2025-10-01 03:44:07
As internet users become desensitised to handing over their confidential information to websites, we could see attackers spoofing age verification domains in a bid to steal confidential information, such as passport details or driving licences. These phishing attacks are especially dangerous because they appear entirely plausible in the context of the Act.
https://professionalsecurity.co.uk/news/interviews/online-safety-act-a-well-intentioned-disaster/
2025-10-01 00:55:12
Oh dear. I wonder what else is impacted?
Reddit?
2025-10-01 00:23:06
Sigh. It won’t be the last. (Previously)
A help article on Imgur’s US website, seen by the BBC, states that “from September 30, 2025, access to Imgur from the United Kingdom is no longer available”.
“UK users will not be able to log in, view content, or upload images. Imgur content embedded on third-party sites will not display for UK users.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gzxv5gy3qo
Errata: a previous version ascribed this action to Ofcom; alas, it is so hard to keep track of who is doing the stupid stuff on behalf of HMG; Cunningham’s law for the win! Probable cause, this quote:
But both the ICO and Ofcom – the media regulator enforcing the Online Safety Act – said Imgur suspending access for UK users had been its own “commercial decision”.
“Imgur’s decision to restrict access in the UK is a commercial decision taken by the company and not a result of any action taken by Ofcom,” an Ofcom spokesperson told the BBC.
2025-09-29 17:18:03
Indians should perhaps get angry that Indian Users on X are thus impacted:
India court rejects X’s ‘free speech’ argument, backs government takedown powers | TechCrunch
2025-09-28 22:31:16
[He] warned that such measures, while framed as child protection, would erode the foundation of digital privacy [and] that any policy claiming to make society safer by weakening individual security achieves the opposite outcome.
“You cannot make society secure by making people insecure. We all deserve privacy and security, without inevitably hackable backdoors, for our private communications,” Buterin wrote.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/vitalik-buterin-warns-eu-surveillance-174743693.html