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Re: Show HN: Use Their ID – Use your local UK MP’s ID for the Online Safety Act

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Post by ljm »

thorum wrote: post #33

Unintended side effect, UK MPs can now watch as much porn as they want with plausible deniability.

I don’t know about this law specifically, but every other law attacking the internet or encryption has attempted to exempt people in government.

That defeats the point of the legislation since it creates a gaping wide backdoor to exploit official people, who are now the most valuable targets because of that exemption.

Never mind the matter of providing a rule for the people and making the people who made the rule immune to it.

Re: Show HN: Use Their ID – Use your local UK MP’s ID for the Online Safety Act

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Post by dom96 »

timje1 wrote: post #41
dom96 wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why didn't you just create the images for all 650 MPs ahead of time?

Because that's expensive as hell and I didn't know if anyone would visit the site..

Really? Does it really cost that much to generate a single image like this?

Re: Show HN: Use Their ID – Use your local UK MP’s ID for the Online Safety Act

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Post by crinkly »

verytrivial wrote: post #53

Do please take a moment to consider which MPs carry the burden here. It's mainly a single flavour. Mention it on the doorstep next time. https://votes.parliament.uk/votes/commons/division/1926

What a fucking mess.

Labour voted in conservative policy. Conservatives voted against it. Reform, whilst all over the news for being against it, voted for it.

Re: Show HN: Use Their ID – Use your local UK MP’s ID for the Online Safety Act

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Post by jonplackett »

Are you just using ChatGPT api to make the images? I’m surprised it would let you make driving licenses.

If so it’d be kinda crazy to go after you if anyone can just make an image like this in ChatGPT anyway.

It get all sorts of complaints from it and then it eventually says it’ll make one but only someone similar and only similar to a uk licensed and then makes something pretty close to reality - but not as recognisable as yours.

Re: Show HN: Use Their ID – Use your local UK MP’s ID for the Online Safety Act

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Post by timje1 »

dom96 wrote: post #52
timje1 wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because that's expensive as hell and I didn't know if anyone would visit the site..

Really? Does it really cost that much to generate a single image like this?

yeah to generate a photo of reasonable quality it costs like $.18, so multiply that by 650ish MPs and you have a pretty expensive lil parody site...

Re: Show HN: Use Their ID – Use your local UK MP’s ID for the Online Safety Act

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Post by btilly »

crinkly wrote: post #32
travisgriggs wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wish there was a modern day version of "Yes, [Prime] Minister" for this kind of stuff. It's like the episodes could write themselves by the week.

Well having worked for the government in an ancillary security role about 20 years ago on contract, I don't think they could produce a parody notably worse than reality to use as a contrast. Today, I suspect it is worse. Hire an expert they said. From the pool of experts they had heard about through contacts in the civil service. None of whom have any industry or real world experience. At best, someone was on an indu…

It is worthy of note that most of the incidents in Yes, Minister were based on things that really happened. At some level it was more curation than invention.
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