wulfstan

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by wulfstan 1y ago
Every system of authority carries with it the risk of abuse; but we still accept legitimate authorities carrying out breaches of personal privacy for the sake of law enforcement - the warrant system being the obvious one. That's part o
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by wulfstan 1y ago
Ok! That is a sensible rejoinder. Make a proof-of-work system that limits the authority from making more than n requests in a space of time. A good brake on abuse.
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by wulfstan 1y ago
No, I don't accept that this is the case any more than the root certificate system is a golden key. I'm quite sure that Apple can issue me a certificate that allows me to build a custom version of iOS that can be flashed onto my p
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by wulfstan 1y ago
Yes, but if a court decides you have committed a crime, and law enforcement show sufficient cause to obtain a warrant, they can seize your secret and - if it's relevant - use it to show your state of mind when the crime was committed.
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by wulfstan 1y ago
Well I get that a significant part of our lives is wrapped up in our phones nowadays, but I still try to preserve a safe haven between my ears...mostly...
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by wulfstan 1y ago
Certificates expire right now. It's in the schema for how PKI works. Why can't the issued cert expire in the same way?
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by wulfstan 1y ago
I don't accept that. We have "master keys" for some forms of encryption right now in the form of root certificates; knowing that root cert authorities could issue certificates that might allow people to sniff my network traff
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by wulfstan 1y ago
Yes, I am arguing for is requiring OEMs to implement this mechanism. Frankly, if the NSA wanted to have Apple build a custom iOS version for a criminal so they could sniff his network traffic and flash content from the comfort of Maryland I
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by wulfstan 1y ago
Playing devil's advocate here... What is wrong with: * an expiring certificate * issued by the device manufacturer or application creator * to law enforcement * once a competent court of law has given approval * that would allow a spec
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by wulfstan 1y ago
Yes. I used these features in Preview several times today. You have made my life easier on many occasions. For that, sir, I salute you. May you enjoy your retirement tinkering in your software garden.
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by wulfstan 2y ago
Yep someone's going to be getting a little chat with the cops for getting handsy. And at 7am for goodness sakes!
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by wulfstan 2y ago
You can also just turn it off globally by turning off the "Intolerance" setting on the Bluesky Moderation account - visit @moderation.bsky.app and set it up how you want.