The BBC reported today that a woman has successfully won her campaign to make it illegal to posses images of violent pornography. Liz Longhurst (the campaigner) probably did this with the best possible intentions but probably has no idea of how a law like this can be manipulated to take away an innocent person’s individual… Continue reading Ban on violent porn
Month: August 2006
Freenigma (The cost of user-friendliness)
Ben Laurie’s Blog drew my attention again this morning when I read his posting about Freenigma, a PGP/GnuPG plug-in for Firefox. This plug-in raises the question as to whether increased user-friendliness justifies a relaxation in security. In my opinion, this is an absolute no no. The objective of such a system must be security with… Continue reading Freenigma (The cost of user-friendliness)
Layered Technologies reconnect me!
Well it came as a surprise to me that LayeredTech not only accepted my proposal to block the complainants address, but they did it politely and without any additional conditions. My communications were with someone called Logan and it was a refreshing change to not be treated as a criminal. My personal thanks to him.… Continue reading Layered Technologies reconnect me!
LayeredTech shut me down
It’s finally happened, LayeredTech have disconnected my server. They did this because I failed to respond in 12 hours to an email they sent me at 2334 last night. Like I sit up all night waiting for LayeredTech to contact me! Below is the content of the shutdown message: To: Server ID: Base IP: NOTE… Continue reading LayeredTech shut me down
Say what you like, but don’t offend a religion
We Westerners are very proud of our “Freedom of Speech” claims. We live in a democratic society where everyone is entitled to their point of view. That is until religion becomes the topic of debate. This article written on a Right-wing website earned the author Indigo Wilson a suspenson from his employment, The Register reports.… Continue reading Say what you like, but don’t offend a religion
Anonymity and Identity
I’ve been a reader of Ben Laurie’s Blog for some time now. I guess anyone with an interest in anonymity or identity management is going to end up there eventually. Ben recently started a blog exchange on the topic of Anonymity is the Substrate which highlights a concept I had previously not considered, that anonymity… Continue reading Anonymity and Identity