Back in late November I Twittered from the Ministerial eGovernment Conference in Malmø (#egov2009), expressing the hope that the press release would contain a bit more substance than the keynote announcement of the Ministerial Declaration. I am delighted to say…
In my previous post on cookies and privacy in the new EU Directive, I mentioned, in passing, the question of user consent. I think it’s time to return to that for a closer look. First, a couple of references to…
Noted anti-virus vendor Eugene Kaspersky has weighed extravagantly into the larger security problem, arguing that “anonymity causes security headaches and should be outlawed <>” (). So he wants an Internet Passport. This is surely madness. The social repercussions are obvious,…
UK readers will probably remember one of those legal wrangles which make for such easy satire – the protracted argument over whether a Jaffa Cake is a cake or a biscuit (for VAT purposes, of course…) It looks as though…
I recently attended a very engaging lecture at the London School of Economics (LSE) by Prof David Lyon – who spoke about “Identity as Surveillance – Security, Surveillance and Citizenship”. I do hope he subsequently saw this article from the…
As you may know, I’ve recently set up the Privacy and Public Policy Work Group (P3WG) for the Kantara Initiative, and as we start mapping out the areas in which the Group wants to exercise an influence, one topic has…
I’ve been doing some thinking in advance of getting stuck into the development of open standards for User Driven and Volunteered Personal Information. That work is being done here if you are interested in joining in. I’ve been thinking…
Those of you with any interest in cricket will know that today is the first day of the 4th Test Match between Australia and England for the Ashes. With the series standing at 1-0 to England (2 matches having ended…
March 2006 – UK introduces RFID-enabled, ICAO-compliant ‘e-passports’; March 2007 – Adam Laurie demonstrates ability to unlock e-passport chip data for ‘read’ access; August 2008 – Jeroen van Beek demonstrates ability to clone e-passport chip and implant bogus images; August…
Several people I’ve spoken to recently have remarked that real-time social media like Twitter seem to reduce the frequency with which they blog… and I suspect it’s the same for me. It’s partly because Twitter soaks up time, and partly…
