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The Investigatory Powers Bill for architects and administrators
OK, it’s not the end of the world. But it does change things radically, should it pass third reading in its current form. There is, right now, an opportunity to effect some change to the bill in committee stage, and I urge you to read it and the excellent briefings from Liberty and the Open Rights […]
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The Dark Web: Guidance for journalists
We had a lot of coverage of “the dark web” with the latest Ashley Madison leak coverage. Because a link to a torrent was being shared via a Tor page (well, nearly – actually most people were passing around the Tor2Web link), journalists were falling over themselves to highlight the connection to the “dark web”, […]
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A brief foray into explosions
Every year, myself, my family and some friends get together on New Year’s Eve, have a lovely meal and at midnight, let off the obligatory fireworks. Their house is surrounded by farmland so we have a huge amount of space, making operation of larger fireworks possible, but we’ve in past years stuck to firing the […]