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UK Expands Online Safety Act to Mandate Preemptive Scanning

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Re: UK Expands Online Safety Act to Mandate Preemptive Scanning

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Post by rdm_blackhole »

ghusto wrote: post #11

> The UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) unveiled the changes through a promotional video showing a smartphone scanning AirDropped photos and warning the user that an “unwanted nude” had been detected. "Unwanted"

> The UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT)

It should be called the Ministry of Truth at this point.

> Unwanted

How do you know if a nude is unwanted? The premise itself makes no sense. The only way this could potentially work is if you had the whole context of the relationship somehow embedded in the messages and then if you deciphered the intent behind the messages. Even then what about sarcasm or double entendre?

Re: UK Expands Online Safety Act to Mandate Preemptive Scanning

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Post by potato3732842 »

rdm_blackhole wrote: post #21
ghusto wrote: post #11

> The UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) unveiled the changes through a promotional video showing a smartphone scanning AirDropped photos and warning the user that an “unwanted nude” had been detected. "Unwanted"

> The UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) It should be called the Ministry of Truth at this point. > Unwanted How do you know if a nude is unwanted? The premise itself makes no sense. The only way this could potentially work is if you had the whole context of the relationship somehow embedded in the messages and then if you deciphered the intent behind the messages. Even then what about sarcas…

>How do you know if a nude is unwanted? The premise itself makes no sense

If the app has sufficient permissions to infer user demographics a sufficiently jaded person should be able to come up with a set of rules that get you a 99% solution pretty easily.

Re: UK Expands Online Safety Act to Mandate Preemptive Scanning

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Post by miroljub »

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    God save the Queen
    The fascist regime
    It made you a moron
    Potential H-bomb
    God save the Queen
    She ain't no human being
    There is no future
    In England's dreaming

    Don't be told what you want to want to
    And don't be told what you want to need
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Re: UK Expands Online Safety Act to Mandate Preemptive Scanning

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Post by westmeal »

HeckFeck wrote: post #14
doublerabbit wrote: post #12

How's that lawsuit with 4Chan going ofcom? Last checking, just now the site is still online. Time to move my colocated servers out of the UK.

If they're really keen, they could just ask the hacker known as Soyjak.party to knock it offline again.

They'd better make sure there are no conspicuously placed yellow vans a either, least they explode.

Re: UK Expands Online Safety Act to Mandate Preemptive Scanning

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Post by mikkupikku »

Popeyes wrote: post #22

Tech industry walked right into this one, well done Musk.

UK government publicly making a fool of itself is probably not counter to the interests of Elon Musk at all... His political faction have been keen to insult the British government whenever possible. The more absurd their public enemies act, the more reasonable they look in comparison.

Re: UK Expands Online Safety Act to Mandate Preemptive Scanning

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Post by flumpcakes »

rdm_blackhole wrote: post #21
ghusto wrote: post #11

> The UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) unveiled the changes through a promotional video showing a smartphone scanning AirDropped photos and warning the user that an “unwanted nude” had been detected. "Unwanted"

> The UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) It should be called the Ministry of Truth at this point. > Unwanted How do you know if a nude is unwanted? The premise itself makes no sense. The only way this could potentially work is if you had the whole context of the relationship somehow embedded in the messages and then if you deciphered the intent behind the messages. Even then what about sarcas…

Perhaps there should be a setting "Allow X" that has to be set on a contact. By default it is set to disallow nudes.

I think this already exists by the way - screening potentially pornographic images and you have to explicitly confirm a choice to view it.

Re: UK Expands Online Safety Act to Mandate Preemptive Scanning

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Post by imdsm »

captain_coffee wrote: post #20

So wait - would this be something like... you trying to send a dickpic via WhateverMessenger, the content would be scanned first and you would be presented with a message along the lines of "This message cannot be sent as it violates our T&Cs"?

scanned locally or externally? that's what i care about
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