“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 …
E2EE – a new acronym for you – is it good or bad? Or why privacy is difficult.
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 …
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Microsoft research highlights the importance of the UK’s PSTI legislation
Microsoft has an article looking at the innovation and commercial benefits of the Internet of Things (IoT) and operational technology (OT), but which also looks at the significant privacy and cyber security challenges of the technologies. The report includes empirical data from the customer’s perspective. New research shows IoT and …
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The future of society is smart contracts on a blockchain
The future of cyber crime is smart contracts on a blockchain with software bugs! Dan Goodin has an article explaining how a bug (flaw) in the code for drafting a blockchain smart contract, by MonoX Finance, allowed a hacker to steal $31million from them. Really stupid “smart contract” bug let …
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PSTI – Rogue traders will not be able to avoid the law
There is a concern that rogue traders – with here today and gone tomorrow trading practices – will be able to avoid the provisions in the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act (PSTI) act that compels them to state clearly binding product lifespans of among other things IoT devices. However …
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