Posts by floreani@hachyderm.io
(DIR) Post #AY7Xl7P9mL1bV5mlN2 by floreani@hachyderm.io
2023-07-27T04:37:34Z
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so you're telling me that Worldcoin, that dystopian silver ball that scans people's eyes to collect biometric data to go into a crypto project to create a "World ID", the one that manipulated people from lower-income communities to sign up in the beta period to reach the 2mil users for launch, that was co-founded by none other than Sam Altman...is now being peddled as a way to distinguish between human and AI content? A problem that Altman played no small part in worsening?
(DIR) Post #AY7XlAjpNwLHq4ToVU by floreani@hachyderm.io
2023-07-27T04:41:01Z
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there is a real concerning throughline happening at the moment where tech elites seem fixated on the issue of distinguishing between humans and bots... in the most disastrous of ways?E.g. Altman's Worldcoin, Google's WEI API, and Musk's weird delusional war on Twitter bots
(DIR) Post #AZHR7p60C59mSWVUxs by floreani@hachyderm.io
2023-08-30T21:41:56Z
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We fought this, and we won!! This is the result of a lot of work from privacy and security advocates, researchers, sex worker groups, and members of the lgbtq+ community who worked really, really hard to show the fundamental flaws in age verification.Well done friends!https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/31/roadmap-for-age-verification-online-pornographic-material-adult-websites-australia-law/
(DIR) Post #AaFg5kIpSk6GPBZ9I8 by floreani@hachyderm.io
2023-09-27T23:46:07Z
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wow, I'm sitting in on a consultation call for Australia's Digital ID bill and it is the single most tedious and monotonous thing I've heard in a long time. for something that stands to impact everyone in Australia, and is right up my alley (privacy, security, identity, etc) they've really outdone themselves with making it so. fucking. boring. if this is a tactic to discourage engagement with the consultation process, it's working
(DIR) Post #AaFg5mH881vgWUmovA by floreani@hachyderm.io
2023-09-28T01:51:52Z
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@dragestil a different thing! This one is for the legislation governing the government's digital ID system, which is intended to be a way for people to verify their identity online with government services and eventually private sector organisations
(DIR) Post #AaehSNquPlQWhozESe by floreani@hachyderm.io
2023-10-11T02:21:18Z
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people have laughed (laughed!!) when I've suggested that privacy and security practices were important for activists and organisers, dismissing it as overkill in a relatively ~chill~ country like Australia. but protest is *increasingly* being criminalised here and our right to protest is under threat. while obviously we can and should fight this, people can *also* do digital security community care and implement practical anti-surveillance organising tactics
(DIR) Post #AaehSQjDio3jcqPdOS by floreani@hachyderm.io
2023-10-11T02:24:18Z
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Yesterday, a NSW Labor Party MP said "I don't want to see protests on our street at all, from anybody."Today, the NSW Police Commissioner has announced "Operation Shelter" to capture "all intelligence available to us about community sentiment, potential protest activity, and potential demonstrations that might take place in the future." https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-11/nsw-police-announce-operation-shelter-to-respond-to-protests/102962382
(DIR) Post #AhIyw7SOGkrUo36SJs by floreani@hachyderm.io
2024-04-27T02:58:56Z
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sigh. today I am researching and writing about 'gender detection software', which I knew was transphobic rubbish but damn, the more I learn the worse it gets. now to parse the horrors into something that doesn't read like me rage vomiting on a page (or does, but in a readable way)
(DIR) Post #AiNBZjdfdF7PkfdeT2 by floreani@hachyderm.io
2024-05-29T04:27:12Z
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every time I mention Palestine in the DRW newsletter I get at least one (usually more) angry responses with a "why wont you stick to tech/privacy/security" vibesurveillance and AI tech—fueled by data collection of Palestinians—are amplifying the genocide. Israel exports its tech around the world, 'battled-tested' on Palestinians. Israel has contracts with large data-extractive tech companies. these *are* privacy and security issues.
(DIR) Post #AiXXpwF9MlaLfoA0w4 by floreani@hachyderm.io
2024-06-03T03:11:38Z
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as a digital rights advocate I am doomed to have the same arguments forever. anyway, here’s my essay from 2021 on why online anonymity is really important, actually: https://overland.org.au/2021/10/online-anonymity-is-really-important-actually/
(DIR) Post #AiXXq02tEI9fSwSHNg by floreani@hachyderm.io
2024-06-03T03:12:43Z
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requiring platforms to do a 100 point ID check is so fucking stupid with so many obvious risks and consequences, it’s infuriating to be here again. there are pressing issues in tech that require meaningful political attention. this is at best a distraction and at worst actively harmful. shit for brains tech policy ideas everywhere smdh