The UK Government does not like the ordinary citizen to have uncontrolled access to end-to-end encryption (E2EE) but others like it – like Google: Google introduces end-to-end encryption for Gmail on the web (bleepingcomputer.com) See what I have to say about closing public toilets as an amendment to the UK …
Big Tech and Child Abuse
Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has released a report examining how the world’s biggest tech companies address child abuse – not what they say they do, but what actually happens. It does not make good reading. World-first report shows leading tech companies are not doing enough to tackle online child abuse | …
That old chestnut again – yours and my privacy
Let me say this before I start, I support any action both legal and technical that will be effective in preventing the exploitation of the vulnerable. We support this government initiative (check the page footer): Let’s stop abuse together I like parts of the government’s forthcoming Online Safety Bill and …
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What is it about politicians and privacy?
Before we go any further Smart Thinking and Octagon Technology support any effective and legal means to protect the vulnerable and minors. Politicians, they want privacy to cloak their personal, business and political lives – but seem to hate it when private law abiding citizens want the same as them! …
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Another good step for better child safety on the internet and for catching the criminals who are involved
This is not a “scan every image you (the law abiding citizen) upload” solution, such as suggested by Apple among others. This is making the unique digital hash evidence of illegal child abuse images and videos available to the Internet Watch Foundation that has the resources to search the internet …
