Seriously, we need to get rid of passwords

It is the second time in as many days that I’m having to log into things and change passwords because of some less-than smart design decisions various web companies made when implementing their password database (looking at you Linkedin and Last.FM). While these companies have clearly made a dangerous snafu, lets not be overly harsh […]

Marcus Povey

It is the second time in as many days that I’m having to log into things and change passwords because of some less-than smart design decisions various web companies made when implementing their password database (looking at you Linkedin and Last.FM). While these companies have clearly made a dangerous snafu, lets not be overly harsh […]

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 […]