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"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

Book review: Anne E Currie's "Panopticon" series, books 1 and 2

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
neilAuthor neil Posted on 14 January 2022 Category Books Tags AI tech ethics virtual reality Internet surveillance science fiction scifi

"Public safety by design": the catchphrase for Internet policy debate in 2022?

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
neilAuthor neil Posted on 7 January 2022 Category Legal Tags Internet Internet governance Internet regulation online safety public safety national security

Confession time

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
neilAuthor neil Posted on 30 December 2021 Category Tech Tags Website web Microsoft Word Internet Southampton

Sex/sex work and Internet and online platform regulation / governance and the law

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
neilAuthor neil Posted on 1 December 2021 Category Legal Tags sex sexwork Internet online platforms online safety bill Internet governance porn

"What if you could only speak online if you had a car number plate": quick comments on yet another weird Internet surveillance proposal

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
neilAuthor neil Posted on 14 November 2021 Category Tech Tags online safety bill surveillance Internet Internet regulation anonymity pseudonyms

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
neilAuthor neil Posted on 16 September 2021 Category Tech Tags Nominet DNS domains Internet

Internet connectivity: how fast is fast enough?

#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
neilAuthor neil Posted on 1 April 2021 Category Networking Tags Internet ethernet fibre fttp fttc vdsl AA

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