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Last Week on my Mac: a tragedy to freedom in two Acts

How hard-won freedoms are being taken away by lies, stealth, and guile. A warning to other democracies.

December 4, 2016 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Encryption: how Logjam can defeat secure connections

Could your HTTPS and VPN be so easy to crack that a well-prepared hacker could open your secure connections?

November 16, 2015 General, Macs, Technology

Bricking up windows on privacy

Benefits to the loss of privacy proposed in the UK are ebbing away as Internet behaviours change, but this is not considered in its justification. Is it too late?

November 7, 2015 General, Macs, Technology

Remembrance is not just before Christmas

Every politician should look a veteran in the eyes and assure them that they will defend freedom, justice, and democracy.

November 2, 2015 General, Life, Technology

Q&A: Finding a snooper

A friend suspects their partner might be snooping on their Mac. How can they check?

August 26, 2015 Macs, Technology

The Browsing of Others

We are only too painfully aware of the continuing drive to increase powers of surveillance in the name of the ‘war on terror’. Just don’t let the electorate know that precious little surveillance has anything to do with that.

May 27, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology
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