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I've noticed a lot of bad digital rights stuff on HN over the last couple weeks - more pushes on age verification, attacks on end-to-end encryption, and now thi

I've noticed a lot of bad digital rights stuff on HN over the last couple weeks - more pushes on age verification, attacks on end-to-end encryption, and now this. Is there something about the time of year? Maybe because the world cup is coming and people will be distracted?

nitrix 5mo ago
I'm doubtful the venn diagram intersection of engineers and the world cup is as big as you think it is.
- dylan604 5mo ago
  My engineering team would all take long lunches to catch matches, and most of us would have windowed streams for games not aligning to a lunch break. I'd be willing think it would be a larger intersection that you think it is
- NooneAtAll3 5mo ago
  engineers sure non-permanently-online activists on the other hand...
fidotron 5mo ago
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9q3x19ddl7o https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9q3x19ddl7o is perhaps an unintentionally good summary of this situation.
- EmbarrassedHelp 5mo ago
  That article appears to be slightly biased in favor of attacks on privacy, and it omits important details like the UK's ongoing consultation includes questions on banning VPNs.
  - u8080 5mo ago
    I mean, what do you expect from state-controlled media?
boothby 5mo ago
In my hometown, we're quashing human rights to make room for the world cup! It's not a smokescreen, it's the justification. https://www.pivotlegal.org/city_of_vancouver_s_new_fifa_bylaw_prioritizes_branding_and_security_over_rights_protections https://www.pivotlegal.org/city_of_vancouver_s_new_fifa_byla...
- cgh 5mo ago
  From your link: “Further, the enforcement of this Bylaw, like all laws enacted in our current colonial and racist legal system…” Practically no Vancouverite would read this page and take it seriously.
  - chadgpt3 5mo ago
    You must not think all the freedom they're taking away with this bylaw was important freedom, since you chose to fixate on some irrelevant piece of text.
- subarctic 5mo ago
  Just saw this, i had to laugh because at first i thought you were talking about Mexico and was picturing something much worse than a bylaw with some fines for things like unauthorized street vending which the maximum is less than what you would make renting out your tent spot for a few days during the tournament
WarmWash 5mo ago
Part of it is Meta (well Zuck) trying to get ahead of the curve by lobbying lawmakers to put the onus of age verification on OS's rather than platforms.

nitrix 5mo ago

I'm doubtful the venn diagram intersection of engineers and the world cup is as big as you think it is.

dylan604 5mo ago
My engineering team would all take long lunches to catch matches, and most of us would have windowed streams for games not aligning to a lunch break. I'd be willing think it would be a larger intersection that you think it is
NooneAtAll3 5mo ago
engineers sure non-permanently-online activists on the other hand...

fidotron 5mo ago

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9q3x19ddl7o https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9q3x19ddl7o is perhaps an unintentionally good summary of this situation.

EmbarrassedHelp 5mo ago
That article appears to be slightly biased in favor of attacks on privacy, and it omits important details like the UK's ongoing consultation includes questions on banning VPNs.
- u8080 5mo ago
  I mean, what do you expect from state-controlled media?

boothby 5mo ago

In my hometown, we're quashing human rights to make room for the world cup! It's not a smokescreen, it's the justification. https://www.pivotlegal.org/city_of_vancouver_s_new_fifa_bylaw_prioritizes_branding_and_security_over_rights_protections https://www.pivotlegal.org/city_of_vancouver_s_new_fifa_byla...

cgh 5mo ago
From your link: “Further, the enforcement of this Bylaw, like all laws enacted in our current colonial and racist legal system…” Practically no Vancouverite would read this page and take it seriously.
- chadgpt3 5mo ago
  You must not think all the freedom they're taking away with this bylaw was important freedom, since you chose to fixate on some irrelevant piece of text.
subarctic 5mo ago
Just saw this, i had to laugh because at first i thought you were talking about Mexico and was picturing something much worse than a bylaw with some fines for things like unauthorized street vending which the maximum is less than what you would make renting out your tent spot for a few days during the tournament

WarmWash 5mo ago

Part of it is Meta (well Zuck) trying to get ahead of the curve by lobbying lawmakers to put the onus of age verification on OS's rather than platforms.