TikTok is a Chinese company and concerns over the influence and access the Chinese government has to the information held by Chinese companies has led to official requests for the Prime Minister to ban the use of TikTok within government. Rishi Sunak faces calls to ban TikTok use by government …
The surveillance and monitoring laws are about to change
According to the Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner Prof Fraser Sampson the proposed changes in the law will be diluting the privacy and use protection that his organisation currently offers but which he thinks is currently inadequate. The proposed law – the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill – with …
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The Tor network service suffers ongoing DDoS attacks
It has been revealed that the Tor network has been suffering a sustained series of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, which has been going on since July 2022. Tor and I2P networks hit by wave of ongoing DDoS attacks (bleepingcomputer.com) At its peaks, this attack has been stopping users …
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Mine and Your Privacy and Apple
This is an Apple centric article, but if you have any other phone, device or PC this article does have something for you – better cyber security. Recent advertising from Apple has been emphasising the privacy you are buying into when you pay the Apple the tax! However various stories …
Wikipedia and the UK Online Safety Bill
The worldwide community encyclopaedia, Wikipedia has spoken out against the UK Online Safety Bill. The Wikipedia Foundation does not want community based organisations to be treated as a “Big Tech” company. How organisation are treated in the bill depends on their size not their operations. Wikipedia criticises ‘harsh’ new Online …