The Emperor’s New AI

@wdormann I have no mercy, but I will be forgiving.

@JessTheUnstill

Or let us do it for you:
https://infosec.exchange/@avuko/115973345015731340

@cR0w @catsalad

@cR0w @catsalad I’m not seeing it as something rainbow coloured going down, but as something rainbow coloured coming up.

Like a unicorn Ouroboros of sorts…

#SorryNotSorry

@zackwhittaker

Full disclosure: I am very much opposed to this very, very bad idea.

⠠⠵ avuko (@avuko@infosec.exchange)

Attached: 1 image Nee. “leeftijdscontrole” gaat niet werken. Het is ook een directe schending van Artikel 24 van het EU-Handvest van de Grondrechten: > 1. Kinderen hebben recht op de bescherming en de zorg die nodig zijn voor hun welzijn. **Zij mogen vrijelijk hun mening uiten.** […] En het is “Ausweis, bitte!” voor ons allemaal bij elke online handeling. — No. “Age verification” is not going to work. It is also a direct violation of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights: > 1. Children shall have the right to such protection and care as is necessary for their well-being. **They may express their views freely.** […] And it is “Ausweis, bitte!” for us all with every online interaction. https://nos.nl/artikel/2610613-twijfel-bij-deskundigen-of-online-leeftijdscontrole-wel-gaat-werken #AgeVerification #Leeftijdsverificatie #Leeftijdscontrole #EU #Europe #EuropeanUnion

Infosec Exchange (infosec.exchange)

@zackwhittaker

Commission releases enhanced second version of the age-verification blueprint

The second version of the age verification blueprint introduces additional features, such as the use of passports and ID cards for onboarding.

Shaping Europe’s digital future (digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu)

"Work is ongoing to include zero-knowledge proof technology [...] this technology will further underscore the commitment to privacy-focused innovation.

From the documentation:

av-doc-technical-specification/docs/architecture-and-technical-specifications.md at main · eu-digital-identity-wallet/av-doc-technical-specification

European Age Verification solution documentation. Contribute to eu-digital-identity-wallet/av-doc-technical-specification development by creating an account on GitHub.

GitHub (github.com)

Zero-Knowledge Proofs

A next version of the Technical Specifications for Age Verification Solutions will include as an experimental feature the Zero-Knowledge Proof (ZKP) solution [...]

"A next version", "experimental", but fully committed to privacy-focused innovation.

It includes this gem:

This backward compatibility allows AVIs to gracefully fall back to traditional protocols in environments where ZKPs are not supported.

Not a cryptographer, but this backwards compatibility (on something that doesn't exist yet, but let's ignore that) feels like a downgrade attack waiting to happen.

@lizzy both snap and flatpak fail, often in very unclear ways, somewhere in integration.

I’m currently using Appimage where I must and can. And hoping/waiting for ports where I can’t.

RE: https://swecyb.com/@orlysec/116415553692235201

I say we take off and nuke the entire Citrix stack from orbit.

It's the only way to be sure.

@masek I’m just as vulnerable as everyone else in my ultra-fragile European society…

And I’m here for it.‍️

@masek they are already begging governments to drop restrictions on CO2 emissions, taxes etc.

Not a word about less flying, alternative jet fuels (they never really bothered), or just letting things fall apart, you know, the invisible hand of the market etc.

Meanwhile, you know what else comes in on planes? Stuff.

@mttaggart

Can these children please move to a playground so the adults can work? Thanks!

@azonenberg @gatesvp @blogdiva

Absolutely.

Humanity has gotten to where we are by cooperation in and between matriarchal groups for 98%* of our existence. Our sole basis for success is harnessing non-zero sum outcomes.

Yet here we are, in the last (hopefully not final) 2%* of the time of our existence on earth, where a bunch of arseholes show up, literally rape, pillage, murder destroying everything we’ve learned and build over 100.000s of years, while embracing the “top predator/ lone wolf” trope.

I wish everybody with their “I’ve got mine” to go live in some bunker. It will neatly serve as a tomb.

*) Patriarchy as dominant societal structure for about 7000 years, Homo sapiens (and others) living in matriarchal egalitarian societies for at least 300.000.

@voorstad

@flx @kuketzblog

There is more info here (though probably not what you are looking for).

I was looking at the zero knowledge part which, having checked the notes, doesn’t exist.

It is complete BS, only there for political framing, because any identity provider and KYC will still know/have all your PII, and more. Just neatly hidden behind an app with a friendly font and cute logo.

Overall architecture - EU Age Verification Blueprint — the dedicated technical portal

(ageverification.dev)

@farah Orion was Artemis’ lover, which bothered Apollo, so he tricked his sister into killing Orion.

(Greek and Roman myths are cray-cray. No soap ever came close.)

@david_chisnall @mkljczk @jonxion @libreoffice No "layout before format before content" document type is ever good. But that's besides the point at this stage. Really happy at least one more vendor lock-in tool is off the table.

Now for the rest of Europe to truly adopt this (both odt and ods).