Olives @olives@qoto.org
Software Engineer. Psy / Tech / Sex Science Enthusiast. Controversial?
Free Expression. Human rights / Civil Liberties. Anime. Liberal.
Joined May 2023
It's kind of ironic that the E.U. is hurtling itself towards totalitarianism and the only one who can do anything about it is apparently some guy from the fringe pirate party.
"U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) has warned in a letter to the Justice Department that unidentified governments are spying on Apple and Google phone users through their push notifications. The letter says his office received a tip last year that government agencies in foreign countries were “demanding” push notification records from the tech giants."
https://www.iza.ne.jp/article/20210324-5D4NYLCUN5OIPJ3T3HA6NEK5CE/ According to this, Kagawa Prefecture's "time limit" rule on playing games and using smartphones might be associated with lower such usage, however, it is associated with higher levels of addiction.
It is also criticized for being a violation of the Constitution, and there is an active lawsuit against it.
"MEPs in't Veld and Breyer believe that both the EU Parliament and the European Commission uncritically give in to pressure from commercial interests"
Oh, what a coincidence, there Sophie is.
https://tuta.com/blog/outlook-falsely-marks-tutanota-emails-as-junk
"Since mid November, our users are reporting that their emails sent to Outlook are being flagged as Spam. This affects all emails sent from any tutanota.com email address. Our team reached out to Microsoft’s support team as well as to our direct contact, a board member of Microsoft Germany. However, the issue has yet to be resolved."
"And he suggests the suicide rate may also have been boosted by "parental death and incarceration" associated with the shift from legally produced pharmaceuticals to illicit drugs."
If it is prohibition driving that, then that is quite alarming.
https://reason.com/2023/12/04/oxycontins-reformulation-linked-to-rising-suicides-by-children/ Interesting theory.
"Last spring, a disabled Wyoming 8-year-old was assaulted by a school resource officer, who pinned the boy facedown on the floor of a school conference room seemingly unprovoked. According to a lawsuit filed by the boy's family last week, after the incident, the resource officer deleted body camera footage showing the most egregious parts of the attack and even accessed the child's private school records without his parents' or school administrators' knowledge."
""J.D. was not a threat to himself or to anyone else. There was no reason at all for Deputy Jacquot to become involved with J.D. during this interaction with Principal Delbridge," the lawsuit notes. "Deputy Jacquot, nevertheless, forcibly wrestled J.D. into a nearby conference room using an armlock where the assault grew violent."
The suit claims that Jacquot repeatedly "slammed" J.D.'s face into the conference room floor, causing numerous lacerations and bruises. The undeleted portion of Jacquot's body camera footage shows the 250-pound Jacquot pinned on top of 68-pound J.D.
"At this point, J.D. is bleeding from wounds on his face, and his smeared blood is visible on the video," the complaint reads. "As shown on the video, Deputy Jacquot is out of control, pinning J.D. by his arms face down to the ground in a prone restraint position and yelling threats at J.D. J.D., meanwhile, is struggling to breathe, and is coughing.""
If you need another indictment of prohibition, consider that drugs can't even be kept out of the prisons, and that is not for a lack of people trying to keep them out.
https://ny1.com/nyc/queens/politics/2023/11/30/new-york-punished-2-000-prisoners-over-false-positive-drug-tests--report-finds "New York’s prison sy...
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"New York’s prison system unfairly punished more than 2,000 prisoners after tests of suspected contraband substances falsely tested positive for drugs, according to a report released Thursday. In hundreds of cases, the prisoners had committed no offense, but the flawed results were used to put them in solitary confinement, halt family visits, or cancel parole hearings."
"The Sirchie NARK II contraband screening tests are used to detect synthetic cannabinoids and other types of drugs by putting substances into testing pouches. They sometimes cross-react with commonly used over-the-counter medications, as well as tea or protein powders sold within some state facilities, the report detailed."
"In one case, officers used pen caps and pocketknives to place suspected contraband into the drug test kits, instead of using a clean loading device. That could have led to contamination of the test sample, leading to a false positive."
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Another reminder that false positives in sensitive situations can have severe consequences.
https://ny1.com/nyc/queens/politics/2023/11/30/new-york-punished-2-000-prisoners-over-false-positive-drug-tests--report-finds "New York’s prison sy...
Ah yes, the old rhetorical trick, conflating someone deciding to voluntarily hand their data over, with the government going in and taking it.
Come on...
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"The EU’s next legislative goal post that opponents see as part of a big push to strip citizens of their privacy, has now reached medical histories and associated data.
Interconnecting – in effect, centralizing (and making remotely accessible) – that data is the key premise of what has now emerged as European Health Data Space (EHDS). The upcoming bill has been backed by the European Parliament (EP), its Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE), and Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI).
EP member (MEP) and lawyer Patrick Breyer, a long-time critic of this type of policy, explains that EHDS – which he voted against – would “bring together information on all medical treatments received by citizens.”
Doctors will have to submit summaries of treatments they provide to “the new data space” – with the initial proposal not containing provisions that would allow for objections or exceptions. And while access can be restricted if a patient so wishes – the actual creation of the database can’t be prevented.
And let’s just reiterate that this might concern some of the most sensitive personal medical information: “mental disorders, sexual diseases and disorders such as impotence or infertility, HIV or drug abuse therapies,” writes Breyer.
“The EU’s plan to collect and interconnect records on all medical therapies entails irresponsible risks of data theft, hacking or loss. Even the most delicate therapies can no longer be administered off record in the future,” the German Pirate Party MEP further warned, blasting the idea as the end of medical confidentiality in the EU."
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https://reclaimthenet.org/the-un-is-threatening-privacy-under-pretense-of-new-cybercrime-treaty
"The US digital rights group EFF is describing the latest UN Cybercrime Treaty draft as “a significant step backward” and a case of “perilously broadening its scope beyond the cybercrimes specifically defined in the convention, encompassing a long list of non-cybercrimes.”"
"A major concern is what EFF calls possible overreach as national and international investigations are carried out. And instead of improving on these concerns, the new draft is said to have held on to past controversial rules, only to add even more."
"“allowing states to compel engineers or employees to undermine security measures, posing a threat to encryption.”"
"“(The latest draft) is primed to facilitate abuses on a global scale, through extensive cross border powers to investigate virtually any imaginable ‘crime’ – like peaceful dissent or expression of sexual orientation – while undermining the treaty’s purpose of addressing genuine cybercrime,” commented Human Rights Watch Associate Director Deborah Brown, adding:
“Governments should not rush to conclude this treaty without ensuring that it elevates, rather than sacrifices, our fundamental rights.”"
Think of how easy it is for a cop to found an org, give themselves a fancy title like "CEO", maybe hire a few people, and to put a flashy little logo next to themselves on a stage.
I see there is yet another new "think of the children" org which materialized only a few months ago to peddle propaganda. Possible signs of another astroturf campaign. Appears to be U.K.-linked (founded by a cop).
Someone is insisting that the data which the government shares out to third party firms is "anonymized". As PrivacyFirst points out though (and which is well-established in the field), it is really quite trivial to de-anonymize "anonymized" data.
It is also pushed upon someone, by the government, without their consent.
https://privacyfirst.nl/artikelen/ehds-buitensporige-machtsgreep-van-brussel/
"At the same time, we have ensured the new #EHDS framework will be fully in line with GDPR rules and that the fundamental right to privacy will not be undermined in any way."
"Petar Vitanov"
Got to love it when a politician says something that is clearly false.
Software Engineer. Psy / Tech / Sex Science Enthusiast. Controversial?
Free Expression. Human rights / Civil Liberties. Anime. Liberal.
Joined May 2023
