Here is a weekend read for you – grab a beverage of your choice and see what “big tech sums of money” can buy you: I saw first-hand how the tech giants seduced the EU – and undermined democracy | Georg Riekeles | The Guardian
The two sides of Google
On one side we have the alleged Google as villian. Google sign-up ‘fast track to surveillance’, consumer groups say – BBC News We all know that the primary Google business model is based on knowledge and use of our personal data, to promote the effectiveness of it’s advertising product to …
More trouble with cookies
TrustPid calls their pseudo-anonymous tokens “a secure and privacy-friendly” however research has shown that the claims may be more than the reality. Remember the internet runs on use of your personal information… when you share it. ‘Supercookies’ Have Privacy Experts Sounding the Alarm | WIRED UK It appears that the …
Privacy assured by UK judge as ruling states law enforcement must use due process
In many of my posts about privacy and governments and organisations that want to reduce encryption, do away with VPN privacy or just make things easy for law enforcement at the expense of the law abiding citizen’s privacy, I refer to law enforcement using due process. UK judges agree with …
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New commercial spyware for phones
Google researchers are reporting on spyware that is active on both Apple and Android smartphones – the spyware is called Hermit and Google has taken steps to protect Android users. The software developed and marketed by RCS Lab, based in Milan, will exfiltrate messages ,contacts and password information from targeted …
UK Government to change the cookie laws – they are too much bother as they are
Sorry but the headlines below all contain the obvious biscuit pun! Knowing, explicitly, what an organisation plans to do with your personal data when you access a web site or sign up for an online service is an essential step in maintaining your privacy. Have a look at this article …
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Public Interest Technologist
I just have to quote Bruce Schneier here: Back in November 2020, in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, I gave a virtual talk at the International Symposium on Technology and Society: “The Story of the Internet and How it Broke Bad: A Call for Public-Interest Technologists.” It was something …
