Well done everyone. This bullet was dodged... for now! This kind of fever comes back regularly unfortunately.

They are clearly making a statement here. Feeling uneasy about it? Well you should.

It won't disappear that easily... Clearly the most radical supporters and architects of the Chat Control proposal won't let go. They don't want to respect people privacy and freedoms. Keep fighting!

The full report is really chilling. The amount of shady practice around that surveillance apparatus is staggering. It's apparently becoming somewhat successful commercially too.

Se might have dodged a bullet here... Until next time. Thanks to the coalition of countries which opposed this bill.

Interesting point of view. We point to China's system, but it's of course already in Western countries too... we just like to lie about it.

Looked like a very bad idea in theory... now everyone can see how bad it is in practice. It's disappointing that the UK government decided to go that path.

Are we surprised they'll keep processing personal information as much as possible? Not really no...

Even with conservative estimates some uses are very much energy hungry... Especially when they support a surveillance apparatus. Many reasons to not get there.

Are they really believing their own lies now? More likely they're trying to manipulate clueless lawmakers at this point. They can't afford to let the circus end.

You like having surveillance camera roaming around town? Well, you're covered...

This is a question which I have been pondering for a while... what will be left when the generative AI bursts. And indeed it won't be the models as they won't age well. The conclusion of this article got a chill running down my spine. It's indeed likely that the conclusion will be infrastructure for a bigger surveillance apparatus.

I guess more reviews of that book will come out. It looks like Meta and some EU politicians are even more rotten to the core than we ever suspected...

Now is the time to wake up and get those surveillance devices out of people's homes...

They really never learn... Whatever the country politician try to blindly fight against cryptography again and again. Let's hope this one is stopped.

Not all of this makes sense... Why are they collecting so much from an IDE?

A good reminder that everything they buy they turn it into a surveillance system indeed... This time under the pretense of security.

Very nice editorial. It's clear that the level of trust in the technologies we depend on is low... but that's not due to the technologies themselves it's more about the business practices around them. In the end the solution will have to be political, in the meantime we ought to support the good players.

The wonderful world of personalised pricing in the age of widespread surveillance... Also becoming personalised wage fixing in the case of gig workers. Shameful.

It looks like it's not only impacting negatively our privacy. The linked paper (good to read as well) hints at negative impacts on mental health as well. Still needs to be fully validated but it doesn't look good already.