National “CC your emails to Theresa May” day tomorrow!

Our economy is officially in the grip of the much feared double dip recession, and since we’re all in it together it is our duty to save the country money wherever we can. We’re in the big society after all! So, since the government’s plan to spy on every UK citizen’s email, IM and phone […]

Marcus Povey

Our economy is officially in the grip of the much feared double dip recession, and since we’re all in it together it is our duty to save the country money wherever we can. We’re in the big society after all! So, since the government’s plan to spy on every UK citizen’s email, IM and phone […]

What technical countermeasures are there for the UK’s email snooping agenda?

I asked this question over on Hacker News, as well as Quora, but I thought I’d also ask it here… The UK plans to intercept all electronic communication. They currently don’t plan to snoop on content, but as noted elsewhere connection data is just as invasive. To me this is both a civil liberties and […]

Marcus Povey

I asked this question over on Hacker News, as well as Quora, but I thought I’d also ask it here… The UK plans to intercept all electronic communication. They currently don’t plan to snoop on content, but as noted elsewhere connection data is just as invasive. To me this is both a civil liberties and […]

Business in the Panopticon

Anyone who has spoken to me for more than a few minutes knows that I am very much a civil libertarian at heart, and believe that the so called compromise between freedom and security is one of the worst kinds of politically motivated false dichotomy. Having grown up under the threat of IRA bombings and […]

Marcus Povey

Anyone who has spoken to me for more than a few minutes knows that I am very much a civil libertarian at heart, and believe that the so called compromise between freedom and security is one of the worst kinds of politically motivated false dichotomy. Having grown up under the threat of IRA bombings and […]