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Mariano delli Santi

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Legal and Policy Officer @openrightsgroup "Between a high, solid wall and an egg that breaks against it, I will always stand on the side of the egg." - cit […] [bridged from mastodon.bida.im/@marianods on the fediverse by fed.brid.gy ]

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Mariano delli Santi @marianods.mastodon.bida.im.ap.brid.gy · 23/06/2026

In todays' “we live in a totally normal island” news. www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq61887…

Sturgeon and Gove to team up for reality TV 'wargame'

The former first minister is to serve as deputy prime minister in a simulation of a Russian attack on the UK.

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Don Marti @dmarti.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/06/2026

@marianods @openrightsgroup The ICO had a bunch of privacy concerns with Google's in-browser adtech system, "Privacy Sandbox", but somehow ended oversight when CMA did, as soon as Google shifted their work to a different text at the same organization. I don't know enough UK politics to […]

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Mariano delli Santi @marianods.mastodon.bida.im.ap.brid.gy · 19/06/2026

9. Have a look at my previous blog, to know more about why the ICO became so bad, and what we at @openrightsgroup are doing to fix this. Or tell us: what is, in your opinion, the biggest ICO EPIC FAIL you can think of? […]

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Mariano delli Santi @marianods.mastodon.bida.im.ap.brid.gy · 19/06/2026

8. Institutions can feel like an abstract concept, but they do shape norms and standards we have to deal with in our everyday life. Under John Edwards' leadership, the ICO turned against the interst of the public, and protected the interests of the government and bad technology companies instead.

Mariano delli Santi @marianods.mastodon.bida.im.ap.brid.gy · 19/06/2026

7. NUMBER 5: Consent or pay. Were you ever asked to give away your privacy or your money? Consent or pay is illegal, but the ICO gave the green light to Facebook and, because of their curtesy, those annoying pop-ups have now flooded the Internet […]

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Mariano delli Santi @marianods.mastodon.bida.im.ap.brid.gy · 19/06/2026

6. NUMBER 4: the Horizon Scandal. To add insult to injury, the Post Office disclosed victims' identities due to poor document redaction. To reward them for their impeccable conduct, the ICO issued a reprimand, i.e. an hangry letter devoid of legal effects […]

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Mariano delli Santi @marianods.mastodon.bida.im.ap.brid.gy · 19/06/2026

5.3 Against the evidence that the NHS trust may have infringed the UK GDPR, and that staff may be liable of criminal conduct, the ICO has “not opted to carry out its own independent investigation”. A strong signal that will insteal fear in any perspective criminal and law-breaker.

Mariano delli Santi @marianods.mastodon.bida.im.ap.brid.gy · 19/06/2026

5.2 It is worth noting, this does not only raises questions about the Trust's obligation to notify the victims of a data breach, and if this obligation was infringed upon. Under UK data protection law, obtaining personal data without the consent of the controller constitues a criminal offence.

Mariano delli Santi @marianods.mastodon.bida.im.ap.brid.gy · 19/06/2026

5.1 NUMBER 3: Southport attack victims data breach. Recently, it has emerged that 48 “Hospital staff inappropriately accessed the medical records” of the victims of the Southport stabbing. The NHS trust did not inform the patients “as it risked retraumatising them” […]

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Mariano delli Santi @marianods.mastodon.bida.im.ap.brid.gy · 19/06/2026

4.3 Once again, what was the Commissioner's take about it? Literally, nothing to see here: ICO staff reviewed the pilot scheme, as a member of the DEA Oversight Board, and gave their green light to the HMRC-Home Office data matching scheme […]

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Mariano delli Santi @marianods.mastodon.bida.im.ap.brid.gy · 19/06/2026

4.2 Once again, the human cost of this “debacle was pretty high”. 15.000 families were unjustly accused of fraud. A mother with an autistic child, and another whose child had an epiletic seizure before travelling, also saw their benefits withdrawn […]

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Mariano delli Santi @marianods.mastodon.bida.im.ap.brid.gy · 19/06/2026

4.1 NUMBER TWO: The HMRC child benefits scandal. HMRC had the great idea of withrawing child benefits payments on the basis of passengers' records, assuming that if you took a flight you surely must have left the country. What could possibly go wrong? […]

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Mariano delli Santi @marianods.mastodon.bida.im.ap.brid.gy · 19/06/2026

3.3 And what did the Commissioner do about this? Nothing really, but saying that the investigation would have been too difficult and they couldn't be bothered. This triggered 70+ data protection experts to call for a formal Parliamentary inquiry into the ICO […]

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Mariano delli Santi @marianods.mastodon.bida.im.ap.brid.gy · 19/06/2026

3.2 If you think this is bad, rest assured that it was worse. The Afghan data breach was a row of 49 leaks that could (and should) have been easily avoided, but were not. As a result, people lost their lives, while others are still living under threath […]

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Mariano delli Santi @marianods.mastodon.bida.im.ap.brid.gy · 19/06/2026

3.1 But back to the ICO failures. FIRST PLACE: the Afghan data breach. This was both a farcical and extremely dramatic breach that exposed the identities of thousdands of Afghans fleeing the Talibans, and their families. www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgrxkz8…

Afghans express fear for relatives' safety after UK data leak

Relatives worry the Taliban may intensify its search for those who worked with the UK in Afghanistan.

Mariano delli Santi @marianods.mastodon.bida.im.ap.brid.gy · 19/06/2026

2. For those who may be wondering what this is all about, the Information Commissioner's Office is the UK data protection authority, which is supposed to protect the right to data protection of the British public. Also, here's some exclusive footage of John Edwards' resignation […]

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Mariano delli Santi @marianods.mastodon.bida.im.ap.brid.gy · 19/06/2026

1. Today, brave brave John Edwards ran away. To thank the UK Information Commissioner for all the fish, here are FIVE EPIC FAILURES he's made during his tenure. Or, to paraphrase his own words, the five best attempts at humor that were inappropriate. Thread below 🧵 […]

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Mariano delli Santi @marianods.mastodon.bida.im.ap.brid.gy · 20/05/2026

“Understand this: rage against AI is white fucking hot, entirely justified, bipartisan, often indiscriminate, and inextricably woven into soaring disgust at the authoritarian-coddling extraction class.” […]

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Mariano delli Santi @marianods.mastodon.bida.im.ap.brid.gy · 20/05/2026

9. John Edwards' forced absence may be good news, but we need to act now if we want the flaws of his leadership to end with his tenure. This is why at @openrightsgroup.org we are launching a petition to reset the ICO. Read our proposals and sign ups below […]

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Mariano delli Santi @marianods.mastodon.bida.im.ap.brid.gy · 20/05/2026

8. Left to their own, things are bound to get worse. Indeed, the ICO and the government recently agreed, in writing, to work together with a “no surprises approach”. Translation: the cops (ICO) will blow a whistle to give the thieves (the government) time to run away […]

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Mariano delli Santi @marianods.mastodon.bida.im.ap.brid.gy · 20/05/2026

7. Despite all of the above, the ICO remain undeterred (and shameless). Take, for instance, how they are advising the government on how to gut the Freedom of Information Act, a cornerstone of government transparency and a legal framework the ICO should be enforcing […]

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Mariano delli Santi @marianods.mastodon.bida.im.ap.brid.gy · 20/05/2026

6.3 ... This triggered the Select Committee for Science, Innovation and Technology to open an inquiry into government's data security. 70+ data protection experts called on the committee to investigate the collapse in enforcement action by the ICO […]

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Mariano delli Santi @marianods.mastodon.bida.im.ap.brid.gy · 20/05/2026

6.2. ... In fact, the ICO institutional collapse reached its peak with the Afghan data breach. The ICO refused to open an investigation, even after the repeated nature of the offence, and its deadly nature, became known […]

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Mariano delli Santi @marianods.mastodon.bida.im.ap.brid.gy · 20/05/2026

6.1. As a result, John Edwards was appointed. On of his first acts was the adoption of the so-called “public sector approach” to enforcement. This new doctrine could be summarised as “we will let the government get away with it”, and this is precisely what the ICO have done since...

Mariano delli Santi @marianods.mastodon.bida.im.ap.brid.gy · 20/05/2026

5. But how did we get here, and what needs fixing? While the ICO was never perfect, things escalated in 2021, when Boris Johnson's government leveraged political appointments and corporate capture to set the country away from the EU […]

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Mariano delli Santi @marianods.mastodon.bida.im.ap.brid.gy · 20/05/2026

4. Back to data protection: while John Edwards stepped aside to allow an HR investigation to do its course, the ICO are also being restructured into a Commission, due to the UK data protection reform. We have a unique opportunity to fix a failed institution […]

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Mariano delli Santi @marianods.mastodon.bida.im.ap.brid.gy · 20/05/2026

3. However, institutions are what define if our rights work in practice or not. This is why the role of the ICO in hollowing out our digital rights matters. Take the Grenfell Tower as an example: fire and safety regulations are worth nothing if they aren't enforced […]

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Mariano delli Santi @marianods.mastodon.bida.im.ap.brid.gy · 20/05/2026

2. In a digital world, our right to data protection is the first line of protection against “computers says no”. We have no agency, no rights and no protections against unfair decisions or abuse if we cannot know what data people have about us, how they used it, and who they shared it with.

Mariano delli Santi @marianods.mastodon.bida.im.ap.brid.gy · 20/05/2026

1. The UK Information Commissioner stepped aside from his role this February. Under John Edwards' tenure, the ICO performed so badly that nobody noticed his absence until late April. This is why @openrightsgroup are launching a campaign to reform it. 🧵 […]

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Mariano delli Santi @marianods.mastodon.bida.im.ap.brid.gy · 14/02/2026

"Be especially sure to burn the books. We must do whatever we can to make light until the sun comes back. I hope it comes back soon." www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/202…

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Trump Administration Announces That We Don’t Know Where the Sun Goes at Night

After deciding carbon dioxide does no harm, it was the logical next move.

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memes from outside fedi/atmosphere @nonfedimemes.wetdry.world.ap.brid.gy · 10/12/2025

A woman and a man with glowing white eyes and mouth wearing blue clothing in front of some buildings, saying "We just saved 20% on our power bill by burning down the local data center".

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

😕🇺🇸

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Tim Chambers @tchambers.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2025

Pretty accurate progression so far. #Charliekirk

A tweet from Molly White satirically lists several entities as being "trans," including a shooter, bullets, and a roommate.

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Flippin' 'eck, Tucker! @losttourist.social.chatty.monster.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2025

BBC Breakfast this morning had a long segment about the 30th anniversary of Windows 95. So what vintage computer did they put in the studio as a handy prop? #windows95

Some Windows 95 and MSDOS software boxes around a Macintosh SE computer

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mjt @mjt.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2025

Intellectual loneliness isn't about wanting
'deep talks. It's about realising how few people can tolerate complexity. It's noticing how quickly people rush to have an answer not to understand, but to feel right. It's watching people form entire worldviews off headlines, vibes, and whatever reels told them last. It's the silence that follows when you say something that doesn't fit neatly into someone's script. It's not arrogance. It's exhaustion, from always having to code-switch between what you actually think and what's safe to say around people who shut down at nuance. And no one warns you:
Once your brain learns to stretch, small talk doesn't just bore you, it alienates you. You're not looking for smart people. You're looking for people who are still thinking.

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Ian Brown 👨🏻‍💻 @1br0wn.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/08/2025

‘nearly two-thirds of the world’s servers are estimated to run on open-source #Linux. That has still left a big market for #Windows, but it has greatly limited the overall size of the commercial software pie, while also preventing operating systems from being used as a chokepoint’ […]

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Erik Moeller @eloquence.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 05/08/2025

Keir Starmer is keeping Britain safe from encyclopedias. www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62j2gr88…

Wikipedia legally challenges 'flawed' online safety rules

It argues the regulations could threaten the privacy and safety of Wikipedia's volunteer contributors.

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Ian Brown 👨🏻‍💻 @1br0wn.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/07/2025

Waiting for the first calls for #VPN restrictions. First on UK providers not enforcing age checks, then requiring ISPs to block non-compliant foreign providers... '“This is what happens when people who haven’t got a clue about technology pass legislation,” Anthony Rose, a UK-based tech […]

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Marta @teclista.hortensia.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/07/2025

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Captura de tuit con el mensaje "RT to scare a CEO" y fotografías de: Luigi Mangione, el submarino Ocean Gate, una orca y un concierto de Coldplay.

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Lorry @lorry.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 15/07/2025

ChatGPT bots, talking to each other about how to improve their B2B sales on LinkedIn, is not the future I expected. #AI #ChatGPT #LinkedIn #SciFi #Science #Fiction #Dystopia #B2B

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Mina @mina.berlin.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/07/2025

I love it! Seen in a post by @bruces Added alt-text

A photo of the Fellowship of the Ring from the Peter Jackson "Lord of the Rings" film.

Every person is labelled:

Boromir: Quasi-Royalty
Legolas: Literal-Royalty
Gandalf: Literal Angel
Aragorn: Literal Royalty
Gimli: High-ranking Aritocrat
Merry: Quasi-Royalty
Pippin: High-ranking Aristocrat
Frodo: Low-Ranking Aristocrat
Sam: Works for a living

Caption:

Really, the most surprising part is that it takes three whole months before Sam has to start physically carrying people

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Lars Marowsky-Brée 😷 @larsmb.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 22/06/2025

We're used to computers being good at math, reasonably hard facts, and looking up information in vast databases. #LLMs suck at exactly all of the former, and do none of it as part of their answer generation process¹. The general public is not prepared. I see even very smart people struggle […]

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Jan Penfrat @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/06/2025

Nice, thank you @robin for these remarks: "If you create authoritarian #infrastructure, you will get an authoritarian society," and "Tech #monopolies were not made by innovation and they won't be broken by #innovation."

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

When did you ever hear the BBC stating that it must alter “story selection” and “other types of output, such as drama”, to win the trust of Green voters, or of unrepresented people on the left? All the shifts are in just one direction. bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...

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BBC Bosses Draw Up Plans to Win Over Reform Voters by Changing News and Drama Output

The Director General Tim Davie and other executives discussed altering BBC “story selection” in order to secure the "trust" of supporters of Nigel Farage’s party

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Ian Brown 👨🏻‍💻 @1br0wn.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/06/2025

Sorry, how could I forget the useful idiots in the UK government and security services who have so enmeshed the two countries' intelligence and surveillance apparatuses that -- as one friend who worked at #GCHQ on secondment told me -- you can "barely tell where one ends and the other begins"

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Ian Brown 👨🏻‍💻 @1br0wn.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/06/2025

As we see the authoritarian chaos unfolding in the USA, I am wondering if all those people who have been campaigning for decades to undermine the EU's strict constitutional laws on data protection -- in the service of enabling virtually unrestrained transfers of Europeans' personal data to King […]

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Mariano delli Santi @marianods.mastodon.bida.im.ap.brid.gy · 04/06/2025

Today in other news, the most secure energy source ever will be leaking radioactive water until 2050. But fear not! Thanks to AI and nuclear-powered datacentres we will have 10 times more nuclear reactors and radioactive leaking and AI will... check notes] help us solve the climate crisis [ […]

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Mariano delli Santi @marianods.mastodon.bida.im.ap.brid.gy · 04/06/2025

7) The DUA Bill does, instead, entrenches the dominance of US tech companies instead, and awards tech companies for predatory business practices. The UK Parliament should not be scared to stand up against the government when they get it wrong, but will day? Today's vote at the Lords will tell us […]

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