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mikarv Michael Veale @someone.elses.computer

Associate Professor in Digital Rights & Regulation at University College London (#UCL), Faculty of Laws. Not resigned to today's technological power structures (yet). Researching at the intersection of emerging technologies, law and policy; data protection; machine learning; PETs and cryptographic infrastructures; platform and infrastructural regulation. 🏳️‍🌈

administrating a small exoplanet in the fediverse :loading:.

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Top Senator Warns Sweeping New Surveillance Powers Will “Inevitably Be Misused” by Trump
  • @uriel238 @pivot_root Not all TOS violations are relevant at all the CFAA, and very few are after the significant narrowing of the CFAA by the Supreme Court in 2021 in Van Buren v United States.

  • Is there any Firefox extension to automatically reject cookie popups?
  • @Weslee consent-o-matic, made by @midasnouwens https://consentomatic.au.dk. the one recommended below auto accepts them or blocks the notice, while consent-o-matic sends the legally binding reject signal.

  • Is there any Firefox extension to automatically reject cookie popups?
  • @furzegulo consent-o-matic, made by @midasnouwens https://consentomatic.au.dk. the idontcareaboutcookies one doesn’t do what you want as it auto accepts them or blocks the notice, while consent-o-matic sends a legally binding reject signal.

  • Is there a way to repurpose an Alexa device?
  • @Morse (and under FISA a 702 they don’t even need a zero day, the NSA can just compel Amazon’s covert facilitation).

  • Is there a way to repurpose an Alexa device?
  • @Morse depends on your threat model. nation states surely have alexa zero days to easily hot mic a house.

  • What are your thoughts on the new EU Digital Services Act?
  • @Kidplayer_666 it does? specifically says withdrawal of consent must be as easy as giving it. just not properly enforced.

  • Zoom's Updated Terms of Service Permit Training AI on User Content Without Opt-Out
  • @skilledtothegills would be forbidden for them to train on actual content from calls under EU law, as it would be in breach of the ePrivacy Directive (read alongside something called the European Electronic Communications Code, which gives similar obligations to 'over-the-top' providers as to classic telecoms). Not that US tech firms have a great history of adhering to EU law.