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 …
So you are technically smart…
…it doesn’t mean you cannot be a cyber crime victim. Putting you under-pressure or approaching you when you are under stress is a classic way threat actors successfully exploit their victims. Here is an example on the BBC of such an attack: The robotic falcon maker who lost £100,000 to …
Because It’s Friday – Tomorrow’s World
Last week we looked at the internet of 1994, this week we are looking at an “internet” of the 1970s as shown on Tomorrow’s World. For those younger readers; Tomorrow’s World was a popular TV programme on BBC looking at science and technology – it ran for 38 years. It …
More on an AI risk and an extinction event
AI risk what is it? This is a follow-up to last weekend’s more extensive post looking at the AI extinction event that was making headlines in the mainstream media. If we’re going to label AI an ‘extinction risk’, we need to clarify how it could happen (theconversation.com) Professor Nello Cristianini, …
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MOVEit flaw – Excellent cyber advice from the BBC
This is a follow-up article to the one I posted about the compromise of MOVEit software: MOVEit secure file transfer compromised. I could paraphrase the following article – it covers many of the points I have written about here on Smart Thinking before – but my advice is take a …
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