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- Google Chrome IP address protection challenged by industry
Marketers tell antitrust cops privacy proxy will make it harder to protect kids online, etc etc
- MPs and peers call for ‘immediate stop’ to live facial recognition surveillance
UK police forces and private firms urged to drop technology due to impact on human rights
> Dozens of cross-party MPs and peers have joined a campaign for an “immediate stop” to the use of live facial recognition surveillance by police and private companies.
> The statement said: “We hold differing views about live facial recognition surveillance, ranging from serious concerns about its incompatibility with human rights, to the potential for discriminatory impact, the lack of safeguards, the lack of an evidence base, an unproven case of necessity or proportionality, the lack of a sufficient legal basis, the lack of parliamentary consideration, and the lack of a democratic mandate.
- Online Safety Bill Passed - Today The UK Parliament Undermined The Privacy, Security, And Freedom Of All Internet Users
The U.K. Parliament has passed the Online Safety Bill (OSB), which says it will make the U.K. “the safest place” in the world to be online. In reality, the OSB will lead to a much more censored, locked-down internet for British users. The bill could empower the government to undermine not just the p...
>The U.K. Parliament has passed the Online Safety Bill (OSB), which says it will make the U.K. “the safest place” in the world to be online. In reality, the OSB will lead to a much more censored, locked-down internet for British users. The bill could empower the government to undermine not just the privacy and security of U.K. residents, but internet users worldwide.
It was clear that the parlament would pass this terrible bill. The only thing to do now, is to hope that the EU does not follow the UK, but I'm rather pessimistic.
Time to prepare fallback technologies in case the now used services are delcared unlawfull and get forbidden or are forces to put backdoors in place.
- NHS body rapped for WhatsApp chat sharing patient data
Time for a proper secure clinical image transfer system, perhaps?
- The U.K. Government Is Very Close To Eroding Encryption Worldwide
The U.K. Parliament is pushing ahead with a sprawling internet regulation bill that will, among other things, undermine the privacy of people around the world. The Online Safety Bill, now at the final stage before passage in the House of Lords, gives the British government the ability to force backd...
- The Online Safety Bill "undermines safety online," warn experts amid encryption blast
Experts raise major concerns as the act is now at a "critical time" in Parliament
Open Letter from researchers against the online safety bill: https://haddadi.github.io/UKOSBOpenletter.pdf
Online safety bill law text: https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-02/0285/210285.pdf
A section of the bill that shows the reach:
>A person commits an offence if, in response to an information notice, the person—
>(a) provides information which is encrypted such that it is not possible for OFCOM to understand it, or produces a document which is encrypted such that it is not possible for OFCOM to understand the information it contains, and (b) the person’s intention was to prevent OFCOM from understanding such information.
Edits:
- Added link to open letter of researchers
- Added link to law text
- Added section of the law text