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QUESTION: What crimes are easier to commit when there is no end-to-end encryption of messenger systems; and what opportunities are lost?
I was asked this question, and it’s a good one, speaking clearly to “what is the value proposition of robust end-to-end encryption that is worthy of the name?” I have written on an abstract level on this topic before, but my questioner is looking for a concrete checklist so I am hastily thrashing out some…
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My father was born in 1919; he told me that when he was a small boy in the late 1920s/early 1930s, his parents rationed access to the family crystal set radio in case it “disrupted sleep” or he encountered “improper influences”, per newspaper fears
It’s funny how nothing changes, really — except now the goal is to get the newspaper’s competitors to enumerate, identify & “protect” all their “new” media consumers. Because “safety” is a great cover story to obtain mass surveillance by via a morally irreproachable (?) back door.
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Nur Sajat’s offence was to wear a baju kurung, the traditional long-sleeved outfit worn by Malay women, at a private religious ceremony she held in 2018
Your occasional reminder not to take freedoms for granted: In the eyes of the Malaysian authorities, Nur Sajat is considered male, and under Islamic law, a man cannot dress as a woman. Speaking to the BBC from Sydney, she said she had no choice but to flee, after being assaulted by officers from JAIS, the…
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Judge Ian Lawrie said it was “extraordinary” the DNA evidence was still available to prove Shakespeare’s guilt after such a long time | “I didn’t realise you kept DNA banks that long,” he told the court
DNA “Fingerprints” are forever: A man has admitted raping an 18-year-old woman who was walking her dog on a footpath more than 30 years ago.…The case featured on the BBC’s Crimewatch programme in 2008, but despite a huge number of calls from the public, no one was ever charged. Shakespeare was caught after a DNA…
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“EU’s Latest Internet Regulatory Madness: Destroying Internet Security With Its Digital Identity Framework” # if you’re not following both @MMasnick & @TechDirt, you should be
Article Link https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20211113/00304047929/eus-latest-internet-regulatory-madness-destroying-internet-security-with-digital-identity-framework.shtml
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#MakeBittorrentGreatAgain: #StarTrekDiscovery abandons Netflix in favour of something called … “Paramount+”
Love it or hate it, I am wondering whether this act is sufficient to reboot peoples’ interest in using Bittorrent to pirate-stream video? The increasing amount of Netflix-only / Amazon-only / Disney-only vertical integration has reinvented the US “Cable Television” dynamic, and it’s not hard to see people wanting to circumvent the cost and friction…
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I’ve spent ages trying to get people to stop misquoting the Paradox of Tolerance, but now someone nicer than me has written a Medium post about the Popper “infographic” problem.
Stop misusing Popper’s ‘Paradox of Tolerance’ in free speech debates https://giggsboson.medium.com/stop-misusing-poppers-paradox-of-tolerence-in-free-speech-debates-6f6ab4b8f0d3
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Good Heavens: @damianhinds: “We need to take a balanced approach given that anonymity can be important for a range of cases – such as pro-democracy movements.”
Colour me amazed that DCMS are still holding at least some line against the anti-anonymity brigade. https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2021-11-02.68197.h&s=%22online+safety%22#g68197.r0
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“What if you could only speak online if you had a car number plate”: quick comments on yet another weird Internet surveillance proposal – Neil Brown
Excellent article. Who is going to build the API to query every single country’s National Licensed Pseudonymity Database, to check someone is licensed before letting them speak online? Source: “What if you could only speak online if you had a car number plate”: quick comments on yet another weird Internet surveillance proposal – Neil Brown