Requiring a "skilled person" write a report before mass surveillance is imposed does little
Especially given that the UK gov HAS ALREADY heard from hundreds of skilled experts restating longstanding consensus: there's no such thing as a safe backdoor.
Open letter from UK-affiliated cybersecurity academics laying out why the Online Safety Bill's spy clause is dangerous and unworkable:
The director of the research group selected by the government to conduct a technical evaluation of the “safety tech” that would likely be implemented via the Online Safety Bill spy clause states unequivocally that it's not fit for use:
https://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2023/july/online-safety-bill.html
The National Research Centre on Protecting Citizens Online has called on Parliament to consider independent scientific evaluation before voting through the online safety bill, which could inadvertently enable surveillance technologies and erode online protection.
Over 450 cybersecurity experts from institutions around the globe call out the magical thinking at the heart of the EU's and UK's (and all) proposals to impose client side scanning and undermine strong encryption:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/13Aeex72MtFBjKhExRTooVMWN9TC-pbH-5LEaAbMF91Y/edit
The text below is an open letter on the position of scientists and researchers on the EU’s proposed Child Sexual Abuse Regulation. Signatures on 31 July @ 12pm Signatories: 465 Countries: 38 For press inquiries please contact: Carmela Troncoso - [email protected] (Spain, Switzerland) B...
All of which is to say, the verdict is in! We don't need more debate, more research into questions answered long ago.
Expert consensus is clear and longstanding, and now it's time to listen to it.
@Mer__edith I'll just throw this into the discussion for about the hundredth time...
#Encryption is #math.
There is no math that "the good guys" can do but which cannot be done by "the bad guys".
"Responsible encryption" and "lawful access" are bullshit phrases meant to convince you to give up your #privacy willingly.
Resist. Demand end-to-end encryption, in *everything*.
Now can we get that through to the politicians somehow?
@Mer__edith “We want a skilled person!” —> writes report, no lawmakers can understand, aides misdescribe it.
“We want a layman’s report!” —> writes report, lawmakers misconstrue due to second degree derivation, loopholes and stupid laws are created.
Independently written, but unsurprisingly very similar #Austrian version (in German, to strengthen the current no-scanning position the Austrian government still holds) is available at https://www.ins.jku.at/chatcontrol/
O the irony of an open letter by security experts which requires me to sign in to Google to read it...
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