Damn, apparently the #uk #government are #planning to bring back #plans for #legislation to make it #law that #adults give #id to #companies like #facebook in order to use it: https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/08/a.. This is certainly a step beyond #porn #websites and people are #foolish to believe that this is to #protect #children .
Looks like somebody strapped for cash in #nz has been taking everybody's #covid #vaccine #jab for them: https://timcast.com/news/new-zealand-man.. This will just mean that #jacinda can ramp up #covid #vaccine #passport efforts and make #id #required for getting a #vaccination ... Why is it that *everything* these days is always #abused by #governments ? #trust is ultra low currently...
@barray on Tue Oct 05 01:49:43 UTC 2021 said: &eOh, according to a #hackernews #comment the lack of #resolving #dns caused the #facebook #employee #id to stop working - what's the betting this caused them to be #delayed in also #debugging and #fixing the #issue ? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=287.. Really incredible.Apparently the reason #facebook was struggling to come back #online was because they could not #physically #access the #servers due to their #security https://twitter.com/MikeIsaac/status/144.. Kind of a good sign that even Facebook can't get in.
Looks like w3c are #rejecting a #proposal for #unique #decentralized #id 's: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/pub.. Apparently this is on the basis that it is not #energy #efficient due to the use of #blockchain - I somewhat have to agree. *Anything* that relies on blockchain will eventually grow to an #unsustainable #size , #computation or both. #proofofwork is simply not going to cut it.
Can the #uk just send the #royalnavy already to turnaround #immigrant #boats being guided by the #french #navy ? We are literally paying them *not* to do exactly what they are doing: https://www.lotuseaters.com/uk-border-fo.. #jetskis are simply not going to cut it. We will not be able to politely ask "please, turn around" - these are the same people purposefully destroying their #id #documents on the #beach when they arrive!
Honestly I'm surprised the #nsa doesn't just give people #lockeddown #smart #phones in the first place: https://media.defense.gov/2020/Jul/28/20.. You *cannot* trust humans to not make mistakes. It would be better to have a text/voice only #encrypted device with limited functionality. #software #updates could be handled in person with #id #verification - but of course they will never do this as politicians would get upset.