Autumn roared in. The Public Services Card rolled on despite one minister admitting in a roundabout way that there is no legal basis for what’s currently happening and another cooing softly that the thing which should have been done before the project started many years ago will certainly be done “very soon”. Massive amounts of…
Ordering Pizza In The Future [Video]
This is a short America Civil Liberties Union video from 2006. If it seemed like an extreme scenario when it was first made, it looks far more likely now.
The Man Who Invented The Web Agrees [KitBits 17.4]
The web has turned twenty eight. Tim Berners-Lee, the man who invented the web, has a few thoughts on the challenges that face it. Number one on his list is ‘We’ve lost control of our personal data’. The current business model for many websites offers free content in exchange for personal data. Many of us…
This Is The Difference [KitBits 17.1]
Here’s something you can do in ten minutes or less which will give you a helpful illustration of the differences between US and EU privacy laws and show you the power of combining multiple databases which contain crumbs of personally identifying information. Do you know someone who lives in the US? You probably do. Click…