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I'm sure that compromising the Facebook and Google ecosystems will be really convenient for law enforcement, but realistically how much of an effect will this h

by roenxi 3y ago

I'm sure that compromising the Facebook and Google ecosystems will be really convenient for law enforcement, but realistically how much of an effect will this have on child safety? We have DoH, HTTPS and VPNs. Russia hasn't managed to shut down encrypted messages. Even China as far as I know has failed, people can still use VPNs. So while I know this isn't really about children, how can they even pretend? It is the internet. You can't stop the big players in illegal industries communicating with encrypted messages. This most reasonable explanation here is that this is targeted at average Facebook users and the authorities want to snoop.

defrost 3y ago
I'm no fan of rock spiders but these measures will impact everybody with minimal impact on a tiny percentage of offenders that traditionally Australian Government has been all to happy to overlook. Travesties such as Bindoon Boys Town *, Castledare, Clontarf and Tardun operated in plain sight without any reliance on encryption. As pointed out in the linked article, traffic analysis with no access to message content reveals more than enough information to focus CSAM investigations on highly probable targets: “The work that we’re doing to detect behavioural signals on our services is really effective here,” he said in February. “A user who is part of a sophisticated criminal enterprise has different behaviour on encrypted services than an ordinary user. “Even if we are not able to see the content, there’s some pretty effective work we’ve been able to do to analyse the metadata based on the behaviour of the individuals involved.” * https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/bindoon-boys-town-the-sad-truth-behind-britain-s-lost-children-1782544.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/bindoon...
- stOneskull 3y ago
  that is a horribly saddening article. i can't imagine the pain those kids went though. why are people so evil?

by roenxi 3y ago

defrost 3y ago

I'm no fan of rock spiders but these measures will impact everybody with minimal impact on a tiny percentage of offenders that traditionally Australian Government has been all to happy to overlook. Travesties such as Bindoon Boys Town *, Castledare, Clontarf and Tardun operated in plain sight without any reliance on encryption. As pointed out in the linked article, traffic analysis with no access to message content reveals more than enough information to focus CSAM investigations on highly probable targets: “The work that we’re doing to detect behavioural signals on our services is really effective here,” he said in February. “A user who is part of a sophisticated criminal enterprise has different behaviour on encrypted services than an ordinary user. “Even if we are not able to see the content, there’s some pretty effective work we’ve been able to do to analyse the metadata based on the behaviour of the individuals involved.” * https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/bindoon-boys-town-the-sad-truth-behind-britain-s-lost-children-1782544.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/bindoon...

stOneskull 3y ago
that is a horribly saddening article. i can't imagine the pain those kids went though. why are people so evil?