When… oh when… will they learn? What is it about politicians and technology? Even when experts line up to warn them about the pitfalls of biometrics or electronic voting machines, will they listen? In Ireland Minister Cullen has wasted close on €60 million so far on an electronic voting machines that the dogs in the [...]
The CIA is monitoring personal bank data of Irish citizens, according to the Irish Times. As Digital Rights Ireland points out, there is no legal basis for this information to be given to the US, no judicial authorisation, and no control over what use is made of the information. It’s not just Ireland, of course. [...]
As we feared, it’s happening. See this post from Howl @ the Moon to see why you should be scared. It isn’t as if this wasn’t forecast. Please remember lads that these biometric passport thingies are digital, and anything digital can be hacked (I’ve linked a definition for yez if you’re confused, just in case). [...]
“The video of the talk by Suw Charman in Trinity College in cooperation with the TCD Legal Workshop is now available.” Get the links at antoin@eire.com »