The BBC has an article about the identity theft again the novelist Joe Dunthorne. Instagram failed to act on identity theft, says novelist – BBC News I think the most important thing to come out of the article is the sheer difficulty in communicating with Big Tech. They all favour …
Do you no longer wish to be on the internet?
Here is a longer read for a Saturday: Can I wipe myself off the internet? We ask an expert | Social trends | The Guardian Is it possible?
AirTags – at last Apple does something positive for privacy
Apple is taking steps to make the use of its AirTags for illicit purposes harder. Although displaying a warning when the device is first set up, about the use of the devices for unauthorised tracking may be illegal in some countries, will probably be completely useless as a deterrent if …
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The problems with the UK Government’s Online Safety Bill are never ending
The UK Government does not do well when comes to trying to enforce age verification on the internet. Age-verification for online pornography to begin in July – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) (2019) UK drops plans for online pornography age verification system | Internet | The Guardian (2019) But of course in the draft Online …
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We should all be safe online
I do not think the current version of the UK Government’s Draft Online Safety Bill is very good as it removes our right to use encrypted communications, knowing that they can not be decrypted. This solution does not address the issue the Government is selling the bill on – child …
