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

I asked recently for recommendations for sci-fi books that I might enjoy, and a few people recommended Anne E Currie's "Pantopticon" series. "It will be right up your street!" one of them said. And Read more

I've heard the term "public safety by design" come up a few times recently, and I think we are going to hear it a lot more in 2022. "Public safety by design" For example, in Wired's "The Wired World Read more

I have a confession to make. I'm not proud of it. While it seemed appropriate at the time, I have learned a lot since then. I am not the same person I was in 2001. Edit. It looks like it was 2003! Read more

Someone asked me today for recommendations of people to follow on Twitter if you're interested in sex/sex work and Internet and online platform regulation / governance and the law. Here's the list I Read more

Alec Muffett spotted the latest in a long line of proposals for the regulation of the web which can most charitably be described as "weird and confused". Today's contender is here (Google Drive Read more

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

#FirstWorldProblem Yes, I know. Faster, please! For years, I wanted a faster Internet connection than the one we had. This was mainly because we work from home, and because we host nearly all of our Read more