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by Speb
Tue Apr 01, 2025 9:06 pm
Forum: Self Promotion
Topic: Dissertation Research
Replies: 5
Views: 4911

Re: Dissertation Research

Thank you! It's investigating how Technical and Non-Technical users ideas of privacy differ, so far there are a surprising amount of non techies who do use privacy respecting features and software. I'm hoping to introduce a new audience of people to groups like Open Rights Group and the Electronic ...
by Speb
Tue Apr 01, 2025 7:58 pm
Forum: Self Promotion
Topic: Dissertation Research
Replies: 5
Views: 4911

Dissertation Research

Hi Everyone! I am wrapping up my University degree soon and the last thing I need for my dissertation is some data collection. I'd really appreciate if you could fill this survey out, its just some tick box questions, should only take about 5 minutes. Any help is massively appreciated. I don't ask ...
by Speb
Fri Mar 14, 2025 11:40 pm
Forum: Tech News
Topic: Apple Takes the UK Government To Court
Replies: 6
Views: 9403

Re: Apple Takes the UK Government To Court

Updating this thread with a relevant Wired article , it is pay walled if you have viewed one of their articles recently.

TLDR: The UK, France and Sweden are all taking measures to undermine E2E Encryption, the European Union plan to scan private chats and India passed a law in 2021 that requires ...
by Speb
Fri Mar 07, 2025 1:17 pm
Forum: Tech News
Topic: Apple Takes the UK Government To Court
Replies: 6
Views: 9403

Re: Apple Takes the UK Government To Court

Crazyroostereye wrote: Thu Mar 06, 2025 5:00 pm Every place trying to do that really, the UK is not the only place.
You're right, France is going at it as well.. Pretty scary stuff.
by Speb
Thu Mar 06, 2025 3:27 pm
Forum: Tech News
Topic: Apple Takes the UK Government To Court
Replies: 6
Views: 9403

Apple Takes the UK Government To Court

"First of a kind" legal challenge.

https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/05/apple_reportedly_ipt_complaint/?td=rt-3a

Context: The UK requested Apple give them a backdoor in private, this was then leaked, Apple refused to do it, however they did stop people in the UK from using their Advanced Data ...
by Speb
Wed Feb 26, 2025 12:36 pm
Forum: Books
Topic: Books you read
Replies: 6
Views: 18989

Re: Books you read

I havent been a massive reader until recently, only ever read some of the A Song of Ice and Fire books and both the Vermis books. Recently finished Ghost in the Wires and it was a very fun read hearing about Kevins life on the run, regardless of your own opinions on Mitnick, he had lead an ...
by Speb
Fri Feb 21, 2025 7:51 pm
Forum: Phones
Topic: What phone are you using?
Replies: 22
Views: 42934

Re: What phone are you using?

ZFlip 3 at the moment, I love how compact it is, dumbphones dont really appeal to me massively, I need ways to speak to my family and friends beyond sms because they all us social networking a lot more than me, I'd be isolating myself. Also its always useful to have maps and being able to take ...