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Tag Archives: privacy
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Rights, Politics
Tagged digital rights, encryption, policy, politics, privacy, surveillance
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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 … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Rights, Politics, Science Blog
Tagged algorithms, conversation, digital rights, policy, politics, privacy, surveillance
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Here comes the two-tier internet?
The government want to control what we do on the internet. They want to make us all safe by controlling what we can see and recording everything that we do. Its for our own good, we need to be kept … Continue reading
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Tagged digital rights, filtering, internet, privacy
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