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Post by wizzwizz4 »

ctrlc-root wrote: post #38
FinanceAnon wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How can a government ensure everyone's safety without sacrificing people's privacy or imposing on their lives? I would like everyone to be and feel safe, but at the same time I wouldn't want a CCTV and a policeman on every corner of the street.

This is an underrated comment. Many who believe we have a right to be safe don't understand that it's impossible to achieve without sacrificing other fundamental rights (i.e. privacy, liberty).

Sacrificing those rights doesn't even get us safety. At best, it gets us accountability, but it's very much diminishing returns.

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Post by enkid »

arp242 wrote: post #13
air7 wrote: post #7

> " In Rwanda, nude photos of 2017 presidential candidate, Diane Rwigara, surfaced on the internet. She said the images had been doctored and were intended to discredit her." This is the crazy part. Why bother "hacking" when deep-faking is such an easy option? At the same time, this allows for plausible deniability even if the photos are real.

One difference is that with a deep-fake the target knows it's not real, and is easier to shrug off, at least for themselves. If the target knows it is real then the feeling of shame and embarrassment would be a lot greater for many people (depending on personality and cultural attitudes).

Having deep fake photos pop up in the internet is going to make most people feel shame.

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Post by lambdasquirrel »

antattack wrote: post #27
cybert00th wrote: post #2

Education is key here - we the tech-savvy, need to make more of an effort to educate those less so, on how to remove files from their devices that could prove compromising in the future. Naturally, I understand that what I've just said isn't the whole answer, but I really do think it's a good place to start.

No, the problem is victim blaming and criminalizing nudity.

> Despite this, Tanzania’s cybercrime unit said that NCII cases are few and far between, with the head of the Cybercrime Unit, Joshua Mwangaza insisting it is not in the country’s culture to send “porn pictures.”

Yeah, that’s some gaslighting right there.

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Post by sharikous »

We should thank hackers in a way for exposing what the world is becoming in terms of mass surveillance.

If they did not pull stunts like these we would be much more trusting of our devices. Governments and shadier entities would access our data at their will and wouldn't stupidly publicize what they are doing when they don't have to.

Of course a presidential candidate has powerful enemies who may be themselves part of the state establishment. So in this case I believe the situations are intertwined

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Post by sysihyk »

gcr wrote: post #37
throwaway210222 wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No more than a) barman sells beer to 20 year sold in USA (1), b) someone leaks a photo of it, c) the authorities find out, d) the twit gets charged. Hence my question: "What am I missing?" It fits a pretty simple pattern: "someone broke a local law, it leaked, got punished". (1) although legal elsewhere

Generally we shouldn't be glad when inhumane laws are enforced, yes? Even if you supported anti-pornogrophy laws (I know you aren't saying that), another reason why this should be challenged is because it's going to be enforced in gender-biased ways. Primarily women will share a disproportionate burden of scrutiny for this law, particularly so in the case of revenge porn or deepfake. It's important to advocate for tr…

> hurr-durr inhumane laws

Dura lex, sed lex.

Laws were humane enough when allowed one to run for president

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Post by belorn »

gcr wrote: post #37
throwaway210222 wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No more than a) barman sells beer to 20 year sold in USA (1), b) someone leaks a photo of it, c) the authorities find out, d) the twit gets charged. Hence my question: "What am I missing?" It fits a pretty simple pattern: "someone broke a local law, it leaked, got punished". (1) although legal elsewhere

Generally we shouldn't be glad when inhumane laws are enforced, yes? Even if you supported anti-pornogrophy laws (I know you aren't saying that), another reason why this should be challenged is because it's going to be enforced in gender-biased ways. Primarily women will share a disproportionate burden of scrutiny for this law, particularly so in the case of revenge porn or deepfake. It's important to advocate for tr…

Indecent exposure laws tend to primarily target men. Anti-pornogrophy laws tend to primarily target women.

What conclusions can we make of a culture that have both laws that get enforced in their gender-biased ways?

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Post by mschuster91 »

FinanceAnon wrote: post #32
mschuster91 wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As a citizen, it is reasonable to expect from government to provide you the ability to drive through any part of the country without risking getting robbed. If the government does not meet that expectation, it is time to hold politicians (and, where applicable, the police administration) accountable by voting them out.

How can a government ensure everyone's safety without sacrificing people's privacy or imposing on their lives? I would like everyone to be and feel safe, but at the same time I wouldn't want a CCTV and a policeman on every corner of the street.

One way would be to ensure everyone has their right to a decent life fulfilled (aka, get everyone housed, fed and employed in decent conditions), to reduce the incentives and motivation for people to rob and assault other people.

One of the reason for "criminal careers" is that convictions - especially those for small scale shit like fare dodging or marijuana smoking - follow people around and make it impossible for them to obtain housing and employment. Break that cycle and help people who are in prison to live a crime-free life after release, and crime numbers will drop.

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Post by nikanj »

mkr-hn wrote: post #39
BrandoElFollito wrote: post #22

How could have her phone been hacked after creating a profile on a web site?

There was a time when you could root an Android phone to install a custom OS by visiting a website that exploited a vulnerability. It's reasonable to assume that's not the only vulnerability of its kind.

You probably still can, unless the Android phone was made in the last 2-3 years. Android manufacturers are absolutely dismal when it comes to security updates, few devices get good support for the 5+ years a smartphone is actually used

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Post by 3pt14159 »

nikanj wrote: post #49
mkr-hn wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There was a time when you could root an Android phone to install a custom OS by visiting a website that exploited a vulnerability. It's reasonable to assume that's not the only vulnerability of its kind.

You probably still can, unless the Android phone was made in the last 2-3 years. Android manufacturers are absolutely dismal when it comes to security updates, few devices get good support for the 5+ years a smartphone is actually used

You definitely still can. Zerodium pays "up to" $500k for them.
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