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The ultimate irony

The cheek of it. First you introduce a raft of illiberal, poorly conceived proposals and laws which turn your population into the most watched democratic society on earth. THEN, one of your own comrades – His Highness David Blunkett MP, … Continue reading

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Identification and centralised systems

Security guru and cryptographer of Jedi skill level Bruce Schneier posted this succinct explanation of why centralised, unified identity databases are less secure than the messy, distributed alternative of multiple limited databases, as part of an excellent blog post about the social psychology … Continue reading

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