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The point of strong safeguards is usually to avoid going down the path of "fuzzy algorithms which auto report people to the police".

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https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/03/eff-asks-oregon-supreme-court-not-limit-fourth-amendemtn-rights-based-terms "EFF signed on to an amicus brief...
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theguardian.com/technology/202
"Revealed: a California city is training AI to spot homeless encampments"
This is very likely going to be used to oppress homeless people.

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Sometimes, companies try to get much too involved, and wind up creating problems which don't really need to exist (and fail at solving others). This one is more of a nudge but it's still not good.

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https://nichegamer.com/microsoft-cautions-developers-to-avoid-curvy-female-characters/ #Microsoft really should mind their own business about what ...
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Undermining security is a lot like... Imagine there is a door which you can lock from one side. Then, imagine there is a big hole in it which you can put your hand through to open it.

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nichegamer.com/microsoft-cauti
really should mind their own business about what kinds of characters players want to play. It's okay for a character to be "sexy". I think that ultimately, the style of the game is going to depend a lot on the game. It's silly to pretend that every game should fit awfully particular and seemingly utilitarian criteria.

sciencedirect.com/science/arti
There also isn't really a scientific basis for it.

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theguardian.com/global-develop That didn't take long.

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nichegamer.com/sam-bankman-fri This is the same guy who lobbied against decentralized exchanges and probably also crypto wallets you control yourself.

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nichegamer.com/twitch-targets-
could at least allow sexual video games, if they haven't already. Being a game streaming site, that would make sense, even if they wind up putting a "mature label" on those.

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Robotic cop:

You are under arrest!

Why? What did I do?

I don't know. The algorithm told me to arrest you.

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techdirt.com/2024/03/28/califo
What if someone makes a viral meme about cats (or video game footage)? Should that be potentially throttled because it comes from an "unauthenticated user"? Not all content is politics, much less political controversies.

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techdirt.com/2024/03/28/site-t These shenanigans aren't inspiring me to buy any new Pokémon games.

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techdirt.com/2024/03/28/califo Another bill with a load of problems.

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Open Rights Group

The Data Protection and Digital Information Bill is back at Committee Stage in the UK House of Lords.

Welfare surveillance powers in the Bill are an injustice waiting to happen.

The Department for Work and Pensions (UK) will be able to access the financial information of any benefit claimant – from Universal Credit to Child Benefit and State Pensions.

Here's why it's wrong ⬇️

openrightsgroup.org/blog/gover

#dataprotection #DPDIBill #GDPR #HandsOffOurData #WelfareSurveillance #ukpolitics

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@eff @davidgreene eff.org/deeplinks/2024/03/eff- This might be a bit of a nit-pick but you appear to have misspelled Fourth Amendment in the URL.

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eff.org/deeplinks/2024/03/eff-
"EFF signed on to an amicus brief drafted by the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers earlier this month petitioning the Oregon Supreme Court to review State v. Simons, a case involving law enforcement surveillance of over a year’s worth of private internet activity. We ask that the Court join the Ninth Circuit in recognizing that people have a reasonable expectation of privacy in their browsing histories, and that checking a box to access public Wi-Fi does not waive Fourth Amendment rights."

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When I see news about Russia, and the things they're doing are the absolute stuff of nightmares.

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Oh, there's another Facebook privacy scandal. It would be them, wouldn't it.

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Guilty until proven innocent.

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Curioso 🍉 🇺🇦 (jgg)

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Well, he announced it, but never really sent the order to operators to cut the service, so it ended up being only a scare; Telegram never stopped working here.

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reclaimthenet.org/google-is-or
"US federal law enforcement and courts have gone a step further in the extreme efforts they are making to surveil people’s activities online, including on Google’s vast platforms.

The latest is that the tech giant gets orders to identify all people who happen to be watching certain videos or livestreams on YouTube."

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