Snooping bill “Will handle” HTTPS

The UK Government snooping bill will apparently “handle” HTTPS and encrypted communication protocols like Skype. More clarification is clearly needed, but to me this is concerning and means on of the following: Nothing new, and this was just hand waving: The bill already plans to monitor connection data, so even with HTTPs which encrypts content […]

Marcus Povey

The UK Government snooping bill will apparently “handle” HTTPS and encrypted communication protocols like Skype. More clarification is clearly needed, but to me this is concerning and means on of the following: Nothing new, and this was just hand waving: The bill already plans to monitor connection data, so even with HTTPs which encrypts content […]

CCDP Style snooping proves too costly for even one person

As you are probably aware, Nosy-parker in chief Theresa May wants to record all the internet activity and emails of everyone in the UK, just in case you do something the government thinks is wrong (or decides is wrong sometime later down the line should you become “Politically inconvenient”). One wily UK citizen recently did […]

Marcus Povey

As you are probably aware, Nosy-parker in chief Theresa May wants to record all the internet activity and emails of everyone in the UK, just in case you do something the government thinks is wrong (or decides is wrong sometime later down the line should you become “Politically inconvenient”). One wily UK citizen recently did […]

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 […]