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Does anyone have a tldr? Respectfully to the author, I don’t have the patience to read through this blog post full of metaphores and anecdotes. So what happened

by s1k3s 4y ago

Does anyone have a tldr? Respectfully to the author, I don’t have the patience to read through this blog post full of metaphores and anecdotes. So what happened?

dreamcompiler 4y ago
tldr: In the name of "protecting the children," the British government wants to create an ultra-efficient police state so they can instantly hoover up information about every British user of the Internet, on a scale that would make the Chinese government blush. Like the Chinese, they propose to put executives of ISPs and websites in jail if they fail to assist the government in the creation of this police state. Unlike the Chinese, part of the plan is to make a few companies [more] fabulously wealthy: Namely the biggest tech giants like Alphabet and Meta who can afford the enormous costs of compliance, as well as certain homegrown British companies who specialize in estimating a user's age by using AI to analyze the size of a user's head in a webcam image. Super-important points: 1. This is not about "adult content" websites. It covers just about any website that uses technology more advanced that static HTML files, regardless of content. 2. The provisions apply to any website worldwide that can be accessed in Britain. 3. The provisions make it effectively impossible to browse the Internet anonymously in Britain. The government also wants browser makers to make special British versions of browsers to assist them in deanonymizing users. 4. The cost of compliance for any small business will be so astronomical that GDPR compliance will seem trivial by comparison.
- s1k3s 4y ago
  Thank you. This seems like an extension to the already existing TELECOM laws across EU, where the companies must provide customer information if requested by the gov. I think I recently saw something about "web hosting" companies in EU being forced to provide customer and user data on request as well - but this one didn't really make the news.

by s1k3s 4y ago

Does anyone have a tldr? Respectfully to the author, I don’t have the patience to read through this blog post full of metaphores and anecdotes. So what happened?

dreamcompiler 4y ago

tldr: In the name of "protecting the children," the British government wants to create an ultra-efficient police state so they can instantly hoover up information about every British user of the Internet, on a scale that would make the Chinese government blush. Like the Chinese, they propose to put executives of ISPs and websites in jail if they fail to assist the government in the creation of this police state. Unlike the Chinese, part of the plan is to make a few companies [more] fabulously wealthy: Namely the biggest tech giants like Alphabet and Meta who can afford the enormous costs of compliance, as well as certain homegrown British companies who specialize in estimating a user's age by using AI to analyze the size of a user's head in a webcam image. Super-important points: 1. This is not about "adult content" websites. It covers just about any website that uses technology more advanced that static HTML files, regardless of content. 2. The provisions apply to any website worldwide that can be accessed in Britain. 3. The provisions make it effectively impossible to browse the Internet anonymously in Britain. The government also wants browser makers to make special British versions of browsers to assist them in deanonymizing users. 4. The cost of compliance for any small business will be so astronomical that GDPR compliance will seem trivial by comparison.

s1k3s 4y ago
Thank you. This seems like an extension to the already existing TELECOM laws across EU, where the companies must provide customer information if requested by the gov. I think I recently saw something about "web hosting" companies in EU being forced to provide customer and user data on request as well - but this one didn't really make the news.