#HomeOffice secretly backs #FacialRecognition technology to curb shoplifting

Covert government strategy to install #ElectronicSurveillance in shops raises issues around bias and data, and contrasts sharply with the #EU ban to keep #AI out of #PublicSpaces

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jul/29/home-office-secretly-backs-facial-recognition-technology-to-curb-shoplifting
#DontScanMe

#Police using #LiveFacialRecognition at #BritishGrandPrix2023 - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jul/08/police-live-facial-recognition-british-grand-prix #DontScanMe

Our briefing to the House of Lords on the Online Safety Bill was referenced by Natalie Bennett during the Committee stage. Secure private communications are important to maintain privacy, especially for marginalised communities.

Read our briefing here: https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/policy-briefing-online-safety-bill-house-of-lords-committee-stage/

#OnlineSafetyBill #DontScanMe #StopTheSpyClause #e2ee #ukpolitics

⚠️ The Online Safety Bill would "make Britain a global role model for repressive regimes."

@Mer__edith, President of @signalapp, calls out the proposals that'll lead to "government-mandated mass surveillance applications on every UK smartphone."

#OnlineSafetyBill #DontScanMe #StopTheSpyClause #privacy #surveillance

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/05/21/britain-is-writing-the-playbook-for-dictators/

I just donated to @signalapp because I use it, love it, and need it to keep existing! #FreeSoftware #Privacy #DontScanMe

Client-side scanning is like having a “government-supplied CCTV camera in every room of your house.” It puts faith in “an unknown algorithm to detect bad things, which get reported to a private moderation team provided by the people who built your house” - Matthew Hodgson, CEO of @element

#DontScanMe #StopTheSpyClause #OnlineSafetyBill #e2ee #ukpolitics

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/365535563/Online-Safety-Bill-could-pose-risk-to-encryption-technology-used-by-Ukraine

Plowing ahead with supposed ‘silver bullets’ in the Online Safety Bill is reckless.

The warning is coming in loud and clear: putting client-side scanning on everyone’s device is a nightmare in the making.

#DontScanMe #StopTheSpyClause #OnlineSafetyBill #privacy #e2ee #cybersecurity

https://www.politicshome.com/thehouse/article/online-safety-bill-risks-making-apps-vulnerable-attacks-bad-actors

"Open Rights Group warned that what it called “a form of chat surveillance” is being slipped in through “a back door measure” in the legislation. Its paper went on to call for E2EE private messaging services to be put out of scope of the bill entirely."

#DontScanMe #OnlineSafetyBill #StopTheSpyClause #e2ee #ukpolitics

https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/10/uk-osb-e2ee-warning/

🚨 WE NEED YOUR HELP!

Over 320 people have joined our campaign to #StopTheSpyClause in the Online Safety Bill (UK).

Will you join the movement to protect your privacy? #DontScanMe

#OnlineSafetyBill #privacy #e2ee #ukpolitics #surveillance

https://action.openrightsgroup.org/dont-scan-me

False positives have damaging consequences. Yet the Online Safety Bill requires providers to report matches of child sexual abuse material to the National Crime Agency.

Given the uncertainties around the tech, it should be approached by policy-makers with caution.

#DontScanMe #StopTheSpyClause #OnlineSafetyBill #privacy

https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/21/23315513/google-photos-csam-scanning-account-deletion-investigation

The government have “pulled the veil off the intentions behind this bill” by making “scientifically unsubstantiated claims” about encryption.

It’s clear that the Online Safety Bill “really is attacking encryption.”

Read more from @Mer__edith

#DontScanMe #StopTheSpyClause #OnlineSafetyBill #e2ee #ukpolitics

https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/uk-online-safety-bill-signal-whatsapp-privacy-encryption-b2324483.html

This week we hit the streets in London to send a message to the UK government: Don’t Scan Me! We’re calling on lawmakers to support Lord Clement-Jones’ amendment to the #OnlineSafetyBill that would remove private messaging platforms from the surveillance measures. #DontScanMe #StopTheSpyClause #privacy #e2ee

"Few would consent to the state putting CCTV in everyone’s bedroom to crack down on the abuse of children. But that is effectively what a technology notice could mean: a CCTV camera in everyone’s phones."

#DontScanMe #StopTheSpyClause #OnlineSafetyBill #ukpolitics #e2ee

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-whatsapp-could-quit-the-uk-over-the-online-safety-bill/

"Weakening end-to-end encryption would reduce everyone’s safety online, including the children this bill is trying to protect. Without strong encryption, the sensitive data of millions of people would be at risk."

Proton calls on the government to revise the Online Safety Bill to protect privacy, free speech and encryption.

#DontScanMe #StopTheSpyClause #OnlineSafetyBill #privacy #ukpolitics #e2ee

https://proton.me/blog/online-safety-bill

The Online Safety Bill “could allow the scanning of everyone’s private messages, potentially undermining the encryption that keeps us safe. The House of Lords must support amendments that will prevent illiberal legislation passing unchecked.” - ORG’s Policy Manager Dr Monica Horten.

#DontScanMe #OnlineSafetyBill #StopTheSpyClause #e2ee #ukpolitics #privacy

https://www.digit.fyi/online-safety-bill-controversy-continues/

“In its current form, [the Online Safety Bill] threatens every person’s right to freedom of expression and privacy. In particular, the bill could allow the scanning of everyone’s private messages.” - ORG Policy Manager, Dr Monica Horten.

#DontScanMe #OnlineSafetyBill #StopTheSpyClause #e2ee #ukpolitics #privacy

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/365535512/Tech-companies-and-NGOs-urge-rewrite-of-Online-Safety-Bill-to-protect-encrypted-comms

Ahead of the House of Lords (UK) Committee Stage on the Online Safety Bill today, we've published a briefing on the illegal content safety duties and prior restraint, supported by Index on Censorship, Wikimedia UK and the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

Find out more here. https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/policy-briefing-online-safety-bill-house-of-lords-committee-stage/

#OnlineSafetyBill #StopTheSpyClause #DontScanMe #privacy #e2ee #ukpolitics

⚠️ The Online Safety Bill returns to the House of Lords (UK) today for its Committee stage.

We call on the Lords to support Lord Clement-Jones’ amendment that would remove private messaging platforms from the ambit of the disproportionate spy clause. #DontScanMe

👉 Join our campaign today: https://action.openrightsgroup.org/dont-scan-me

#OnlineSafetyBill #privacy #e2ee #encryption #ukpolitics

Secure messenging services warn the Online Safety Bill ‘could break end-to-end encryption, opening the door to routine, general and indiscriminate surveillance of personal messages of friends, family members, employees, executives, journalists, human rights activists and even politicians themselves’ #DontScanMe

#OnlineSafetyBill #StopTheSpyClause #privacy #surveillance #e2ee #ukpolitics

https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/whatsapp-messaging-chat-encryption-online-safety-b2321783.html

RT @OpenRightsGroup
If you agree that we must save encryption, join our campaign today. #DontScanMe

https://action.openrightsgroup.org/dont-scan-me