by Infospectives | Sep 29, 2015 | Privacy News & Politics
At about 7pm I noticed a bit of a kerfuffle building on Twitter. Then I saw this tweet: Edward Snowden himself taking the Twitter plunge and like iron filings to an industrial magnet we followed. On the flip-side, Ed is only following one account….can you guess...
by Infospectives | Aug 24, 2015 | Analogettes, InfoSec, Privacy News & Politics, Security for all
The return of the weekly #Analogette. A tweet-size stating of the security obvious, which sometimes leads to more. This time it starts with encryption. [tweet https://twitter.com/S_Clarke22/status/635212109807161344 hide_thread=true] Followed by plain...
by Infospectives | Mar 13, 2015 | Corporate Security, InfoSec, Privacy News & Politics
Breaking News Tuesday 6th October: The European Court of Justice Strikes Down The Safe Harbor Agreement The decision as reported by Politico telling us there will be an official announcement at 3pm. Quoting from that article: “The European Court of Justice...
by Infospectives | Dec 20, 2014 | InfoSec, Privacy News & Politics
On 4th November 2014 our new GCHQ chief Robert Hannigan drew some aggressive battle lines for the fight against terrorism (both old fashioned and cyber). The sides in this fight are not the forces of evil and the forces of good, but the government and tech companies....
by Infospectives | Jul 22, 2014 | InfoSec, Privacy News & Politics, Security for all
This article explores the history, content and criticisms of the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act (DRIP or DRIPA) which was pushed through parliament in 7 days using emergency powers normally only wielded when the country is at war....