Daniel Whooley ♻️
@danielwhooley.bsky.social
Just a guy who likes some stuff | Find me in DCU doing a MA in Data Protection & Privacy | Data Protection Consultant for a load of organisations
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VICTORY! After over a decade, a federal court has declared that warrantless backdoor searches of US person’s communications collected under Section 702 of FISA is unconstitutional.
VICTORY! Federal Court (Finally) Rules Backdoor Searches of 702 Data Unconstitutional
Better late than never: last night a federal district court held that backdoor searches of databases full of Americans’ private communications collected under Section 702 ordinarily require a warrant....
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January 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
VICTORY! After over a decade, a federal court has declared that warrantless backdoor searches of US person’s communications collected under Section 702 of FISA is unconstitutional.
Ireland has a unique exemption to the AI act where it can opt out of some of the same safeguards of other EU countries.
Now the new Irish govt explicitly stated the intention to roll out FRT, where should the line be drawn between keeping people safe and spying?
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Now the new Irish govt explicitly stated the intention to roll out FRT, where should the line be drawn between keeping people safe and spying?
danielwhooley.com/a-new-govern... l
January 17, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Ireland has a unique exemption to the AI act where it can opt out of some of the same safeguards of other EU countries.
Now the new Irish govt explicitly stated the intention to roll out FRT, where should the line be drawn between keeping people safe and spying?
danielwhooley.com/a-new-govern... l
Now the new Irish govt explicitly stated the intention to roll out FRT, where should the line be drawn between keeping people safe and spying?
danielwhooley.com/a-new-govern... l
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Global warming is not a hoax.
January 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Global warming is not a hoax.
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Indeed, the only reason to “engage” with stuff like the washing machine is to do the thing and waste the least amount of time on it. Designing it to do something else would miss the point. It’s not even an issue of privacy but the actual needs.
Hell. You are describing hell. Nobody wants an “interactive and engaging” dishwasher. They just want their dishes cleaned. www.forbes.com/sites/bernar...
January 5, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Indeed, the only reason to “engage” with stuff like the washing machine is to do the thing and waste the least amount of time on it. Designing it to do something else would miss the point. It’s not even an issue of privacy but the actual needs.
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Remember Facebook's awareness campaign warning about fake accounts? It wasn't that long ago! Amazing how quickly times change, isn’t it? 😊
January 4, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Remember Facebook's awareness campaign warning about fake accounts? It wasn't that long ago! Amazing how quickly times change, isn’t it? 😊