Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
Now I thought the provisions in the bill addressing online hate were a good thing – where as imposing restrictions on encrypted communications on ordinary citizens, so reducing their security, in order to catch criminals, are not. But this is not an open and shut case for me – I …
Continue reading “Draft Online Safety Bill – the ups and the downs”
It is not all bad for the government’s draft Online Safety Bill. It will contain provisions to make Big Tech remove hateful, threatening or knowingly false content from their platforms and the fines for failing to do so reflect the huge profits these companies make from hosting any content their …
Continue reading “UK Draft Online Safety Bill – the good side of the bill”
PROTECTING CHILDREN IS A VITAL THING WE MUST ALL DO I just wanted to get that out there first. I support any effective move and law that makes that goal a reality. DBS checks on people who will work with children and vulnerable people and education in the community are …
Continue reading “Another attack on privacy in the name of protecting children”
“Britons more exposed to internet harms than ever before” The Internet Society has joined the growing number of respected and well informed organisations that are condemning the UK Government’s proposal for an Online Safety Bill. UK Online Safety Bill Set to Weaken Encryption and Put UK Internet Users At Risk …
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
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 …
Continue reading “Privacy is difficult – more on End to End Encryption”
Speaking purely with my cybersecurity hat on – end to end encryption (E2EE) is a very good thing, even an essential thing to preserve your and my privacy. It is a communications link method where only the parties at either end, for whom the communication was intended, can read and …
Continue reading “E2EE – a new acronym for you – is it good or bad? Or why privacy is difficult.”
