Mark Hughes @markhughes@mastodon.social

RT from Shaun (@shaun_vids)

"self-driving cars will have to answer split-second ethical decisions, instantly calculating the worth of the lives of the people around them. can AI solve the trolley problem?"

self-driving cars in reality: i swerved onto the sidewalk because i thought the moon was a stop sign

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/shaun_vids/status/1438351861216579590

“the draft #OnlineSafetyBill gives overbroad powers to the Secretary of State to define the scope of regulated services, and introduces disproportionate sanctions”

QT michaelcaster: The UK’s Online Safety Bill could be used to justify other repressive internet regulations, already on the rise, I write for @TRF_Stories. @article19org @OpenRightsGroup @UKParliament
https://news.trust.org/item/20210916100925-8syij/

What is a decentralised mint, how does it work and why might it unleash the power of Digital Bearer Certificates (#DBCs)? Answers here: https://safenetforum.org/t/update-16-september-2021/35547/3#dbc-mints-2

"To date, no deployed cryptocurrency[1] has incorporated decentralised DBC mints that we are aware of, so this is a novel development. It is our aim to scale to worldwide usage with instant (and private) transaction settlements." - #MaidSafe

The #SafeNetwork developer update is turning into a really helpful blog!

BT Confirms Plan to Rollout 300 Ultrafast UK advertising boards, with integrated people-counting technology. Oh, and free Wi-Fi.

https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2021/09/bt-confirms-plan-to-rollout-300-ultrafast-uk-wifi-street-hubs.html

“Research has shown that up to 52 companies can theoretically observe up to 91% of the average user’s web browsing history,” a senior Chrome engineer told a recent Internet Engineering Task Force call, “and 600 companies can observe at least 50%.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2021/08/28/stop-using-google-chrome-on-windows-10-android-and-apple-iphones-ipads-and-macs/

Show me a game changing innovation in the digital asset space:

Safe Digital Bearer Certificates (DBCs) use decentralised mints which are Byzantine Fault Tolerant (BFT).

WTF: https://safenetforum.org/t/safe-network-token-name-revisited/35499/10?u=happybeing

A new digital economy is coming with #SafeNetwork :

- Instant Payments
- Bankers Draft style payments
- Cheques without a payee
- Digital Cash

Scalable, energy efficient decentralised cash/payments without #Blockchain, using Byzantine Fault Tolerant (#BFT) Digital Bearer Certificates (#DBCs).
More here: https://safenetforum.org/t/questions-about-dbcs-transaction-fees-on-sn/35459/48?u=happybeing

What could possibly give #Bitcoin a run for its money 🤣?

How about a digital currency based on Digital Bearer Certificates that is:
- fungible
- untraceable digital cash
- proven fixed supply
- decentralised BFT mints
- offline transactions

Clever stuff being built as you read: https://safenetforum.org/t/update-26th-august-2021/35444/31?u=happybeing

For anyone worrying they’ve missed something, there is no new law on children’s online safety. It’s the (UK) GDPR.

There is a code of practice - the “age appropriate design code” - but it’s just a code of practice.

QT madhumita29: The UK's pioneering new law on children's online safety comes into force next week - and it's got its sights on social media, streaming and games. My interview w/@stephenbonner of the ICO https://www.ft.com/content/705e0468-bfcf-4f5d-b777-c25785d950cb

HGV driver shortages could ‘cancel’ Christmas, warns Iceland boss / https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/25/iceland-boss-hgv-drivers-shortage-cancel-christmas-immigration-rules-uk #brexit going well, I see

The problem with #DeFi in a nutshell (seems fair): https://twitter.com/mikko/status/1425771217160638468

Ooo, this is interesting...

Go to any github repo and press '.'
#github

If you have a github account, you can join Ed Snowden, myself and what Apple today called the "screeching voices of the minority" of objectors in co-signing the first letter uniting security & privacy experts, researchers, professors, policy advocates, and consumers against #Apple's planned moves against all of our #privacy: https://appleprivacyletter.com/

Owner can check validity of DBC with Safe Network mint.

Only owner knows content (anything really), such as an amount of Safe Network Tokens.

Owner can split a DBC to issue new ones with new owners - offline.

This is electronic cash with the network only acting to validate, not transact.

Anonymous, scalable, efficient electronic cash - a first.

"How do you deal with a country that continually lies and cheats in a way unlike a normal state, yet is not a rogue state either? With a country that keeps saying it wants only to be a friend, but keeps behaving like an enemy?"

Another of Prof. Chris Grey's thoroughly readable blog posts.

#Brexit #UKPol