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Geeks In The Peaks 1 day, 10 hours agoI also have to get some camping kit. The list from last year is verr helpful for this, so thanks for that
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Geeks In The Peaks 1 day, 10 hours agoAll being well I’ll be bringing along a working Quadcoptor to terrorise the local wildlife.
Does anyone have spare capacity to for a lift there/back for me?
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Open Rights Group Sheffield: 2 weeks ago ago · updated 1 week, 6 days ago agoThe “what next” thread
The first Monday of June falls on a bank holiday. At our last meeting people said they’d prefer not to meet on bank holidays so we need to pick a new day for next month. Here’s a doodle to do just that. Please get stuck in!
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Open Rights Group Sheffield: 2 weeks agoIn the spirit of continuous improvement I asked everyone at our last meeting to suggest something we could change to make the next one better. Here’s what we said:
Focus more on what we can do about the issue at hand
Create separate discussions to focus on direct action
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Open Rights Group Sheffield: 2 weeks agoMeeting notes – Extradition and Digital Rights
There was a great turn-out for our first topic-driven meeting. Thanks to the 17 people who came, but especially to Deborah Adshead and Julia O’Dwyer, as I think everyone appreciated hearing about the issues from people who are so closely involved in them.
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Open Rights Group Sheffield: 2 weeks, 6 days ago ago · updated 2 weeks, 4 days ago agoPaul Blomfield, MP for Sheffield Central, has agreed to meet me next month to discuss the forthcoming Communications Bill green paper. This is great news! If we can persuade local MPs round to our point of view, and get them to engage on our issues in Parliament, then we have a real chance of moving public policy in sensible directions.
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Significant new information has been revealed by ORG through FoI requests to the DCMS: http://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/2012/the-spirit-of-transparency-and-the-copyright-roundtables
Looks like they’re still not talking to anyone except rights-holders, search engines and ISPs, however search engine prioritisation looks to have been taken off…[Read more]
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Adding another good article, same subject: http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/digital-policy/2012/05/transparency-dcms-style/index.htm
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If you want to gauge his understanding, ask him questions. “What do you think the main aims of the Communications Bill are?” “Who do you think will be affected by its provisions?” “Shouldn’t all those people have a say in the discussions?” “How well do you understand the technologies used for internet censorship?”
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Thanks Gerv. Good point about bringing up who will be affected by the provisions we think the green paper may contain – then arguing those groups should be represented!
The DCMS is trying to get the industry to behave as the BPI would like it to, not by legislating, but by persuading search engines and ISPs to take “voluntary” action. That…[Read more]
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Open Rights Group Sheffield: 3 weeks, 5 days ago ago · updated 3 weeks, 5 days ago agoThose who expressed interest at the last meeting in doing some practical stuff with GPG and encryption might want to come along to the GIST Magazine on Wednesday 2 May. @stubbs will be doing a talk on how to run a keysigning party. I’m crossing my fingers that some actual keysigning might happen too…
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If you bring some ID, we can sign each others …
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OK will do. Happy to oblige if you need a guinea pig for your demo too
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Well, I’ll explain properly as park of the talk, but there’s usually not much signing at a keysigning party … but I will do a demo so people know what it’s all about.
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Awesome. Looking forward to it!
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Open Rights Group Sheffield: 3 weeks, 6 days ago ago · updated 3 weeks, 5 days ago agoThe Government Digital Service has published its draft identity and privacy principles, and is soliciting comments.
A tip of the hat is owed to @ericapackington here, who suggested this would make a good topic for discussion, perhaps with a view to sending the GDS our thoughts. To that end, then, what do you think of the principles? What’s good…[Read more]
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my first reaction is “oh for fuck’s sake, can we maybe make this less staid?” I’d want the starting statement to be the one that appears in brackets as a translation into actual English – so the first thing we read is for e.g. “My request or transaction only uses the minimum data that is necessary to meet my needs” then the name of the…[Read more]
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They could definitely benefit from a little less wall-of-text and a little more wtf-does-this-actually-mean! The point about 1:1 mappings between people and identities is apposite too, especially in situations where the Government only needs to verify an aspect of your identity, not all of it. Two examples spring to mind: proof of age does not…[Read more]
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My topic of choice is the Communications Bill green paper and censorship of the web in general. It’s topical, controversial and eminently debatable!
I’d go for the Communications bill or a discussion about the potential issues with the Communications Data Bill based on what we have had today with the Queen’s Speech.