{"id":14992,"date":"2021-10-14T21:56:41","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T21:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alecmuffett.com\/?p=14992"},"modified":"2021-10-14T21:56:42","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T21:56:42","slug":"unrolled-5rights-foundation-5rightsfound-and-their-report-by-what-rights-should-we-strip-privacy-and-anonymity-from-people-who-are-not-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alecmuffett.com\/article\/14992","title":{"rendered":"Unrolled:  5Rights Foundation (@5RightsFound) and their report &#8220;By what rights should we strip privacy and anonymity from People who are not Children?&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It is telling that your report is called<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&quot;But how do they know it is a Child&quot;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026rather than:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&quot;By what rights should we strip privacy and anonymity from People who are not Children?&quot;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People &#8211; adults &#8211; are not an &quot;it&quot;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We&#39;ve now published an update to our report on Age Assurance &#8211; &#39;But How Do They Know it is a child&#39; -Take a look here <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BqCAhb1inA\">https:\/\/t.co\/BqCAhb1inA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wBFqvhT2eW\">pic.twitter.com\/wBFqvhT2eW<\/a><\/p>&mdash; 5Rights Foundation (@5RightsFound) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/5RightsFound\/status\/1448618396787126277?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 14, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2019 Baroness Kidron herself criticised Government pushing to weaken Messenger End-to-End Encryption in the name of her child protection programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet somehow this &quot;deanonymise everyone to &quot;age-verify&quot; protect children&quot; project is morally acceptable?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/business\/2019\/10\/27\/baroness-kidron-government-uses-shield-sympathy-child-sexual\/\">https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/business\/2019\/10\/27\/baroness-kidron-government-uses-shield-sympathy-child-sexual\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FBqgufiVQBEtUIF.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FBqgveNUYAA7oi0.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>These are all facets of the same stone:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; requiring identity cards to access social media<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; requiring age verification to access social media<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; weakening end-to-end encryption<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All means to &quot;gatekeep&quot;, track, and surveil access to online speech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-open-rights-group wp-block-embed-open-rights-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"BGIWWgPXNX\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openrightsgroup.org\/blog\/saveanonymity-together-we-can-defend-anonymity\/\">#SaveAnonymity: Together we can defend anonymity<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;#SaveAnonymity: Together we can defend anonymity&#8221; &#8212; Open Rights Group\" src=\"https:\/\/www.openrightsgroup.org\/blog\/saveanonymity-together-we-can-defend-anonymity\/embed\/#?secret=EA9w3s2XiT#?secret=BGIWWgPXNX\" data-secret=\"BGIWWgPXNX\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>These goals \u2014 to defeat the &quot;end to end principle&quot;&amp; enable surveillance \u2014 have been a staple of all government policy, mostly everywhere, since the internet became popular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the end to end principle is the lifeblood of the Internet. We can&#039;t lose it without losing everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FBqkRwzUYAYB0yq.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FBqkUCdUYBMGQIi.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FBqk5I0UUAsJrIG.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the original architects of the E2E Principle, David P Reed, wrote the attached essay in y2000 in which he predicted the Internet-Of-Things and ambient technologies which we only now are beginning to see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All are antithetical to centralisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deepplum.com\/dpr\/locus\/Papers\/endofendtoend.html\">https:\/\/www.deepplum.com\/dpr\/locus\/Papers\/endofendtoend.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FBqnZPvVcAw0t4w.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FBqnm-ZVQAMh2Rx.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FBqoCVNUcAIAL5l.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FBqoD6SUUAMf34a.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I am comparing the April &amp; Today&#039;s versions of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/5RightsFound\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/5RightsFound\">@5RightsFound<\/a>&#039;s &quot;But how do they know it is a child?&quot; paper; one of the most interesting elisions is this one: removal of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&quot;A Pathway to Diversifying the Market&quot; [presumably for age verification]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Presumably it was too commercial?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FBqtE9IVUAozlc-.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FBqtjqCVkAk-RNL.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you would like to examine this apparent evidence of commercial interest in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/5RightsFound\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/5RightsFound\">@5RightsFound<\/a>&#039;s thinking, here&#039;s the March\/April version of the paper:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210407182358\/https:\/\/5rightsfoundation.com\/uploads\/But_How_Do_They_Know_It_is_a_Child.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Click to access But_How_Do_They_Know_It_is_a_Child.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I find it interesting that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/5RightsFound\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/5RightsFound\">@5RightsFound<\/a> consider children able to make &quot;informed consent&quot; by the mere knowledge that a &quot;Third Party&quot; may be involved in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AgeVerification\">#AgeVerification<\/a> for them \u2014 yet in another paper they deem &quot;informed consent&quot; challenging for *adults*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/5rightsfoundation.com\/uploads\/freedom-security-privacy-download-single-pages-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Click to access freedom-security-privacy-download-single-pages-1.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FBqyJU2UYAE1NI2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FBqzOhwUcAcaCxp.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Interesting to see <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/5RightsFound\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/5RightsFound\">@5RightsFound<\/a> respin the original and somewhat scary text:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&quot;child is asked to upload a selfie&quot;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026as the more mundane:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&quot;complete a facial analysis scan&quot;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026and also the removal of the critique of facial analysis on younger faces. Very business-centric.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FBq09_AX0AE18N9.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Originally tweeted by Alec Muffett (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlecMuffett\">@AlecMuffett<\/a>) on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlecMuffett\/status\/1448643953327177728\">2021\/10\/14<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is telling that your report is called &quot;But how do they know it is a Child&quot; \u2026rather than: &quot;By what rights should we strip privacy and anonymity from People who are not Children?&quot; People &#8211; adults &#8211; are not an &quot;it&quot;. 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