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BBC Radio 4 #FileOn4 “Hunting the #Darknet Dealers” – “…you can find the BBC, for example, on the #darkweb, for that very reason” — normalising #endtoendencryption is essential for progress of information security
Previously https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/entries/936e460a-03b3-41db-be96-a6f2f27934e6
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Kenya and “the decline of the world’s greatest coffee” — very interesting blog post on the history, production and sale of Kenyan coffee… and what’s wrong with it
On the high end this translates, roughly, to the equivalent of around $1.85 per pound of green coffee—a pretty good price, to be sure—though it pales in comparison with the $5-7 per pound most roasters are used to paying for Kenyan coffee. But the average price paid to producers for cherry translates roughly to $1.42…
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Muffett versus MI5
Note: this was originally posted on my Facebook feed in 2014, but since some of my friends consider the site to be toxic, I am reposting it here. Visitors should also check out Heather’s blogpost which inspired me to dig this out. So, a long time ago* I used to work for Sun Microsystems; at…
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Interview with @RachelAxon at USA Today, re: #Disinformation propagating virally on #Facebook, and #FrancesHaugen
Back in mid-November I received this query from Rachel Axon at USA Today, regarding a Frances Haugen-sourced story that they were preparing which sought to paint viral speech as a danger to the public. The story has been published today, and (in short) I strongly reject the proposition that virality of speech is somehow innately…
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CEOs of Target, Best Buy, CVS and other retail chains…urge Congress to pass a bill that would make it…harder for criminals to hide behind fake identities
Quelle surprise; there are robberies, so the problem is “online anonymity.” The group urged Congress to pass a bill that would make it easier for consumers to identify exactly who they are buying from, and harder for criminals to hide behind fake identities as they try to sell stolen merchandise online. […] Best Buy CEO…
