As part of our “weekend read” section, here is a piece by Chris Stokel-Walker and Dan Milmo at The Guardian looking at the hacker volunteers, fighting what they consider a white hat action against Russia. ‘It’s the right thing to do’: the 300,000 volunteer hackers coming together to fight Russia …
It’s here – The UK’s “one size fits all” Online Safety Bill
UK introduces exhaustive Online Safety Bill – BBC News Tech bosses face jail if they hamper Ofcom investigations from next year | Technology | The Guardian Basically it is a good bill. But do not think it will stop all the bad things as the government is promising us. It …
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UK Government’s Draft Online Safety Bill: more tweaks but they still want to deny their law abiding citizens encryption and privacy
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
Cyber-attacks cost money – Gloucester City Council
Here is a follow-up to the story of the poor cyber security at Gloucester City Council: Concerns over ‘ever-rising’ cost of Gloucester City Council cyber attack – BBC News The council leaders are now struggling with the cost of recovering the situation for the citizens that elected them. Jeremy Hilton, …
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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 consequences of a cyber attack – Toyota to take serious action
Tomorrow Toyota will shut down all 14 of its plants in Japan after a possible cyber-attack. Toyota has previously suffered cyber breaches and data losses. Toyota to close Japanese factories after suspected cyber-attack – BBC News Toyota shuts down all Japanese production after supplier is hacked | Ars Technica