We are still getting tweaks – but they have not yet addressed taking away our use of end to end encryption. Online Safety Bill tweaked to target scam ads – BBC News Bad laws will only give a political sticky plaster to the technologically uninformed – Smart Thinking Solutions
Privacy Enhancements
As part of the “weekend read” and because the BBC promoted a version of it’s news via the privacy enhanced Tor network, I have gathered together some links describing further software and configurations designed to keep your information private. “Browse Privately. Explore Freely.” Tor Project | Anonymity Online Privacy when …
BBC News on Tor
The Tor browser is an excellent tool for privacy – and I have written about it before – the BBC hosts it’s News service on Tor. Making it available to people around the world, who may not want the authorities knowing that they are accessing an alternative source of information. …
The ICO steps in – The Scottish Government needs to be more transparent with respect to citizen’s personal information and the COVID-19 app
The Information Commissioner’s Office has issued a written reprimand to both the Scottish Government and NHS National Services Scotland about failures in how citizen’s personal data was used and handled by the NHS Scotland COVID Status app. Governments should not be making these types of mistakes. See the ICO article …
Now we have “stalkerware”
Stalkerware – Wikipedia Bruce Schneier has a link to an article that describes how stalkerware operates and the companies behind it. Vulnerability in Stalkerware Apps – Schneier on Security
