“Folks are trying to redefine when life begins, but it’s just not scientifically supported,” said Courtney Joslin, who leads #PublicPolicy research on issues pertaining to #women & #families for the R Street Institute, a center-right think tank. “There’s just been a crowding-out effect where some #FarRight legislators have undermined #Republicans’ ability to talk about #BirthControl in a sensible & rational way.”
Congrats to @osf & Uni Kassel on their new project PriDI – Privacy-enhancing Digital Infrastructure which is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
The project is researching how an #OpenWebIndex can be designed in conformity with fundamental rights and in such a way that it protects #privacy.
The legal implications of a European #OpenWebIndex are a key area of our research as well. We hence look forward to insightful project developments:
Because it costs so much money to create and run AI models, tech companies will inevitably try to pay for them by selling our personal information, says Signal’s CEO #signal#ai#privacy
"Despite being a raving commie loon, Smith's observation was so undeniably true that regulators, policymakers, and economists couldn't help but acknowledge that it was true. The trustbusting era was defined by this idea: if we let the number of companies in a sector get too small, or if we let one or a few companies get too big, they'll eventually start to rig prices."
"Aanleiding is een onderzoek van een Duitse journalist die kon inloggen in duizenden vergaderingen van Europese overheden. Nederland bleek in haar onderzoek het kwetsbaarst."
Haha, nog es naar het programma kijken van dit kabinet. Op naar een politiestaat, maar nog steeds geen aandacht voor eigen beveiliging en digitale soevereiniteit. Pfff #Security#Privacy#Democratie
#FBI#Surveillance#Privacy#Encryption: "As a privacy and encryption advocate, there were moments in this story that made me a little uncomfortable. There are places where the FBI is chafing at the constitutional limits on its surveillance powers where we can't help but sympathize with these "good guys" going after "bad guys." But this is the FBI, a lawless, unaccountable secret police who routinely bypass those limits by secretly buying data from sleazy data-brokers, or illegally sharing data with the NSA.
The conclusion really hammers home the point that the FBI's problem isn't constitutional niceties. Despite seizing hundreds of tons of illegal drugs and arresting thousands of high-ranking criminal syndicate bosses, Anom made no difference in the drug trade. Prohibition, after all, just makes criminals more wealthy and powerful. The Anom raids were, at worst, the cost of doing business – and at best, they were a global reset that cleared the board of established actors so that other criminals could seize their turf.
But even though Anom didn't triumph over crime, Dark Wire is a triumph. The book's out today, and there will shortly be a Netflix adaptation based on it, directed by Jason Bateman:"
🎂 NGI TALER's partner, @glsbank, turned 50 & celebrated half a century of socio-ecological #banking last weekend at Bochum!
💡 On Sunday, @leoo presented the workshop "Wer weiß, was du kaufst? Datenflut beim Bezahlen", tracking the path of our #data when we conduct #digital payments! The workshop used the @Taler project as an example to show that there is #another, #better, #privacy#preserving way, built on #free#software!
🚀 It was amazing to have a full house and hear wonderful comments!
Nur falls mal wieder einer mit "Chatkontrolle ist doch nicht schlimm" oder "ich habe doch nichts zu verbergen" daher kommt - ob wir etwas zu verbergen haben, hängt ganz maßgeblich von den politischen und gesetzlichen Rahmenbedingungen ab, die sich auch bei uns hier derzeit ziemlich bedenklich entwickeln.
Samsung is facing a labor strike for the first time ever. Apple is union busting. The FCC cancelled its affordable internet program. AI is all the rage with investors, but no one is using it.
Android trackers are FINALLY here! And, we should chat announcements at Computex!