Time to blacklist the brits from all internet services and devices. They are such a tiresome and irrelevant entity nowadays.
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UK Wants All iPhones to Block Explicit Images Unless You Prove Age
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It's the mentality of the people and how they always kowtow to government repression. A cowardly nation.
In 2027, devices will automatically block any digital drawings, paintings or 3D modelling of suspiciously-shaped fruit or vegetables.
In 2028, any unapproved angular lines or curves shall be prohibited.
In 2029, … well, I’m not allowed to say what happens then.
In 2028, any unapproved angular lines or curves shall be prohibited.
In 2029, … well, I’m not allowed to say what happens then.
I was wondering the same thing, are they sending the images to their servers for scanning or is this done on the device. I would think the UK would have more pressing issues to address than this.
We remember that Apple already invented this technology and the free porn fanatics went nuts at them.
Just for trying to keep kids safe.
What a world.
Just for trying to keep kids safe.
What a world.
The short story is there's a couple of think tanks who hired a university professor a while ago to write a report stating that this is one of the biggest risks in society at the moment. This goes through several layers of civil service, filled with incompetent incumbent morons, and to the politicians who just vote it in verbatim because they have little to no experience in the actual real world. There is a huge disconnect between the political classes here and the rest of the population. Of course it is enforced by the jobsworth feckwits at Ofcom who have been hiring yes-men for the last 20 years and managed to do precisely nothing of value, so this is something to latch on to do well to the destruction of us all. This is all backed up by a positive feedback loop to the universities who overlap considerably socially and politically with the people who are running this. Objectivity is gone.
I will note I worked in this space (political influence) from around 2004-2007, for which I am completely ashamed of, and it is conservative and foreign political influence which is driving this, nothing more. We have people who think that doing this is a good thing for moral virtue thus promote it and people who think it's a good thing to divide the population and stoke internal discontent so they can do their nefarious things without getting picked up in the noise.
Unfortunately they did want to do so in regards to internal mails because they wanted to help the children and spent enormous resources developing it before its announcement. And their great efforts to. Ale it allegedly private and no government would never change their list or Demand alternative lists.
Apple disabled ADP recently, but they released the floodgates that they could do it without privacy violations….
Internal Apple memo addresses public concern over new child protection features | AppleInsider
An internal memo from Apple reportedly addresses concerns around CSAM and Photo scanning features, aims to uphold its commitment to user privacy while also protecting children.
Apple has the old CSAM code on a dvd in a vault somewhere. Might even sell it to Google.
In the future it could become illegal to prevent any government AI agent to remote desktop into your mac and access all your private data.
As a Brit I have to agree with this, would save the mods on here a ton of time.
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You know you can trust it because it’s made from bits of real people.
Or is that the real people bits. IDK.
You know you can trust it because it’s made from bits of real people.
Or is that the real people bits. IDK.
Yep.
Notice how "we just want fewer checks on food imports" became "to hell with it, let's re-enter the EU customs union".
(It doesn't matter if you are for or against Brexit. The current UK Government was elected under a manifesto not to re-enter the SM or CU!)
They won’t jail PDFs but they do care that people look at images on their phones, and it is absolutely not because they want track people who are not breaking any laws.
Please most people have largely sold their information to Facebook or other private companies that the government can just go to.
I’m not in favour of censorship in any form but you’d have to be completely blind to see the damage explicit internet content has done to society at large.
Violence in relationships has become normalised because it’s what young people think sex should be. The loneliness epidemic in men is the biggest cause of suicide and at its root is an addiction to porn instead of seeking healthy relationships with other consenting adults. It’s an insidious addiction because you don’t really notice the symptoms and the product is both infinite and free. Men feel ashamed about it and don’t seek help leading to spirals of self-destruction. That’s not to mention the exploitation of performers.
Putting explicit images of yourself out there into the ether of your own volition is equally as damaging for so many people and should not be encouraged. Go home and shower together instead.
Apple and Google blocking these images by default using on-device AI (which is what the current warning software uses) isn’t state surveillance and if you’re not looking at it then you’ve nothing to worry about. It would also blanket block it all for teenagers which is only a good thing.
And for the tin-hat brigade I’ll just mention that digital state ID tends to make use of Zero-Knowledge Proof (ZKP) cryptography meaning it proves data without exposing it so it can’t be used for surveillance. You should be more worried about how much tracking large internet companies do than your own government.
Violence in relationships has become normalised because it’s what young people think sex should be. The loneliness epidemic in men is the biggest cause of suicide and at its root is an addiction to porn instead of seeking healthy relationships with other consenting adults. It’s an insidious addiction because you don’t really notice the symptoms and the product is both infinite and free. Men feel ashamed about it and don’t seek help leading to spirals of self-destruction. That’s not to mention the exploitation of performers.
Putting explicit images of yourself out there into the ether of your own volition is equally as damaging for so many people and should not be encouraged. Go home and shower together instead.
Apple and Google blocking these images by default using on-device AI (which is what the current warning software uses) isn’t state surveillance and if you’re not looking at it then you’ve nothing to worry about. It would also blanket block it all for teenagers which is only a good thing.
And for the tin-hat brigade I’ll just mention that digital state ID tends to make use of Zero-Knowledge Proof (ZKP) cryptography meaning it proves data without exposing it so it can’t be used for surveillance. You should be more worried about how much tracking large internet companies do than your own government.
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Seems like the voters in the UK might have some talking to do at the polls.
Papieren Sie, Bitte!
It’s ridiculous that the UK wants you to prove you are an innocent person before accessing information. Next, libraries will have a “restricted section” where “dangerous ideas” like voting will be stashed.
It’s ridiculous that the UK wants you to prove you are an innocent person before accessing information. Next, libraries will have a “restricted section” where “dangerous ideas” like voting will be stashed.
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Sadly for a lot of people, that excuse works. When they were first pushing the Investigatory Powers Act, I argued online how it wouldn’t “protect the kids” in the slightest and was merely an excuse to intrude on everyone, I was accused of being a paedophile multiple times for being against the act. The exact same thing happened when I argued against the age verification law.
They do jail PDF's, but obviously the right wing media here would rather you believed they didn't so that billionaire friendly politicians will be voted in so they can pay less tax, and exploit more workers.
This and the digital collate information to be stolen by hackers, I mean digital safety act can do one.
Edit to add, do one means go away in strong terms here in the UK
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Its never about the children. Read the fine print.
"build … algorithms into their software by default … verify that they're adults through biometric checks or official ID … to target mobile devices initially, but it could extend to desktops … government reportedly explored making the controls mandatory for devices …"
"build … algorithms into their software by default … verify that they're adults through biometric checks or official ID … to target mobile devices initially, but it could extend to desktops … government reportedly explored making the controls mandatory for devices …"
Translation: We want to continually scan all your photos and memes retroactively to see if anything violates any new laws that we invented today. 
Never fall for it. Never surrender your freedom. Security is a synonym for control and power. The rules will never apply to politicians. Like the EU chat control which excluded politicians.
Its always like that. Give in and the government will take more and more.