Tag Archives: Privacy

Personal Information

If you offer it, they will come. You’ve been warned.

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Missing the Irony Gene

The UK government's unironic embrace of Orwellian imagery is really something. pic.twitter.com/11BvAZCUL8 — Franklin Harris (@FranklinH3000) March 10, 2015 I wanted to add further comment but, really, I don’t know what to say.

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Britain Too

It turns out that it’s not just the U.S. Britain, too, has bozos in charge of keeping us safe (via Nic Ferrier): Tories plan porn site age checks http://t.co/mftZlYDrHq <- more unicorn-farming fantasies from the techno-illiterate — Simon Phipps (@webmink) … Continue reading →

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No Shame

FBI Director James Comey just hates it that he’s not able to snoop on us at will. His shameless invocation of the 4 Horsemen descends into self-parody. Sadly, his message resonates with some of our more weak minded representatives, one … Continue reading →

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HTTP/2 and TLS

Speaking of nosy Parkers, the Open Web Alliance is annoyed that HTTP/2 will make it harder for them to spy on you and is lobbying against mandatory encryption in HTTP/2. Sadly, they’ve won the first round. The Open Web Alliance … Continue reading →

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The CIA and Apple

Just when you thought it couldn’t get much worse, The//Intercept is reporting that the CIA has been conducting a sustained multi-year effort to exploit Apple’s iPhone and iPad. The idea was to defeat Apple’s efforts to provide their users with … Continue reading →

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Do As I Say…

An almost too delicious piece of hypocrisy.

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What Happens When You Build In Backdoors?

They end up biting you in the butt. Matt Green’s post is a nice explanation of the FREAK exploit. You can read his post for the technical details, which, really, aren’t that interesting except that they show how making it … Continue reading →

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Just When You Thought It Couldn’t Get Worse

What could make the Lenovo/SuperFish scandal worse than it already is? This could: .@iblametom @Forbes @kristamonster May I rephrase? “$250,000 is all it takes for Lenovo to sell its customers out.” — Reginald Braithwaite (@raganwald) February 27, 2015 If true and … Continue reading →

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Act While You Can

Gabriel Weinberg, the founder and CEO of DuckDuckGo has an impassioned plea to all of us to take a stand in the coming debate over Internet privacy. “Internet privacy” is a large and complex subject that includes abuses by the … Continue reading →

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