Time to spy on the spies. Or at least know when they're around.
Yep, it's worse than the usual triangulation everyone thinks about. It's right there in the protocol, or why you'd better not let the GPS on all the time.
Excellent historical perspective on how we ended up with applications filled with annoying interruptions and notifications. It's been done indeed one step at a time and lead to poor UX really.
Those are indeed getting more popular. In a way that's unfortunate, we shouldn't need them so much.
What a surprise... No really who would have expected this could happen? I heard so many times "I have nothing to hide" over the years. When something like this happens you suddenly wish you were a bit more careful with your privacy and the privacy of the people around you.
Clearly the regulators don't really understand the level of intrusiveness they're unleashing with mandating age gates. This is one more layer of surveillance for large parts of the population.
There are just too many of those cameras deployed. The fact that they are badly secured are compounding the negative effects.
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...