. The Committee of Permanent Representatives meets every week, but Belgium cannot present a proposal that can gain a majority in the short term. In July, the Council Presidency will pass from Belgium to Hungary. Hungary has announced in its work program that it will push ahead with negotiations
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OpenAI’s former chief scientist is starting a new AI company | The Verge
I don’t believe this will ship in the stated form; just as the people who make the most money during a gold rush are those selling shovels and mining equipment, successful AI safety startups will bolt into other technologies. > As OpenAI pushes forward with partnerships with Apple and Microsoft, we likely won’t see SSI
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Unpopular Hypothesis / Opinion of the Day
I’m beginning to wonder whether part of the reason there has been such recent successful advancement of illiberal policy such as Chat Control & Age Verification, has been due to the exodus of many of the information security community from Twitter to Mastodon because they felt it more important to stage a protest, to establish
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Am listening to the audiobook of “Politics on the Edge” by @RoryStewartUK; 4 chapters in and I’m uncannily reminded of James Herriot’s “All Creatures Great & Small” meets “The Thick Of It”
I am having the most fun listening while using ChatGPT in real time to re-identify all of the “anonymous” MPs via the breadcrumbs that Rory coyly drops. “Oh, him, what, really?” I wonder if such muckraking memoirs will have to evolve to address the existence of LLMs. Also: I wonder if he’ll publish his hiking
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Arundhati Roy: Will Booker Prize-winner face jail for 14-year-old remark? | BBC News | …this is also the trajectory for the European Union
If you can surveil, you will surveil. How much contested land is there in the EU? Catalonia? Euskadi? Flanders? > The Modi government has been accused of using the law to silence critics, including activists, journalists and civil society members. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3ggyz13m2po
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‘Encryption is deeply threatening to power’: Meredith Whittaker of messaging app Signal | Chat and messaging apps | The Guardian
Important read especially if you are European and have not yet complained to your representative about ChatControl https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/jun/18/encryption-is-deeply-threatening-to-power-meredith-whittaker-of-messaging-app-signal