[audioblog] Google buzz and privacy

Unless you have been living under a rock the last few days you will be aware of Google’s new social networking product – Google Buzz. Unfortunately it would seem that some assumptions made by the designers and the automatic opt-in nature of the service has lead to some serious issues. For me it underlines some […]

Marcus Povey

Unless you have been living under a rock the last few days you will be aware of Google’s new social networking product – Google Buzz. Unfortunately it would seem that some assumptions made by the designers and the automatic opt-in nature of the service has lead to some serious issues. For me it underlines some […]

Barcamp Transparency in 2010

So, I’ve been a little bit quiet over the whole Barcamp transparency thing in recent months for one reason or another – but not because nothing has been happening! As the UK enters into an election year, and with legislation such as the infamous Digital Economy Bill being rushed through parliament, and all parties promising […]

Marcus Povey

So, I’ve been a little bit quiet over the whole Barcamp transparency thing in recent months for one reason or another – but not because nothing has been happening! As the UK enters into an election year, and with legislation such as the infamous Digital Economy Bill being rushed through parliament, and all parties promising […]

Reporting online terrorists

There was a small ripple around the internet this morning caused by the Home office opening up the Beta terrorist reporting tool. To what extent the reports from this tool are monitored is unclear, but I suspect this will cause more problems that it solves. Even before we consider the rather broad definition the government […]

Marcus Povey

There was a small ripple around the internet this morning caused by the Home office opening up the Beta terrorist reporting tool. To what extent the reports from this tool are monitored is unclear, but I suspect this will cause more problems that it solves. Even before we consider the rather broad definition the government […]