Tag: Amber Rudd
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UK hit by 49 cyberattacks from Russian groups in six months says Amber Rudd
Russian cybercriminals have targeted the UK in 49 separate incidents over the last six months, the Home Secretary has revealed. Speaking at …
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Amber Rudd to announce crackdown on dark web
Home secretary Amber Rudd is to announce a crackdown on criminals who exploit the dark web in pursuit of drug deals, child pornography, …
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UK government announces tool to detect and block extremist videos
As BBC News reports, British Home Secretary Amber Rudd has announced a tool that is said to be able to detect and block extremist online …
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UK Home Secretary embarrassingly ignorant: “I don’t need to understand how encryption works”
As the UK’s Home Secretary, Amber Rudd occupies one of the most important roles in the government. Her job, put in a nutshell, is to keep us safe from harm. Read full news article on The Next Web
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Lawyer suggests tying access to encryption to verified ID
Encryption has become one of those uncomfortable itches that nobody in the British government or its platoon of advisers seems quite able to scratch. But every now and then, somebody feels compelled to try, the latest example of which emerged last week in comments made by Max Hill QC, who is leading the Independent Review…
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News in brief: Call to link encryption to ID; Facebook maps everyone; Mirai ‘blackmailer’ extradited
Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news Call to withhold encryption unless you verify your ID A lawyer has suggested that access to encryption technologies on social media should be denied to those who don’t “verify” their identities. Max Hill QC, who is leading a review of the UK’s terrorism…
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More political headbanging on encryption threatens privacy
The UK’s Home Secretary has yet again cranked up the pressure on messaging giants over use of end-to-end encryption to secure communications sent via popular services like WhatsApp — implying she would prefer tech companies voluntarily re-engineer their security systems so that decrypted data can be handed over to terror-fighting intelligence agencies on demand. Writing…
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The UK home secretary is wrong: ‘real people’ need end-to-end encryption
Today, Amber Rudd, the UK’s home secretary and MP for Hastings and Rye, published an op-ed in the Daily Telegraph newspaper that argued ‘real people’ don’t require end-to-end encryption, and terrorists are the only benefactors of the feature in WhatsApp. Rudd acknowledges that encryption is a fundamental part of the current technological landscape, and without…
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Don’t let politicians use the excuse of murderous assholes to scapegoat the internet
As we’re all aware, a number of people – including children – have been murdered by a bunch of complete arseholes in London and Manchester. The most recent attack occurred in London on Saturday night, and with a General Election just days away it was inevitable that some politicians would steer the horrific events in…
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We want to limit use of e2e encryption, confirms UK minister
The UK government has once again amped up its attacks on tech platforms’ use of end-to-end encryption, and called for International co-operation to regulate the Internet so that it cannot be used as a “safe space” for extremists to communicate and spread propaganda online. The comments by UK Prime Minister, Theresa May, and Home Secretary,…
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