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UK's "Online Safety Bill" should be renamed the "Online Exposure Bill (www.wired.com)

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I believe the "Online Safety Bill" should be renamed the "Online Exposure Bill," and here's why:

Age verification likely involves estimating age based on biometric data – essentially, using an algorithm to scan a photo or video of the user." making our identity transparent in the digital world.
"Client-side scanning, where a phone or other device would scan the content of a message before it’s encrypted and flag or block violating material." This effectively renders E2EE (End-to-End Encryption) useless!

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[-] Dasnap@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I recently got Canadian citizenship through my dad. How are things in Canada currently? I feel like this country economically and socially is just gonna keep spiralling downwards so I'm curious what my backup is like.

[-] Redderthanmisty@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Not spiralling downwards over here... plummeting.

Hell, we didn't even get to vote for our last two leaders, both of whom did more damage individually than Thatcher.

As for the alternative when we do get a chance to vote, well they've abandoned just about every principle and policy they had now that victory is practically garaunteed, so they've effectively become diet tories.

[-] nicktron@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hell, we didn’t even get to vote for our last two leaders

Please explain this false statement.

Edit: I am silly and thought that statement was about Canada. I feel shame.

[-] Plissken185@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

I think he’s correctly referring to sunak and truss. Neither were voted in by the public.

[-] nicktron@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

My mistake. I (for whatever reason) thought we were discussing Canada.

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