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1. Meredith Whittaker (mer__edith@mastodon.world)'s status on Friday, 21-Jul-2023 14:52:18 JST Meredith Whittaker

   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.

   https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-66240006

   • Aral Balkan repeated this.
   • Meredith Whittaker (mer__edith@mastodon.world)'s status on Saturday, 22-Jul-2023 22:51:36 JST Meredith Whittaker

     in reply to

     Open letter from UK-affiliated cybersecurity academics laying out why the Online Safety Bill's spy clause is dangerous and unworkable:

     https://haddadi.github.io/UKOSBOpenletter.pdf

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Saturday, 22-Jul-2023 23:01:40 JST Aral Balkan

     in reply to

     @Mer__edith Thank you for the work you do, Meredith. 💕

   • Meredith Whittaker (mer__edith@mastodon.world)'s status on Saturday, 22-Jul-2023 23:01:41 JST Meredith Whittaker

     in reply to

     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.

   • Meredith Whittaker (mer__edith@mastodon.world)'s status on Saturday, 22-Jul-2023 23:01:42 JST Meredith Whittaker

     in reply to

     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

   • Meredith Whittaker (mer__edith@mastodon.world)'s status on Saturday, 22-Jul-2023 23:01:43 JST Meredith Whittaker

     in reply to

     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