Apple has joined the debate about the UK government’s proposed bill to weaken every UK citizen’s privacy online, by threatening to pull affected Apple services from the UK market. As Apple (and several articles I have posted) state, laws already exist for the authorities to breach the privacy of citizens …
Why we all need end-2-end-encryption
Here is a short BBC video explaining why E2EE protects our privacy from prying service companies and hackers: What is end to end encryption and why are police concerned about its rise? – BBC News As with all E2EE articles terrorists and child abusers are mentioned. Law enforcement already has …
Spyware hacked
LetMeSpy is advertised as software that can be installed on an Android device to allow parents to keep an eye on children or employers to monitor their staff. Both of which if done in the clear are a good idea, the employer option has some really positive outcomes when it …
Strava – privacy issues… again…
If you share information online and are not extremely careful on what you share, then someone somewhere will work out how to exploit that information. Now I thought people who used Strava understood this as there has been plenty in the past of Strava compromising military security let alone personal …
Another democracy does not like E2EE
End-to-end-ecryption (E2EE) seems to be an issue with many democratic governments – they dislike their law abiding citizens having it unless they can have the keys to the security. If governments have the keys to your E2EE it will not be long before the criminals also have those keys! Now …
