Organizational Complexity
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Podcast – quick history of encryption
I did a quick video of a very short history of encryption for a friend who was putting on a screening of Citizen Four. I tried to put the film into some context, including the crypto wars. Hard to do in ~10 minutes but I think I managed it. Please accept YouTube cookies to play…
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Investigatory Powers Bill
The video below is a recording of Teresa May answering questions on the draft Investigatory Powers Bill. some interesting highlights (or low lights) for me where the following: She essentially didn’t answer the question on why it is unhelpful to compare the retention of web history with that of an itemised phone bill. The two things…
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Security Algorithms Need to be More Transparent
I wrote a piece for The Conversation, “It’s time to shine a light on the unseen algorithms that power ‘Big Brother’”. I try to make the point that we as citizens know very little about the algorithms that power the security services (not to mention all sorts of other things too). Which is troubling as…
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RGS Panel: Risk and Complexity in Finance and Beyond
Our Royal Geographical Society panel, “Risk and Complexity in Finance and Beyond” has been accepted for this years RGS annual conference! Some details below: Session organiser/s: Philip Garnett, The University of York, UK; John H. Morris, Durham University, UK Session chair/s: Philip Garnett, The University of York, UK; John H. Morris, Durham University, UK Session…
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Progress of the Iraq Inquiry
Rt Hon Sir John Chilcot GCB PC trying to explain why the report on the Iraq War is unlikely to come out for months, perhaps not even this year!
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Complex Beyond Regulation – Global Policy Journal Event
I gave a talk on the 18th of June for a event co-hosted by the Global Policy Journal and Durham University. The title of the talk was “Complex Beyond Regulation”, and its major theme was that the global financial system is now so complex that it is beyond our skill to regulate. I took this…