I have listened to many businesses complain about the UKGDPR legislation – particularly web designers and marketing companies – many citing that users do not like it (of course it has nothing to do with how they now have to look after personally identifiable information properly and justify their use …
The Online Safety Bill
The Conservatives having spent the summer choosing our new Prime Minister, will let the MPs return to work and The Online Safety Bill will be back in the House. I have written about this bill and its ups and downs a lot. I like the protection it gives to the …
Spyware across Europe
Here is a great weekend read, which I found very interesting: It is an excellent article by Morgan Meaker at Wired UK, examining the apparent plague of spyware, being discovered on the smartphones of activists, journalists and politicians, across Europe Spyware Scandals Are Ripping Through Europe | WIRED UK All …
UK Free Speech and Encryption under attack
The exceptions are telling. The UK’s new proposed censors at OFCOM are making it clear they’ll never enforce against corporate media concerns; it’s only small media creators, activists, citizen journalists, and everyday users who will be subject to the extra scrutiny and accompanying punishments. Joe Mullin – www.eff.org – AUGUST …
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WhatsApp will not lower security
“If asked by the government to weaken encryption, it would be “very foolish” to accept, Will Cathcart told the BBC.” BBC News website Will Cathcart is Head of WhatsApp at Meta. WhatsApp: We won’t lower security for any government – BBC News
Advice from the National Cyber Security Centre and the UK Government – actions to take when the cybersecurity risk is high (Russia Ukraine Conflict) – UPDATED 2 May 2023
This post was originally made on 2 March 2022. It will be updated as the Russian Ukraine Conflict develops and will highlight the cyber security issues facing organisations and individuals at this time. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is advising all UK organisations to review and improve their cyber …
Read about your privacy…
Before we start: At Smart Thinking and Octagon Technology we think protecting children and vulnerable people from threat actors on the internet is extremely important – but the action taken need to be technically and securely effective and not impact the privacy of law abiding citizens. Now onto the post… …
