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U.K. Government Close To Eroding Encryption Worldwide

* proposed U.K. act intended to improve internet safety

* duty of care for online platforms towards their users, requiring action against both illegal & legal but harmful content

EFF counters:

* forces backdoors in messaging services

* destroys end-to-end encryption

#UK #OnlineSafetyBill #encryption #surveillance

m/w in the U.S. ... 🤨

NSA Lobbying Congress to Save a Phone Surveillance Loophole

The National Security Agency has urged top lawmakers to resist demands that it obtain warrants for sensitive data sold by data brokers

https://persagen.com > search: "data brokers"

E.g. "Acxiom claims to have files on 2.5 billion people, with about 11,000 data points per consumer (quoted in Senate.gov)."

#NSA #surveillance #privacy #DataBrokers

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Addendae 1

Long, very well written/important read for those concerned about

* internet privacy, surveillance, profiling

* data analytics, prediction

* state, corporate ownership, use of those data

Yandex Leak: How Russian Search Giant Uses Consumer Data

* Russian tech company; internet search ...

* principal security agency of Russia

#Yandex #privacy