Olives @olives@qoto.org

https://therecord.media/lawmakers-set-sights-on-data-minimization-with-new-bills
"A comprehensive data privacy bill that includes the country’s toughest data minimization standards is on the cusp of passing the Maryland state legislature, giving advocates hope that similar bills will follow nationwide.

The Maryland Online Data Privacy Act has passed both the state’s House and Senate, and will soon go to a conference committee where small differences between the versions will be ironed out. It is expected to pass by April 8, the bill’s sponsor, Maryland State Delegate Sara Love, told Recorded Future News in an interview.

The bill stands out because of its requirement that the gathering, processing or sharing of sensitive information be “strictly necessary” when a vendor is completing a consumer’s service request. Under so-called data minimization laws, vendors typically must collect or use a minimal amount of information — only what’s needed to deliver a service — and may only retain the data they collect for as long as it takes to render the service."
#privacy

Oh, is Ross Anderson dead? That's a shame.

He was very outspoken in opposing the chat control.

I'm thinking of writing something but it's hard to properly contextualize it.

Character customisability options can be cool but this one is more about constraining player freedom than that.

https://theintercept.com/2024/03/16/safe-deposit-boxes-fbi-warrantless-raid-fourth-amendment/
"Two lawsuits will move forward against the federal government over the FBI’s warrantless search of hundreds of safe deposit boxes, a court ruled this week. Last year, in a related case, a federal appellate judge called the FBI’s raid “egregious” and “outrageous.”"

Warning: Site might contain images of injured people in Gaza. These are for a different article.
#privacy #FourthAmendment

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

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.

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/mar/28/taliban-edict-to-resume-stoning-women-to-death-met-with-horror That didn't take long. #HumanRights

https://nichegamer.com/sam-bankman-fried-sentenced-to-25-years-in-prison/ This is the same guy who lobbied against decentralized exchanges and probably also crypto wallets you control yourself.

https://nichegamer.com/twitch-targets-butt-streamers-with-new-policy-banning-intimate-body-parts/
#Twitch 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.

Robotic cop:

You are under arrest!

Why? What did I do?

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

#AI

https://www.techdirt.com/2024/03/28/california-state-senator-pushes-bill-to-remove-anonymity-from-anyone-who-is-influential-online/
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. #FirstAmendment

https://www.techdirt.com/2024/03/28/site-that-listed-information-about-3rd-party-pokemon-fan-games-shuts-down-under-threat/ These shenanigans aren't inspiring me to buy any new Pokémon games. #copyright

https://www.techdirt.com/2024/03/28/california-state-senator-pushes-bill-to-remove-anonymity-from-anyone-who-is-influential-online/ Another bill with a load of problems.

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 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."
#privacy #FourthAmendment