Re:The UK's Controversial Online Safety Act Is Now Law
by londons_explore on Saturday October 28, 2023 @09:37AM
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The identity provider could be one the user already has given their info to... For example, the government.
Re:The UK's Controversial Online Safety Act Is Now Law
by mdp2021 on Saturday October 28, 2023 @09:58AM
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Said users have certainly not allowed any government to peek into their privacy.
Re:The UK's Controversial Online Safety Act Is Now Law
by ulrikrasmussen on Saturday October 28, 2023 @10:18AM
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But now the government will know all the service providers that the user is accessing, including Wikipedia, but also porn sites.
Re:The UK's Controversial Online Safety Act Is Now Law
by londons_explore on Saturday October 28, 2023 @11:56AM
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There could be another intermediary who hides the site name from the government, but who doesn't see the users ID.
Re:The UK's Controversial Online Safety Act Is Now Law
by User20233201 on Saturday October 28, 2023 @04:36PM
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Do trust the intermediary does not collude with the government?
Then the Identity Provider would have information about personal identity (to verify age) and information about who is requesting it. This is still www access without privacy.
> too quick to claim victory
What are you talking about. There are good reasons to guess that readers may be generally reading these as ghastly news, far from any sense of "victory".