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#OnlineSafetyBill bingo

Today sees the second reading of the UK's Online Safety Bill, before the House of Commons. Here's my bingo card: Neil's Online Safety Bill bingo lawful but awful wild west big tech flick of a switch Read more
neilAuthor neil Posted on 19 April 2022 Category Tech Tags online safety bill censorship end to end encryption Internet regulation

"Safer Internet Day" 2022. At least we know what we're trying to achieve. Right?

We should have better encryption. We should have encryption which can be readily circumvented. The web is the unregulated Wild West. We should reduce barriers to responsible innovation and reduce Read more
neilAuthor neil Posted on 8 February 2022 Category Tech Tags Internet surveillance Internet regulation wild west web end to end encryption encryption data protection

End to end encryption, and services which let you meet and message people you do not already "know"

In the context of a prohibitions or limits on the deployment of end to end encryption, I've heard the argument that one should distinguish between: services which enable contact between "known" Read more
neilAuthor neil Posted on 21 January 2022 Category Tech Tags encryption end to end encryption Internet regulation online safety bill

A prohibition on end to end encryption could leave you with #NoPlaceToHide. And that's not a good thing.

The government's #NoPlaceToHide campaign (I've intentionally not included a URL) got me thinking: if end to end encryption on popular messaging services was prohibited, how many users would be left Read more
neilAuthor neil Posted on 18 January 2022 Category Tech Tags child protection interception Internet regulation equipment interference #NoPlaceToHide end to end encryption encryption

The end to end encryption debate: 1: the (very) basics of "encryption"

Some time back, someone - sadly, I cannot remember who, but - asked if there was a good, neutral, explanation of the end to end encryption debate. I have not found one, and I think it would be Read more
neilAuthor neil Posted on 17 January 2022 Category Tech Tags policy Internet regulation encryption end to end encryption law legal

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