Funded opportunity for a PhD studentship on Trustworthy Machine Learning in the UCL InfoSec Research Group. Further details are in the thread below (application deadline 28 January).

I spoke to Il Fatto Quotidiano on whether British police have the capability to extract data from a GrapheneOS phone without the passcode. As far as is publicly disclosed, Cellebrite can’t break the protection but less is known about competing forensics tools.

My take on the AI Action Plan – good: encouraging APIs and standardisation; bad: focus on dataset release rather than controlled access (anonymisation has a poor track record for rich data); concerning: prioritisation of novelty over doing the right thing. gov.uk/government/pub…

The government is reviewing the legal presumption that electronic evidence is reliable. I was one of several experts to comment on this news. computerweekly.com/news/366618322…

[1/4] Opportunity to Apply for a Fully-Funded "UK Home Studentship" for a PhD at UCL Computer Science and UCL InfoSec (deadline: Feb 21, 2025) (Please note that this opportunity is open only to candidates eligible for "UK Home" fees.)

Hey everyone. We're hiring a Systems and Security Technical Lead The Citizen Lab Come join us! It's an extraordinary place with extraordinary people ... and *extraordinary* security risks! Never a dull day, I can promise you that!! jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-Sy…

Why is it still possible to write a date where the day of the week doesn’t match the day of the month? This doesn’t need AI; a regular expression would do. I want a big red underline if I ever write “Thursday 5 February”. Has someone patented this and spoiled it for everyone?

Encryption IS online safety Keeping data secure is key when hackers are skilled at unpicking accounts. So why does the government want to make us unsafe by ordering a backdoor to Apple encrypted services? Sign to save encryption this #SaferInternetDay. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/keep…

🚨 APPLE WITHDRAWS ENCRYPTION TECH FROM UK 🚨 The Home Office’s actions have deprived millions of Britons from accessing a security feature. UK citizens will be at higher risk of their personal data falling into the hands of criminals and predators. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Saddling small sites with the same duties as huge platforms means many will shutdown in a hammer blow to net plurality. We'll be left with the Sophie’s choice of monopoly services. URGENT: The government must change the Online Safety Act #SaveOurSites 🌐 action.openrightsgroup.org/save-our-sites…

Important judgment from the Investigatory Powers Tribunal in the case relating to the UK government's reported attempt to obtain "backdoor" encrypted data from Apple devices. Apple is challenging that attempt. The tribunal rejected the Home Secretary's application that even the

I have an open PhD position at UCL InfoSec on applying traffic-analysis resistance techniques to protect industrial control systems. Full funding is available for home-fee status students (deadline 15 April). ucl.ac.uk/security-crime…

On our new paper published at IEEE Security and Privacy IEEE S&P – “A Privacy Framework for Research Using Social Media Data”, a summary by Kyle Beadle benthamsgaze.org/2025/05/15/a-p…

In memoriam: Cryptome co-founder John L. Young, who died March 28 at age 89 in New York City, was one of the early, under-recognized heroes of the digital age. eff.org/deeplinks/2025…

Has anyone seen mehdiop[.]com showing up as a hijacked search engine? I don’t see other people discussing it.

I am recruiting mental-health experts (clinical psychologists and psychiatrists) for an in-person workshop in London to discuss a mobile app for mental health care. Participants will receive £500+expenses for their time. If you might be interested please email [email protected]