NEW: A Civil Society Glossary and Primer for End-to-End Encryption Policy in 2022 — #privacy #surveillance #messenger #interoperability #encryption #endtoendencryption
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Cryptography, Systems & Network Security Engineering & Consulting since 1988. See link for bio & press resources. 'Everybody Deserves Good Security.' #SAHD
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It is defined in Clause 202 Proactive Technology which must be read with Clause 9 Illegal content safety duties & Clause 170 providers determinations. The combined effect leads to an #uploadfilter taking arbitrary decisions - a form of prior restraint. #onlinesafetybill
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A massive GPS glitch in Moscow.
Car-sharing cars and scooters are shown floating in the river, taxis are being called to the other side of the city, and pedestrian navigation is working intermittently.
All because the police are jamming GPS signal for security purposes in… Show more
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Again, especially for Journalists:
If you want to build a story regarding adding #Encryption to DMs, these are the respectable questions to ask, and some good resources to consult.
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Our @matthewlesh on the privacy risks posed by the Online Safety Bill in The @verge 
theverge.com/23708180/unite
theverge.com/23708180/unite
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Just like secure messengers will eventually evolve to being point-to-point / peer-to-peer AS WELL AS end-to-end, the government will start trying to constrain what software people are allowed to run and tinker with at home.
That would be really bad.
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HEADSUP: All of my friends and peers who are passing their opinion on the #onlinesafetybill (etc) *NEED* to read this piece.
All of those proposed government controls over AI will end up attempting to constrain software that people run at home on their own PCs.
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Leaked Google document: “We Have No Moat, And Neither Does OpenAI”
The most interesting thing I've read recently about LLMs - a purportedly leaked document from a researcher at Google talking about the huge strategic impact open source models are having
simonwillison.net/2023/May/4/no-
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Has there come any obligation to publish how many people were turned away from each voting station?
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“Polling station tellers in Oxfordshire told ITV News "large numbers" were being turned away, reporting that between 10-25% were unable to vote.”
That’s a huge proportion. This is voter suppression in action. itv.com/news/2023-05-0
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Here's a #ReadyMadeTwitterSearch for tweets about:
Twitter's Adoption Of Encryption For Direct Messages
…with links & more information at:
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Again, especially for Journalists:
If you want to build a story regarding adding #Encryption to DMs, these are the respectable questions to ask, and some good resources to consult.
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oh dear.
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Ahhh a-ha ha ha ha "<string name="dm_secret_conv_no_attachments">Sorry, attachments are not supported in encrypted conversations yet.</string>"
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> Stop the passing of the Online Safety Bill
We want the Government to withdraw the Online Safety Bill, so it does not become law.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6347
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I wrote a moderately detailed description of what Twitter seems to be doing for encrypted DMs. tl;dr - better than unencrypted DMs, worse than Signal or WhatsApp. mjg59.dreamwidth.org/66791.html
This reminds me so much of the Randal Schwartz case.
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Ex Uber security chief Joe Sullivan is sentenced - avoids prison, given probation. washingtonpost.com/technology/202
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Life is so much simpler in the UK where we have institutionalised class warfare, so that there is less need to synthesise it artificially:
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The Union Representing Apple Store Workers in Maryland Wants to Prompt Customers for Tips on Purchases
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I look forward to the mid/late 2030s, when Hollywood remakes #Footloose about "that time in the 2020s when they tried to stop the kids talking to each other"
I hope is still acting & can do a cameo.
Maybe a #Hackers crossover, too?
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Never mind if a domestic terrorist gets access to AI, what if the local cricket club does?
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Can we have a bounty on the first Cyberwonk who analogises people being able to run AI models at home as being tantamount to them having domestic nuclear weapons?
Or have we already passed that point?
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HEADSUP: All of my friends and peers who are passing their opinion on the #onlinesafetybill (etc) *NEED* to read this piece.
All of those proposed government controls over AI will end up attempting to constrain software that people run at home on their own PCs.
Cc @cyberleagle twitter.com/simonw/status/…
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These laws are written so that it's near impossible to comply, leaving adult business/SWers/educators at tremendous liability. The chilling effect on speech isn't a bug, it's a feature.
Virginia asks for digital ID, but doesn't have digital ID.
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Just like secure messengers will eventually evolve to being point-to-point / peer-to-peer AS WELL AS end-to-end, the government will start trying to constrain what software people are allowed to run and tinker with at home.
That would be really bad.
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HEADSUP: All of my friends and peers who are passing their opinion on the #onlinesafetybill (etc) *NEED* to read this piece.
All of those proposed government controls over AI will end up attempting to constrain software that people run at home on their own PCs.
Cc
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Leaked Google document: “We Have No Moat, And Neither Does OpenAI”
The most interesting thing I've read recently about LLMs - a purportedly leaked document from a researcher at Google talking about the huge strategic impact open source models are having
simonwillison.net/2023/May/4/no-
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I'm sure this is all very heartfelt, but anyone that associates the hard left with kindness really doesn't know the first thing about British politics
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The Labour Party should take a good look at themselves. All my life I was not interested in politics until @jeremycorbyn Then I saw someone who stood up for my close-to-the-heart values. Love & Kinder politics. Now, with Starmer & the rest, I see why I was never involved before.
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Rampant monarchists and rampant anti-monarchists are as annoying as each other
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And we're all supposed to be celebrating what a wonderful free country this is? This is intimidation.
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Our tolerance for any disruption, whether through protest or otherwise, will be low.
We will deal robustly with anyone intent on undermining this celebration.
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ETNO and its members have established a pattern of lobbying that should concern every EU citizen. They have reached a dangerous point common to many monarchs: The moment where they no longer want to allow dissent! And, they have the full support of Commissioner Breton #FairShare
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"People, why won't you let us protect children from porn by identifying yourselves?"
Maybe can tell them the solution?
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Sounds like HMG and the Lords' discussion is tiptoeing around the question of:
All this #AgeVerification and other regulation is pointless if teens and other people can use #VPNs to get "out" of the UK, first.
They should look over to the pond, to Utah, where AV just came in: twitter.com/cyberleagle/st…
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*screams in 'I cannot with the Online Safety Bill'*
The Online Safety Bill isn't a world-leading bill on how to get online safety right. It's starting to feel like it's a world-leading bill in how to get it wrong.
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"People, why won't you let us protect children from porn by identifying yourselves?"
Maybe can tell them the solution?
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Sounds like HMG and the Lords' discussion is tiptoeing around the question of:
All this #AgeVerification and other regulation is pointless if teens and other people can use #VPNs to get "out" of the UK, first.
They should look over to the pond, to Utah, where AV just came in: twitter.com/cyberleagle/st…
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I look forward to the mid/late 2030s, when Hollywood remakes #Footloose about "that time in the 2020s when they tried to stop the kids talking to each other"
I hope is still acting & can do a cameo.
Maybe a #Hackers crossover, too?
independent.co.uk/news/world/ame
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The individual US states are acting as mini-EU-like entities — it's pretty clearly set up to fail, and the subtext is that they are actually looking for "leverage" over their (least) favourite big tech sites, and opportunities for prosecuting fines:
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Meanwhile, back in Louisiana, the law is a failure. Almost no one complies with it. Legislators are so frustrated they're pushing through a follow up law that would allow the government to directly sue non-complaint sites. redriverradio.org/news/2023-04-1
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Sounds like HMG and the Lords' discussion is tiptoeing around the question of:
All this #AgeVerification and other regulation is pointless if teens and other people can use #VPNs to get "out" of the UK, first.
They should look over to the pond, to Utah, where AV just came in:
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Replying to @derickr
It was in response to a comment from Lord Moylan, bringing up China in the context of blocking access to VPNs.
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and this is how we get powers we all assumed were to catch terrorists being used to track down dog owners who foul the pavements. Be careful what you wish for
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Using "spies" to fight criminals and protect economic wellbeing. Strong 90s vibes.
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Western leaders talk a good game about defending dissidents abroad, says . But as the UK's #onlinesafetybill, the EU's #digitalservicesact and Canada's #BillC11 all attest, they're happy to crackdown on thoughtcrime when it's closer to home.
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> Everyone should & everyone should be safe in doing so.
Spot the person who isn't gay and living in Saudi Arabia or Uganda.
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Replying to @90percenters and @Jean_Brodie
Unlike you, I'm not anonymous. My email address, with which I opened my third Twitter account, is spurious. We need to get the Online Safety Bill passed in order that people like you will be forced to reveal your identity. Everyone should & everyone should be safe in doing so.
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The future of is at risk in the UK.
Age discrimination requirements in the country's online safety bill would threaten our commitment to user privacy and universal access to knowledge. and share more in the . ⬇️
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The individual US states are acting as mini-EU-like entities — it's pretty clearly set up to fail, and the subtext is that they are actually looking for "leverage" over their (least) favourite big tech sites, and opportunities for prosecuting fines:
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Meanwhile, back in Louisiana, the law is a failure. Almost no one complies with it. Legislators are so frustrated they're pushing through a follow up law that would allow the government to directly sue non-complaint sites. redriverradio.org/news/2023-04-1
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