Christophe

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All views are my own and may change over time - I use 🔁 to quote and ⭐️ to show interest: these marks are neither endorsement nor support for the quoted/marked toots.
Show threadChristopheMar 15, 2025
@augieray Maybe it's time to remind to overzealous officials over there, that "I obeyed to orders" will not be a valid line of defense when trampling on human rights... In diversity I trust ! #InDiversityITrust
ChristopheSep 29, 2024
Electronic Frontier FoundationSep 29, 2024
It is nearly impossible to be gainfully employed in the United States without the ability to navigate the internet. A total ban on someone’s ability to go online cannot be a condition of probation. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/09/eff-nc-court-appeals-total-internet-bans-are-unacceptable-and-unconstitutional-0
EFF to NC Court of Appeals: Total Internet Bans Are Unacceptable and Unconstitutional Conditions of Probation

This post was written by EFF legal intern Jisoo Hong. A total ban on internet access and social media use as a condition of carceral release or probation is unconstitutional, EFF and partners argued in a friend-of-the-court brief filed with the North Carolina Court of Appeals in State of North...

Electronic Frontier Foundation
ChristopheAug 21, 2024
Electronic Frontier FoundationAug 20, 2024
Even anonymized “vehicle-to-everything” (V2X) data can be filtered or hacked, potentially providing a gold mine for advertisers, police or criminals. “Once that data is out there, people will find ways to use it,” EFF’s Cliff Braun told @marketplaceapm. https://www.marketplace.org/2024/08/20/dot-vehicle-to-everything-technology-cars-infrastructure-road-safety/
DOT plans to implement V2X technology raise privacy concerns - Marketplace

The Department of Transportation wants cars and infrastructure to talk to prevent accidents via vehicle-to-everything, or V2X, technology.

Marketplace
ChristopheAug 21, 2024
Electronic Frontier FoundationAug 20, 2024
People shouldn’t fear being swept up in digital dragnet surveillance and becoming a criminal suspect just because they carried their cell phone in the vicinity of a crime. Now we can say the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals agree with us. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/08/federal-appeals-court-finds-geofence-warrants-are-categorically-unconstitutional
Federal Appeals Court Finds Geofence Warrants Are “Categorically” Unconstitutional

In a major decision on Friday, the federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that geofence warrants are “categorically prohibited by the Fourth Amendment.” Closely following arguments EFF has made in a number of cases, the court found that geofence warrants constitute the sort of “general,...

Electronic Frontier Foundation
ChristopheAug 17, 2024
Are #ethics and #respect of other people's work a strength of former Google CEO Eric Schmidt? He suggests a surprising pattern for success, stealing IP and hire lawyers to ‘clean up the mess’. Could this shed a different light on this industry's practices? https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/14/24220658/google-eric-schmidt-stanford-talk-ai-startups-openai via @Verge
Ex-Google CEO says successful AI startups can steal IP and hire lawyers to ‘clean up the mess’

“But if nobody uses your product, it doesn’t matter that you stole all the content,” former Google CEO Eric Schmidt said during a talk at Stanford that has been pulled offline.

The Verge
ChristopheApr 16, 2023
BNO NewsApr 15, 2023
U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center says its Twitter account can no longer provide tsunami warnings in real time
Show threadChristopheNov 30, 2022
@estebanmoro Interesting analyse. Another relevant event could be Musk’s tweets about reinstating Trump’s account on 19 and 20/11, which was a clear message about what twitter will soon be…
ChristopheNov 30, 2022
Jen GentlemanNov 30, 2022
There's a fine line between a denominator and a numerator