Jessica Shurson

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Some providers who offer private messaging that isn’t E2EE may scan those messages too. But consumers have a choice in what services to use. This would allow E2EE services to continue being used without scanning obligations that may weaken the security of those services. That’s a win.

Yes there may be some issues with voluntary scanning but most people would support some scanning, such as hash matching for known CSAM on public services. I wouldn’t use any social media that doesn’t take proactive steps to detect and remove CSAM.

Chat Control isn’t dead, Denmark has a new proposal − here’s all we know Privacy experts aren't ready to celebrate

This headline is really misleading. “Chat control” is dead in that the new text has removed detection orders which would have required scanning private E2EE chats. This preserves the status quo, which allows service providers to voluntarily scan their services for CSAM as many already do.

I don’t think people think through what the world might look like if governments were unable to obtain any data from apps

Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…

British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
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I have never been able to do this... maybe I need another Phd?

I have two PhDs and honestly managing to successfully connect to the university printing service is probably my greatest accomplishment

One of the most interesting recent privacy developments is the deployment of big two-hop IP blinding VPNs by companies like Apple and Google. These systems are designed to ensure that even those companies can’t link web requests to IP addresses.

Really interesting. Could law enforcement go to the second company and marry up records between it and Apple?

There’s a BBC story about the Sara Sharif murder review and the child welfare advocate said it should be illegal for parents to physically punish a child: “You can’t hit an adult, why should you be able to hit a child?”

What a straightforward way to cut through the noise and make a legal argument.

Every office has an executive tier whose emails are like:

saw on news , , can we replce complianc dept with web 3

and a worker tier whose emails are like:

Dear Jim,
First of all, I *love* this idea! Unfortunately, I spoke with Legal and identified a few issues with this approach. For starters…

I find it’s not always easy to tell ahead of time which conferences will be useful (with some exceptions—the paper workshop style of PLSC-Europe I expect will always be good). But without funds, I am less likely to take the gamble on the big conferences anymore

UK seeks to curb AI child sex abuse imagery with tougher testing - BBC News A new law will allow authorised testers to assess AI models for their ability to generate abuse material

Studies of abusers on dark web forums show that while mainstream AI models can produce CSAM, it’s not very realistic, so they use LoRAs to make it so. This testing won’t really do much because abusers aren’t using vanilla models. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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What is this strange emotion I’m feeling… is it… hope?

My latest Lawfare piece is out!

I look at the recent #latombe case and the impact it will have on #EU / #US #dataprotection and #data #flows.
#law #academia #lawfare #cjeu

😢 hope you feel better soon

Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching

Hackers are attacking Britain’s drinking water suppliers The U.K.'s water suppliers have reported five cyberattacks since January 2024, according to information reviewed by Recorded Future News. The incidents did not affect the safety of water supplies, but...

Hackers have launched five cyberattacks against Britain's drinking water suppliers since the beginning of last year, according to reports filed with the drinking water watchdog and partially disclosed to Recorded Future News under freedom of information laws.

Did you happen to leave your @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk purchases on the Metropolitan line yesterday?

Did one of your friends do this and send an anguished message to the group chat?

If so, Darren has just done you a very good turn. 👇

Immediately my brain saw “hearse” then I read your alt text 😂

"Meanwhile, the regulations to bring in a requirement on providers to report CSAM content to the National Crime Agency have been revoked; they were due to come into force on 3 November and, at the time of writing, there are no further details available as to why they have been reversed." > Curious.

An LLM-produced essay is tangible proof that a student doesn’t care, and yet responding to it properly requires hour upon hour of careful work. It’s asymmetrical and overwhelming.

New Hacking Tools: AI and Criminal Liability Are AI companies breaking UK law by offering tools which help hackers commit cybercrime offences?

My latest post analyses the potential criminal liability in the UK of AI companies in light of the August report from Anthropic that its generative AI tool Claude has been used by hackers to commit cybercrimes. TL;DR: s3A CMA is a problem. open.substack.com/pub/issuesin...

Always love a good analysis of CMA s3A but what's really interesting is if AI can do all these things successfully for criminals why can they not seem to for lawful markets! I'm not seeing such intelligent price discrimination...

New Hacking Tools: AI and Criminal Liability Are AI companies breaking UK law by offering tools which help hackers commit cybercrime offences?

My latest post analyses the potential criminal liability in the UK of AI companies in light of the August report from Anthropic that its generative AI tool Claude has been used by hackers to commit cybercrimes. TL;DR: s3A CMA is a problem. open.substack.com/pub/issuesin...

NI parents caught in UK crackdown lose child benefit after travelling via Dublin Exclusive: new anti-fraud system fails to account for fact many return to country via airport in Irish capital

More evidence that the UK Government not only forgets that NI exists, it also forgets that the Common Travel Area exists. This is just a remarkable story of benefits being withdrawn from hundreds of families for using the CTA amid a performative benefit crackdown:

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