DataOwnApr 15
Reg

RE: https://social.openrightsgroup.org/@openrightsgroup/116403024808284896

The USA now considers it a national security issue if foreign countries DON'T permit free cross-border data transfers and don't make use of US cloud services for sensitive information.

The UK is fully compliant with America's wish to have access to its data, and the UK govt's continued refusal to drop US cloud services and data companies like Palantir and Oracle effectively makes the UK a client state.

Apr 14 at 3:57pmWeb
Show threadDźwiedziuApr 15

@ReggieHere
Imperial boomerang at the geopolitical-historical scale \s

@aral

Show threadPetrichor ᚄᚔᚅᚐᚁᚆᚃᚒᚔᚂApr 15
@ReggieHere Look a little closely at what data is collected and how and by whom. My eyebrows flew up when I attempted to sign up for an online account with the Navigo Pass in Paris (the card you use to pay bus, tram and train fares in Île de France) and was brought to a site in Hebrew. Looking deeper, Navigo (and the Irish cards apparently) have journeys run through a US company called Conduent (formerly largely owned by Carl Icahn)… Go further and you'll drive yourself crazy!
Show threadAchim MuellerApr 15

@ReggieHere I just made some facts check with #Grok (X AI) on your post. The answer I got was :

"The US (across administrations, including the current one) actively opposes strict data localization mandates abroad. It treats them as trade barriers in reports like the National Trade Estimate, arguing they raise costs, hurt innovation (especially AI/cloud), increase cybersecurity risks, and can enable censorship or government over-control."

It depends on your status : ally or adversary.

Show threadRegApr 15

RE: https://mas.to/@mgeist/116403367453267558

@liklyhood

Agreed, but even the best of friends generally stop short of sharing underpants....
https://mastodon.social/@[email protected]/116403367536108294

Show threadAndrocatApr 15

@liklyhood

Why do you talk to the pedophile-assisting LLM (Liar Liar Machine)?

@ReggieHere

Show threadAchim MuellerApr 15

@ReggieHere Because I learned at a Berlin based journalist school (FJS) that you should talk to both sides. Even if you don't like what you hear. Donald Trump doesn't talk to me nor does any other member of his administration.

My preferences are : claude.ai (Anthropic) and chat.mistral.ai (Mistral AI). #Grok is a backup account in case I want some conservative comment on something. Not too bad for this purpose. #LLMs just give you the most likely answer based on their training status.

Show threadFazal MajidApr 15
@ReggieHere The word you're looking for is "protectorate". A client state gets some benefits in return for submission, the UK gets none.
Show threadRegApr 15

@fazalmajid

Fair comment, although I'm sure that most of us would prefer to be protected from a foreign state's corporate surveillanceware.

Show threadFazal MajidApr 15
@ReggieHere one of the quid pro quos of the imbricated US and UK surveillance apparatus is they will spy on each other’s targets that are prohibited by domestic law as a workaround. You can bet GCHQ is getting juicy intel even the toothless RIPA Tribunal would blanch at from the NSA’s Palantir feed.
Show threadRegApr 15

@fazalmajid

Undoubtedly, and that's without considering whether the UK gains any intelligence from UK-hosted cables.

Show threadMim54Apr 17
@ReggieHere such a shortsighted mistake, they’ve been warned about this for years and done absolutely nothing to mitigate the risks have they ☹️