@f800gecko Mention of token ring and Novell networks brings back some memories. Sorry if the response came across wrong. The correction and specificity is really appreciated. Even if it is a somewhat flawed analogy, the intent was to make the point that asserting any content that touches a protocol could be subject to a limitless forever license is a pretty ballsy move.
Super excited to promote the #privacy champions at #RightsCon . All those privacy scholars and practitioners look great in those great big color glamour shots, and we're sure Costa Rica is beautiful this time of year!
Big thanks to all the great, privacy-conscious sponsors for making all this possible!
@futureofprivacy The one useful take away here is that whoever would show up to this conference is tainted by this masquerade of anti-privacy actors trying humorously to fool people into thinking they are in favor of #digitalRights. Not really surprised #EFF would be there; they’ve been falsely positioned for over a decade now. BTW, #DuckDuckGo donates to #accessNow.
Then the #RightsCon·org & accessnow·org websites are both actually #Cloudflare sites! So the event organizers have aligned themselves with the oppressors they are taking money from.
Absolute disgrace.
What is this “freshPrivacyThinking”? No privacy? WTF.
If you want to be asked for your permission before corporations get access to your private #medical records in the #EU, there is a big petition for you to sign that demands exactly that:
I know I've mentioned this before: but there is still time to sign the #WeMove petition and tell lawmakers to stop selling out your #medical records without permission.
California Court of appeal has held that geofence warrants are unconstitutional
For those who don't know, a Geofence warrant, instead of targeting an individual or location like a traditional warrant, forces a carrier such as google or T-Mobile or some other entity to turn over data from ALL users/devices in a given radius.
I understand many wants location and other tech details removed for #privacy reasons. But removing credit, copyright and #license info is for me like stealing. And makes me hesitant to post any of my images on Mastodon.
Even Meta/Facebook now preserves this info in images posted to their platform(s) - as shown...
#EU#EUDI#Privacy#DigitalRights#DigitalIdentity: "The European Digital Identity (EUDI) Wallet is about to create an “unprecedented” risk for Europeans in their online and offline life unless privacy and anti-discrimination safeguards are introduced, a group of civil society organizations, academics and research institutions are warning.
In an open letter published Tuesday, the group urged European officials to reconsider the current trajectory of the eIDAS 2.0 (Electronic Identification, Authentication and Trust Services), the legal framework for the adoption of a European Digital Identity system which aims to give every European citizen and business unique and verifiable credentials.
The letter has 24 signatories, including international digital rights groups such as Privacy International and the Electronic Frontier Foundation."