Before we start: At Smart Thinking and Octagon Technology we think protecting children and vulnerable people from threat actors on the internet is extremely important – but the action taken need to be technically and securely effective and not impact the privacy of law abiding citizens. Now onto the post… …
The obvious question is “Why only New Zealand”
If it is harmful content in New Zealand then surely most of the rest of the world would consider it harmful. And if it can be done in New Zealand – why not the rest of the world – the Big Tech have enough money: Social media companies promise to …
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The Online Safety Bill is delayed until the Conservatives can make their minds ups!
The passing of the Online Safety Bill is going to be delayed (along with other legislation) until the Conservatives choose a new Prime Minister for the country. Online Safety Bill put on hold until new prime minister in place – BBC News
The Online Safety Bill is still going through parliament and we are back to the question of end-to-end encryption
I quite like the the government’s Online Safety Bill is that it will compel the Big Tech companies to action about child sex abuse material (CSAM), and delivery huge fines if they fail to do so. However a requirement to monitor communications apps with end-to-end encryption (E2EE), for CSAM causes …
Privacy assured by UK judge as ruling states law enforcement must use due process
In many of my posts about privacy and governments and organisations that want to reduce encryption, do away with VPN privacy or just make things easy for law enforcement at the expense of the law abiding citizen’s privacy, I refer to law enforcement using due process. UK judges agree with …
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