Derek McAuley
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Derek McAuley
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I do interdisciplinary research to understand the opportunities and challenges in personal data use: the technical, the social, and the policy and regulatory […]

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(*) Some wag will suggest “needy AI”, but - it is MSFT who is needy, they merely deployed a dumb piece of shit high dimensional computationally intensive pile of statistics.
November 11, 2025 at 9:48 PM
@greg_harvey In a rare case of UK regulatory sanity contactless payment became mandatory here from 24th November 2024. Still outrageous per kWh though. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1168/pdfs/uksiod_20231168_en_001.pdf
October 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Reposted by Derek McAuley
🇪🇺Germany's Minister of Justice today: "Suspicionless #chatcontrol must be taboo in a state governed by the rule of law." Private communication cannot be placed under general suspicion. "Germany will not agree to such proposals at the EU level." […]
Original post on digitalcourage.social
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October 8, 2025 at 10:04 AM
@Floppy OK, based on this will give it another try…
October 6, 2025 at 12:42 PM