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| Alex Stamos / @alexstamos: |
[Thread] Apple's child safety protections announcement hurt the effort to find a policy balance on safety and privacy aspects of e2e encrypted comms products — The chatter around Apple's recent announcement of new child safety protections is rather frustrating, as the amplification/knowledge ratio seems rather high on this one. Apple's docs: https://www.apple.com/... A discussion with friends: https://twitter.com/...
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| John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
An overview of Apple's three new “Child Safety” initiatives, what critics are getting wrong, and the completely legitimate slippery slope concerns from experts — Apple yesterday announced three new “Child Safety” initiatives: … (CSAM stands for Child Sexual Abuse Material — a.k.a. child pornography.
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
In response to CSAM detection misuse concerns, Apple says protections will roll out in the US first, then on a country-by-country basis after legal evaluation — Apple this week announced that, starting later this year with iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, the company will be able …
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| Apple Privacy Letter: |
More than 4,000 individuals and organizations sign an open letter asking Apple to halt the implementation of its proposed content monitoring technology — Security & Privacy Experts, Cryptographers, Researchers, Professors, Legal Experts and Apple Consumers Decry Apple's Planned Move …
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| Reuters: |
China sues Tencent, claiming WeChat's “youth mode” does not comply with the country's laws protecting minors — Beijing prosecutors initiated a civil public-interest lawsuit against a Tencent (0700.HK) subsidiary on Friday, saying the “youth mode” on the company's popular social … | Mark Feffer / HCM Technology Report: |
PE firm Clearlake Capital to acquire and take private Cornerstone OnDemand, a cloud-based learning and talent management software company, for ~$5.2B — Cornerstone OnDemand said it will be acquired by the private equity firm Clearlake Capital. Under the terms of their agreement … | Sean O'Neill / Skift: |
Siemens says that it has agreed to buy Netherlands-based Sqills, a cloud-based software suite for rail transport operators worldwide, for ~$650M — Sqills has won more contracts from railway operators to upgrade their inventory, booking, and ticketing software than any other tech vendor in recent years.
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| Karl Bode / VICE: |
Experts say the $65B broadband bill Congress is finalizing has many good aspects, but won't fix the high prices that result from broadband monopolization — Experts say there's some very good things in the broadband infrastructure proposal, but it won't truly fix what ails the broken sector.
Tweets: @tedcruz, @motherboard, and @karlbode
| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
Binance.US CEO Brian Brooks resigns just over three months after taking up the role, citing “differences over strategic direction” — - He cites ‘strategic differences’ in leaving crypto exchange — The former bank regulator joined trading platform in May
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| Naomi Nix / Bloomberg: |
Profile of ACLU veteran Laura Murphy, who ran Facebook's civil rights audit before working on content moderation issues, as more companies face calls for audits — Laura Murphy, an ACLU veteran, is wielding a new tool for reform. Are companies ready to listen?
Tweets: @freepress, @lwmurphy, @joshuabrustein, @sifill_ldf, @tsgiles, @bw, and @mitsmr
| Stephen O'Grady / Redmonk: |
Redmonk study of programming languages, combining GitHub and Stack Overflow data, shows Java in second place alongside Python, while JavaScript remains top — While we generally try to have our rankings in July immediately after they are run, we generally operate these on a better late than never basis.| Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: |
FCC releases its first-ever mobile broadband coverage map, which compares the LTE and voice coverage areas of the four largest carriers in the US — The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has released its — first-ever mobile broadband coverage map.
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