πŸ”“ "KOSA" Could Destroy Internet Privacy

πŸ”“ "KOSA" Could Destroy Internet Privacy

Nov 18, 2022

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πŸ”“ KOSA: KIDS ONLINE SAFETY ACT

Ever notice how the name for many bills represent the complete inverse to the reality of their content?


EFF put out a nice article today. Inspired this report. Read EFF article here.


KOSA purports itself to represent a refined solution to child safety online.

πŸ›‘ It is anything but this. But it is... Many other "things".

Introduced by Senator's Blumenthal & Blackburn, stated goal is making children "safer" online.

πŸ“ I have enlightening news for those any who would like to contact the bill authors: Blumenthal & Blackburn:

ℹ️ We already have tools for managing this. We call them: "Parental Controls".

(maybe someone should send an informative letter on these breaking technology advances πŸ™„)


⚠️ FULL OF TECH RIGHTS / PRIVACY CONCERNS

The content of the bill can be found here.

Direction in the content of this bill is pushing for studies on modifying our hardware and operating systems to enforce this "age verification" system:

They specifically mention proposing study on ways and "need for potential hardware and software changes including for devices currently in commerce and owned by consumers".

This is unacceptable. No one will be modifying (backdooring) devices.


πŸ–₯️ πŸ“² We either own them, or we don't. πŸ”“


πŸ“° Excerpt From EFF Article:


πŸ’­ Afterthought

There is real concern for many things inspired by WEF: "Global Coalition for Digital Safety".

Many similarly named Bills have been touted by this self-described safety group. Some passing in Australia, UK (harming encryption).

I would not be the least surprised if there was coordination.


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