Alec Muffett
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everybody deserves good security.
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Strong words condemning the UN’s new Cybercrime Convention. Identifying human rights threats in long, hard-to-read legal instrument is Joan Barata’s specialty. When he says there’s a problem, we should listen. techpolicy.press/new-united-nat…
The Rest Is Politics Rory Stewart ALASTAIR CAMPBELL Hi Rory Stewart! Semi-retired now but 2013-16 I worked Facebook engineering and I led the team which first added end-to-end encryption to Messenger. I heard that you find it hard to believe but Signal, WhatsApp & Messenger all use the same code. It's pukka message privacy.
The Rest Is Politics Rory Stewart ALASTAIR CAMPBELL Facebook Messenger The 3 services all differ re: how metadata (e.g. "who messages whom") is handled and whether safety benefits can be gleaned from that. And: the big issue of "should end-to-end encryption be allowed" is far more fundamental than discussed; it's more realistically summarised as:
Via The Economist, Rick Jones of the Britain’s National Crime Agency (National Crime Agency (NCA)) asks “Why does a 13-year-old need [end-to-end] encryption?” | …because everyone needs good security, Rick /HT @ShashJ alecmuffett.com/article/110378
I look forward to the legislation that will ensure globally that no inaccurate information is published on social media, as the UK House of Commons speaker proposes here 😳 Maybe we could also reach the "traditional" media? 🤨) We could call it the King Lear Act 🌊