Sebastian Klovig Skelton writes in “Microsoft hides key data flow information in plain sight” for computerweekly.com All in all, an analysis of Microsoft’s distributed documentation – conducted by independent security consultant Owen Sayers and shared with Computer Weekly – suggests that Microsoft personnel or contractors can remotely access the data from 105 different countries, using 148 different sub-processors. ...
Marion Fourcade writes in »The sovereign individual and the paradox of the digital age« for aeon.co The weakening of these conventional structures and the ability to individualise political messaging also produces highly personalised forms of social domination. Populist leaders thrive on perceptions that they have a direct connection to the public – even though this connection is often attended to by an entire ecosystem, a carefully constructed ‘propaganda feedback loop’. Owners of social media can even force this connection onto users via self-serving algorithmic manipulation, as Elon Musk and Donald Trump have both reportedly done on their respective platforms. Intoxicated by the ideal figure of the ‘sovereign individual’ unconstrained by national borders, social norms or the law, a small cadre of ultra-wealthy men have been able to reclaim control over the state and traditional elites through a direct appeal to the masses and to market freedom. Pushing the logic of sovereign individuality to its logical extreme, some are busy trying to carve out independent territories for themselves, complete with their own rules and possibly their own currencies. Others invest in revolutionising existing institutions from within. Until he withdrew from his government role, Musk hoped to oversee a radical remaking of the state as a centralised and largely automated computing infrastructure. Trump made himself into a digital token, offering his own status and reputation as an investment opportunity to enthusiastic followers and anyone striving for access, while his sons leveraged their father’s position to build (or attempt to build) a cryptocurrency empire. ...
Alexander Rudolph writes in »Microsoft says U.S. law takes precedence over Canadian data sovereignty« for digitaljournal.com Does this affect the federal government and military? Yes. It appears that it does not matter if the target is an individual, organization, or government. As long as the legal request is considered valid in the United States, the target or location of the data does not matter. ...
The European Commission wants to gradually shift its cloud services from Microsoft Azure to European providers like OVH Cloud to bolster its digital sovereignty. Details are in the article, unfortunately behind a paywall. Commission eyes ditching Microsoft Azure for France’s OVHcloud over digital sovereignty fears The text was automatically translated from German into English. The German quotations were also translated in sense. ...
Jeffrey Dastin writes in »AI with reasoning power will be less predictable, Ilya Sutskever says« for reuters.com The more a system reasons, the more unpredictable it becomes. — Ilya Sutskever The text was automatically translated from German into English. The German quotations were also translated in sense.