James Webb telescope - first images released
First images of the James Webb telescope released
EU proposal to prevent and combat child sexual abuse contains client side scanning
Tomorrow, the EU commission presents the proposal titles laying down rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse. Today, Politico leaked the official proposal: https://twitter.com/presroi/status/1524014880474476544/photo/1 However, the proposal entails the point to scan every device, such as a smartphone, on the client side to find possible content showing child sexual abuse. A lot of experts and scientists already published in 2021 a paper titled Bugs in our Pockets: The Risks of Client Side Scanning when the topic already was in the news as Apple was elaborating to deploy such a technology.
International WSA award for IRMA app
Yesterday, the IRMA app won the international WSA award. To quote the article on why IRMA has won the award:
The Municipality of Amsterdam implements the ‘Digital City Agenda’ with the IRMA app and provides accessible and transparent services: residents are given control over their personal data via a digital identity.