Also for the grandparents, aunts, uncles, carer, guardians…. This will not make comfortable reading but I thought it was important to highlight this story, in the light of my position on the UK Government’s Online Safety Bill. I am for any actions that work to stop Big Tech ignoring or …
Disinformation to help Pegasus
I have written a number of articles about the commercial spyware Pegasus. It has attracted the the interest of the European Parliament who are investigating the use of Pegasus around the world. Now MEPs are being warned about disinformation campaigns that are being pout out there to derail their investigation: …
Russia Ukraine cyber actions this winter
I updated the pinned post at the top of the blog yesterday with warnings from Microsoft and Google about the potential for the Russia Ukraine cyber conflict to escalate over this winter. Here is an article by Alexander Martin from The Record looking at the risks and threats in more …
M.P.s warned about the risk of being spied on
The House of Commons Speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle has written to all M.P.s making them aware that the information they have on their mobile phones would be valuable to a “hostile state” and that they should take appropriate steps to protect that information. Hostile states are targeting you, Speaker warns …
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It looks like the Online Safety Bill is in chaos
I have my issues with the UK Online Safety bill, but overall I think it has some promise to protect the vulnerable – but this report in The Guardian is showing that the bill my be heading for chaos: UK government criticised for failing to protect children from online harm …
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