Gregory's ServerThe EU’s “chat control” legislation is the most alarming proposal I’ve ever read. Taken in context, it is essentially a design for the most powerful text and image-based mass surveillance system the free world has ever seen.
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Per @racheltobac: 75% of Twitter 2FA users are using SMS-based authentication. In theory those users could switch to authenticator apps (or pay 😂) but they probably won’t. Smart people keep saying things like “but authenticator apps will still be free and those won’t require you to pay, plus they’re more secure.” That’s true! But also completely misunderstands what’s about to happen.
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 @matthew_d_green all the most useful Twitter news is coming out unofficial sources. Panic about the service is spreading @matthew_d_green Just tried logging in from in-private window and falling back to SMS 2FA. Worked for me. @matthew_d_green Yikes! Does that apply to SMS only, or is it now broken, for e-mail, too? (I was able to get a 2FA code, via e-mail, to get an archive, a few days ago, but I'm unwilling to try logging in/out, to see what happens)... |
This legislation, which is initially targeted at child abuse applications, creates the infrastructure to build in mandatory automated scanning tools that will search for *known* media, *unknown* media matching certain descriptions, and textual conversations.