christopher-parsons.com
Policy wonk. Street photographer. Torontonian. Not necessarily in that order.
Interests: privacy, national security, artificial intelligence, accountability, democratic governance.
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It will be a good one, “Foreign Influence on American's [sic] Data Through the CLOUD Act” : judiciary.house.gov/committee-ac...
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This panel will not only scrutinize the UK's secret order demanding Apple build a backdoor into its products but also dive into the critical tension between law enforcement access and the fundamental importance of end-to-end encryption for global security and individual privacy
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It will delve into the US-UK data agreement and potential reforms. Expert testimony will be provided by: Richard Salgado (Salgado Strategies), Greg Nojeim (Center for Democracy & Technology), Susan Landau (Tufts University), and Caroline Wilson Palow (Privacy International)
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I’m aware of some people running consultancies using them (not necessarily to ‘sell’ AI to clients but using their knowledge of the tools as a lure for business), some small startups to try and reduce some ops costs, and folks who are designing homebrew apps cheaper than a paid developer.
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5. Japan will establish an independent oversight panel that will give prior authorization to all acts of data collection and analysis, as well as for offensive operations intended to target attackers’ servers.
Again, underlying reporting is at: therecord.media/japan-enacts...
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Of note: the new law will not authorize the government to collect or analyze domestically generated internet traffic.
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4. The government will be empowered to analyze foreign internet traffic entering the country or just transiting through it.
(The government has claimed it won’t collect or analyze the contents of this traffic.)
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2. LEAs can infiltrate and neutralize hostile servers before any malicious activity has taken place and to do so below the level of an armed attack against Japan.
3. The Self-Defence Forces be authorized to undertake offensive cyber operations against particularly sophisticated incidents.
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Absolutely exciting and fun. They make very, very creative and inspiring whiskies. I’ve sent a bunch of their bottles with colleagues who were bringing diplomatic gifts when travelling to rehabilitate Canadian whiskey’s international reputation 😝
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Very familiar with Last Straw and spoken with their head distiller several times at length. Haven’t had Stillwaters before.
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I was looking at the rye with interest; hard to find good cask strength rye that isn’t attached to an excessively high shipping cost.
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What have you had of theirs that you’d recommend in particular?
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It was written by Verónica Arroyo. Ms. Arroyo is a privacy lawyer and policy advisor on emerging technologies, and it was a pleasure to work with her and learn from her over the course of the report's production.
Again, you can download and read the report from: www.ipc.on.ca/en/resources...
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The report provides an introductory overview of neurotechnologies and examines their adoption in healthcare, employment, and law enforcement settings. It also explores legal and ethical issues, legislative and policy developments, and future technological trends.
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To contribute to the discussion, and further enhance the state of knowledge, the @ipcontario.bsky.social commissioned an independent research report on the topic.
You can find it at: www.ipc.on.ca/en/resources...
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The report was commissioned last year from Dr. Scott Thompson, and reviews the existing and emergent state of drones. It is the third independent research report we’ve recently published.
You can read the other reports at @ipcontario.bsky.social’s research hub: www.ipc.on.ca/en/resources...
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Thread somewhat disappoints :P
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A challenge is that they all tend to be lumped together in many media outputs with the effect of confusing the type(s) of operations that may be occurring or under discussion.
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Influence operations come in many formats. They can be direct (help A to get X), indirect (help friend of A, in order to try and get A to do X), or shaping (adjust the scope of who is in positions to modify agendas or policy windows).
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Was great to hear your insights on the podcast! :)
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I want to add a re-post of a blog post I wrote about the risks of AI combined with end-to-end encryption systems. blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2025/01/17/l...