Well it was pretty obvious that the outcry by cyber security and privacy experts around the world, against Microsoft’s proposal to include an automatic function to screenshot your computer every few seconds, to produce a searchable record of EVERYTHING you have done on your computer, was a bad idea. Don’t …
Good privacy = Good Security
If you follow effective privacy principles such as UKGDPR, it can help any organisation create better cyber security. However Bruce Schneier has an interesting essay out this week, where he looks at our degraded expectations of privacy because of modern technology. Online Privacy and Overfishing – Schneier on Security I …
A feature no one asked for
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is looking into a new feature of Windows 11 and Copilot where the operating system will automatically screenshot what you are doing every few seconds. The upcoming feature, called Recall, will be able to access the locally stored, encrypted images to enhance the user experience …
Is my phone listening to me?
I have been asked this question many times and my normal response is yes – otherwise how does Siri and Google know when to respond when you want something. What people really want to know is my phone spying on me – and the probable answer to that is yes …
Privacy Badger
Let’s start the Spring run of the “Wednesday Bit” with a positive story. A story in which, if you choose to participate, your online privacy will get that much better. The Electronic Frontier Foundation and Privacy Badger I have written about Privacy Badger before, as part of a previous “Wednesday …
