Cyber security investigations often mean carrying out tasks that by the letter of the (US or UK) are illegal – it is the nature of the job. In the United Kingdom we have two critical pieces of legislation that a cyber security consultant could fall foul of: Computer Misuse Act …
“…smartphones aren’t really about making our lives easier; they’re about allowing private companies to profit from areas of our lives that were previously closed to them.” Max Fletcher, The Guardian
The article from which I have taken the quote is further down the page – but please read the rest of the article first, it is relevant. I ran a post about a talk given by Matt Brittin, from Google, about their vision of privacy by design: Privacy by Design …
A quick side trip back to Missouri – their Governor has such a good grasp of cyber security
Something to read whilst having a coffee this morning – it’s fun. Here is a follow up story to our “F12” hacking Governor – Mike Parson – from police department, he demanded investigate journalist Josh Renaud. So what great crime did the journalist commit – he used the F12 key …
Here’s an amusing story about the Missouri State Governor
Before we start keep your finger away from that F12 key. In Missouri the Governor believes that a journalist using F12, on a badly coded website run by his state government, would cost the taxpayers of that state $50m! Missouri ends effort to prosecute ‘view source’ journalist • The Register …
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