1 Policy debates and online services The framework for the regulation of online services has never been static. For as long as I have been thinking about these topics - since the early 2000s - there Read more
Email, interception, fraud, and solicitors
The Law Society - the official representative body for solicitors in England and Wales - runs a publication called "The Law Society Gazette". A bit like "Heat" magazine, but different in every way. Read more
"Making [vulnerable group] safe online": unpicking those who "spin a line" to sell their proposal
We've had yet another round of "online anonymity should be banned" over the weekend. It's one of those tropes which has not died the death it deserves, and it appears with such predictable regularity Read more
freeradius-allocated VLAN on Wi-Fi on an Apple TV via a .mobileconfig profile
Yep, another blogpost with mass appeal, I'm sure. I have set up freeradius for allocating VLANs over Wi-Fi. The gist is that, rather than needing to broadcast a specific SSID per VLAN, I can Read more
Should tech companies be subject to an "obligation to consult"?
Every now and again, I get involved in debates which entail a view that (some? all? dominant? or just ones doing things they don't like) tech companies should have an "obligation to consult" imposed Read more
There is no "i" in Teams. And rarely a "Neil"
Basically, trying to get Microsoft Teams working reliably on Debian 11 on a Surface Pro 6 is proving to be more of a trial than I had hoped. jitsi works perfectly. High quality video, great audio. Read more
Detecting child sex abuse imagery in end-to-end encrypted communications in a privacy-respectful manner
I was pleased to take part in a meeting co-hosted by DCMS and the Home Office today, as part of the government's "Safety Tech challenge fund". The problem question The key bit of the challenge is: to Read more
Using freeradius to assign VLANs for UniFi Wi-Fi
This is another post which is as much for me as for anyone else. Using freeradius to assign VLANs for UniFi Wi-Fi I have a UniFi-based Wi-Fi setup, with different VLANs for different things. The Read more
A change of plan: why you won't be able to vote for me for the Nominet board
A lot has happened in the last week. Not just in terms of Nominet stuff, as the volume of Internet regulatory issues crossing my inbox has seeming turned up another notch or two, but perhaps Read more
Adjusting the scroll speed of an Apple Magic Mouse on Debian 11
It might be heresy to use an Apple mouse and keyboard on Linux but, well, I like my Apple keyboard (and I might be the only person in the world who does...) and my Apple Magic Mouse. The keyboard Read more