Remember during the pandemic, there were certain people in UK “civic tech” spaces bemoaning the fact Apple and Google wouldn’t allow contact tracing apps that didn’t fall within their rules, saying “why should big tech be able to override sovereign states?”
Because said states do really silly things and tech companies telling them to piss off is about the only check on that.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/mar/09/whatsapp-end-to-end-encryption-online-safety-bill
The government may change the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill to 'include allowing online marketeers greater use of so-called “legitimate interest” arguments for collecting people’s information and the ability for private companies to similarly obtain such personal information for scientific research.'
If this is true, the revised #DPDIBill is even more of a threat to our data protection rights. The Bill must be scrapped.
I see Boris Johnson is nominating his dad for a knighthood.
It would be terrible if the fine system of honours that gave us Sir Fred Goodwin and Sir Jimmy Savile were to be brought into disrepute like this.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/mar/05/boris-johnson-nominates-father-for-a-knighthood
“[W]e need a new leader for a new decade”—#KateForbes
Not sure how the SNP hopeful squares this with her first-century moral and scientific outlook, but I guess that’s politics.
https://youtu.be/3riMOs_PEg0?t=3
You are welcome.
The Cure, Bauhaus, Siouxsie, Joy Division, This Mortal Coil, The Associates? The soundtrack to #LockwoodAndCo is totally my jam. 🤘
Of course. And it isn’t just Signal that would leave! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-64584001
It’s sometimes incredibly obvious that parliament has no former software people, but is full of lawyers and journalists. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-64584001
Happy EBM day!
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