Ben looks at privacy and in particular Full Disk Encryption (FDE).
A great article by Ben at Octagon on Privacy
Twitter’s new privacy policy – “rules weaponised”
What seemed like a good idea at the time has some unforeseen results – of course. I have already written about Twitter’s new privacy rules here: You cannot win – one person’s privacy is other’s “stifling free speech” – Smart Thinking Solutions Here is a piece in The Guardian, showing …
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Stalkerware – not every bad actor is in it for money – domestic abuse
Diana and I felt this was a story about privacy that needed to be widely spread. How to spot the software that could be spying on you – BBC News and BBC World Service – Business Daily, Stalkerware: Tech-enabled domestic abuse skyrocketing and Coalition Against Stalkerware (stopstalkerware.org) The technical abuse …
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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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Why we like AI – and a tiny bit on how it works and privacy
Following my post about the Reith Lecture – I came across this video on YouTube from a excellent creator I follow – Curious Droid. (Did you know I like space?) He talks about Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML) and artificial neural networks, what the difference is and how they …
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