The British intelligence service GCHQ has been on Twitter since January 2016 – however they only sent their first tweet today. Hello, world. https://t.co/SROtSsE8KB — GCHQ (@GCHQ) May 16, 2016 As I never tire of saying, Bitly is a terrible at keeping your data private. Simply add a + on to the URL and you…
Continue reading →Earlier this year, I attended a lecture given by Alan Rusbridger – the outgoing editor of The Guardian – entitled “The World After Snowden.” Held at Oxford University, and attended by journalists, technologists, and former spies – it was an exceptionally interesting talk and provoked a lively debate over dinner. In light of the publication…
Continue reading →There’s an ethical conundrum which is often posed to military strategists and philosophers alike. In 1940, the Nazi’s communications encryption had been broken by the British. Military Intelligence were able to decrypt a signal which indicated that the city of Coventry was to be bombed. The military chiefs took this information to the Prime Minister,…
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