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JamesBaker

@JamesBaker@social.openrightsgroup.org

Campaigns and advocacy manager at https://social.openrightsgroup.org/@openrightsgroup. (he/him) messaging in a personal capacity on #privacy #civilliberties #localgovernment #environment

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JamesBaker, to privacy
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‘There are no ethical momfluncers’. Interesting article on the ethics of farming your children for fame and likes. Makes me think how absent this type of behaviour was from the Online Safety Bill debate and regulation in the U.K. https://www.infinitescroll.us/p/there-are-no-ethical-momfluencers

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It’s welcome the UK Government has acknowledged the technical issues around their plans to scan E2EE messaging. As reported widely in article like this https://www.wired.com/story/britain-admits-defeat-online-safety-bill-encryption/

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But as quoted in that article - “It would be better if these powers were completely removed from the bill”. Still realistically the Government doesn’t want to lose face and it’s realistically possible these plans will be quietly shoved into the long grass (as is likely to happen with a lot of the unworkable Online Safety Bill).

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This afternoon I chaired a discussion in House of Lords around the impact of the Online Safety Bill on end-to-end encryption. We had groups such as Amnesty International and Stonewall come out criticising the measures. Signal, Liberty and CitizenLab also joined us along with a Big Brother Watch, Article 19 and EFF. So much of UK civil society opposes this clause. We are all clear the Government needs to move further to protect privacy and private messaging apps.

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Well well Australia appears to be struggling to implement age verification. Do we think somehow Ofcom and the UK will succeed where others are failing? https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/31/roadmap-for-age-verification-online-pornographic-material-adult-websites-australia-law

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A other major data leak in the UK. It’s incredibly hard to secure personal data so organisations ought to minimise what they hold! https://x.com/skynews/status/1695677551623237702?s=46&t=OzOLkg5qradHVSWAn4N85g

JamesBaker, to tech
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The UK is seen as an increasingly hostile environment to do business in. Rishi’s tech strategy is going to be putting the economy at risk, as millions of customers lose access to apps vital for doing business securely https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-66304002

JamesBaker, to privacy
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So it appears the entire UK electoral roll has been hacked. That’s over 40million records of people’s name and addresses, and possibly email as well. They didn’t tell us for nine months either! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-66441010

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@gsuberland Companies can be access to the open roll. They can’t buy access to the edited roll which includes people who opted not to go on the open roll. The breach includes all the people who were on the edited roll so it is significant.

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@gsuberland My understanding is it’s the full register that has been breached as it was the one being used for PPERA compliance on donations. You can only purchase the edited version which doesn’t include people who opted not to be on it. Only credit agencies, Councillors, elected representatives and Government Departments have access to that.

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@gsuberland That’s correct people who have registered anonymously under the 2006 Electoral Administration Act are not included in this breach. People who opted not to be on the edited roll / ‘open register’ are. It’s the edited roll / ‘open register’ that private companies can purchase. Private companies can’t purchase the full version. The version of the roll with anonymous voters removed is still referred to as the full register in the terminology used by EC.

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@gsuberland Regulation 114(3) RPR 2001 - Sale of full register to credit reference agencies is the SI that says the full register (minus anonymous voters under 2006 electoral registration act) can only be sold to credit refercbe agencies. It’s the open register sometimes called the edited roll that other industries can purchase.

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@gsuberland I’m sure there are breaches and candidates do illegally pass it on. It’s not hard to get two signatures and the electoral roll for a ward. A bit harder to get it for an entire local authority as you need to be a DNO. But this is the entire UK wide roll, so that is quite significant in its scale.

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@gsuberland For me it’s the fact they sat on it for months and didn’t tell us. People ought to be alerted so they can be more wary of phishing scams where the scammer gains trust with their knowedge of your address and details.

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@gsuberland Yea there is a question around who wanted the access. Was it a foreign state actor trying to undermine trust in electoral registration for example. The scale of the data set does mean it has other consequences. Makes it much more useful for profiling or matching to other data sets. I think generally cybersecurity and data security and data protection is not treated seriously enough.

JamesBaker, to random
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Turns out having smart devices isn’t always so smart https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-66408668 #domesticabuse #surveillance

JamesBaker, to privacy
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Looks like the new Zoom ToS include using data generated through using their product for ‘machine learning or artificial intelligence (including for the purposes of training and tuning of algorithms and models)’ https://explore.zoom.us/en/terms/. Might be time to look at alternatives like https://meet.hit.si/

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@steve @kkarhan @maxschrems @noybeu I would guess so, I’m no data protection lawyer though

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@kkarhan thanks have corrected it

JamesBaker,
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@kkarhan @steve @maxschrems @noybeu They have a blog post saying it applies to Metadata ‘service generated data’ rather than voice or video content (for which they have an opt-in). How much their blog aligns with the ToS I don’t know. I guess there is a point here about how much metadata is still a privacy concern https://blog.zoom.us/zooms-term-service-ai/

JamesBaker, to privacy
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Changes to the Investigatory Powers Act and technical notices and the encryption busting spy clause in the Online Safety Bill have to be viewed together. All part of a wider struggle between ordinary people’s security vs the state’s snooping abilities.

https://www.techspot.com/news/99563-uk-could-threaten-global-encryption-online-safety-bill.html

JamesBaker, to random
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A hard hitting video from Deutschmark Telekom about emerging dangers sharing images of your children online. This is one reason I campaign to protect end-to-end encryption.
As a parent it provides me a safe and secure way to share pictures of my sons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4WZ_k0vUDM

JamesBaker, to random
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The Evening Standard is reporting on the Lords’ last chance to stop mass surveillance powers in the https://www.standard.co.uk/tech/online-safety-bill-mass-surveillance-encryption-house-of-lords-debate-b1095261.html

JamesBaker, to random
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Baroness Kidron was talking about AI generated CSEM again on the today program on Radio 4 this morning. With this alarming development end-to-end encryption becomes more important. It’s the only way parents can share images of our children without risking them falling into the wrong hands

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A legal opnion from Dan Squires KC of Matrix states the UK’s Online Safety Bill would be unlawful due to its restrictions on freedom of expression and its censorship. https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/legal-opinion-finds-online-safety-bill-may-breach-international-law/

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@pwaring Practically it means some peers might seek to correct the law with amendments, or Ofcom will need to consider this when creating its code of practices. Finally it sets up a potential Judical Review of the unlawful clauses on grounds of freedom of expression infringement of HRA and ECHR

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