Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
The Tor browser has been built to improve the privacy of internet users. The US State Department had a hand in supporting the development of the browser (Foreign Policy 2013), as a tool for activists whose goals, it believed, aligned with those of the USA. Of course any activist, of …
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What seemed like a good idea at the time has some unforeseen results – of course. I have already written about Twitter’s new privacy rules here: You cannot win – one person’s privacy is other’s “stifling free speech” – Smart Thinking Solutions Here is a piece in The Guardian, showing …
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Yet another data breach by an NHS Trust and yet another apology (it is sincere) – but the private information of people they were caring for is still out there in wild. Where anyone can access it and abuse it. NHS trust apologises for Covid trial data breach – BBC …
Diana and I felt this was a story about privacy that needed to be widely spread. How to spot the software that could be spying on you – BBC News and BBC World Service – Business Daily, Stalkerware: Tech-enabled domestic abuse skyrocketing and Coalition Against Stalkerware (stopstalkerware.org) The technical abuse …
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This is a good ruling as it makes the Government’s Cabinet Office responsible for the error it made in disclosing the personal details of people on the 2020 New Year’s Honour list. Cabinet Office | ICO However there is some thing to consider: I have to assume that when the …
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Matthew Comb, a doctoral researcher in digital identity at University of Oxford has a piece in The Conversation looking at the ways governments around the world should be implementing secure COVID vaccination passports. Many vaccine passports have security flaws – here’s how to make them safer (theconversation.com) This is important …
For private you can read secret, unless you are able to make a Freedom-of-Information request. Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Wikipedia and Freedom of Information Act 2000 (legislation.gov.uk) A few days ago I wrote this article in which I praised the ICO: There is an article on The Register, …
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