There are some interesting articles being written about the Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter games and the privacy of those who will be attending. The basic message seems to be take a burner phone with you. The issue is around the amount of personal data QI-ANXIN (an official sponsor …
The encryption debate – the ICO speaks out against government plans
As I said in my piece below – the removal of our access to secure communications needs to be a debate. Here is what the UK’s Information Commissioner thinks about it: Encryption: UK data watchdog criticises government campaign – BBC News
Hackers target the International Red Cross
The Red Cross is pleading with unknown attackers not to reveal data on more than half a million vulnerable people following the cyber-attack. International Red Cross hack exposes half a million vulnerable people – BBC News Red Cross begs hackers not to leak data of “highly vulnerable people” – The …
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Privacy is difficult – more on End to End Encryption
Anything that reduces the ordinary citizen’s right to privacy, especially when it is driven by our government, needs more than a social media steam roller campaign by that government to make it law. It needs a proper education of those citizens as to what they are giving up, so the …
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Gloucester Council – Six months to restore services
This is a follow-up to this story: Welcome to living in Gloucester – Smart Thinking Solutions The cyber attack on Gloucester Council has now been linked to Russian hackers but the council is reporting that it will take up to six months to fix all the issues caused by the …
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