I believe the “Online Safety Bill” should be renamed the “Online Exposure Bill,” and here’s why:

  1. Age verification likely involves estimating age based on biometric data – essentially, using an algorithm to scan a photo or video of the user." making our identity transparent in the digital world.

  2. “Client-side scanning, where a phone or other device would scan the content of a message before it’s encrypted and flag or block violating material.” This effectively renders E2EE (End-to-End Encryption) useless!

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    1 year ago

    Who names these bills though? They could just as well name it “Wont-take-away-more-of-your-privacy-jk bill”. Would be a lot more fair for everyone and less likely to mislead if we only refered to such stuff by a neutral and boring unique id.