Inför EU-valet är Socialdemokraterna (S) det enda riksdagspartiet som öppet förespråkar (!) massövervakningsförslaget #ChatControl 2.0. Tipsa gärna mig om ni vet att någon på S-listan är villig att gå emot partilinjen.
So let me get this right: Europol wants to not have E2EE because it would prevent them finding CSAM / CSE (among other things), but Europol also doesn't have a CyberTipline API for organisations to report CSAM / CSE to law enforcement?
So you aren't receiving reports of CSAM / CSE efficiently from existing services, but arguing you want to violate everyone's privacy to "find CSAM / CSE"
Why can EU companies not use US-based cloud infrastructure and SaaS products?
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act allows the US government to force US companies to share foreign customer data without a warrant or disclosure.
There is no way to reconcile US govt surveillance with the EU’s Charter of Fundamental Rights on privacy.
The EU fought US govt spying by strengthening privacy rights. The US should fight Chinese govt spying similarly if it actually cares about human rights.
Instagram is now blocking web access to force consent as well. Here is how to get around giving consent:
Instagram redirects to a URL like this: [https://www.instagram.com/consent/?flow=ad_free_subscription&params_json=](https://www.instagram.com/consent/?flow=ad_free_subscription¶ms_json=)...
Change ad_free_subscription to anything, like ad_free_subscription1, hit enter.
Instagram then will show an error, but you can then navigate anywhere from there.
The EU finally sinks its regulatory teeth into tech titans
"Last week the six biggest operators – Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft and ByteDance – were forced to toe the line on competition, advertising, interoperability and more. It was a gamechanger [...]
The existential challenge for societies today is whether they are capable of reining in tech power. [... T]his is a critical experiment for democracies"
I was surprised how many startup founders at #TechArena2024 were unaware European companies cannot use most US-based cloud services without violating GDPR because the US government has surveillance authority over most cloud infrastructure providers.
@Jeremiah Well, I don't really agree with that that is true. Even though I do agree with that there are people thinking that. Of course the scale is completely impossible to compete with. And the number of services that is provided is massive on US providers.
But you get really good quality from smaller providers. And there are a bunch of them out there with really competent people. And, in the end, it all depends on what you need.
@jdurehed If you have a recommendation for somethinf comparable to Cloudflare’s platform <https://www.cloudflare.com/developer-platform/products/> in Europe, I’d love to try it. Or GCP’s Cloud Run, BigQuery, and Kubernetes Engine where you don’t pay for anything but in-use compute. Most providers I’ve found here are mediocre and undifferentiated OpenStack/OpenShift deployments that cost more than GCP and AWS equivalents.
Apple has very publicly told you to go fuck yourselves with its malicious compliance. What you do next will decide whether malicious compliance is acceptable in the EU or not.
@aral@EU_Commission or just let #apple « malicious compliance » itself into oblivion. That whole mess is a clear sign to me (not that I needed one): stay away from apple products.
A poll from European Council on Foreign Relations predicts a sharp increase in far-right representation in the next European parliamentary elections, but decency should still maintain power.
I wish I knew how to counter the rising far-right sentiment in Europe. While trends in the US show its far-right declining as Boomers die and Gen Z reaches voting age, the far-right in Europe seems youthful and gaining momentum.
@matrix why even bother anymore? This shit is going on for years. It's just one more requirement: Stay persistant against abusive state administration. Just look at thoose 3rd world countries, make software, that is resistant to over powered criminals.
@josh@10@matrix ah yes, that's also the argument @pluralistic likes to make: treading water after your ship sinks at sea is, while insufficient on its own, a necessary precondition for being picked up and surviving.