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Matt Burgess at Wired has a good summary article on the current (and always ongoing) debate concerning the availability of strong encryption. In short, he sees three 'classes' of argument which are aimed at preventing individuals from protecting their communications (and their personal information) with robust encryption. Governments or law enforcement agencies are asking for...
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I'm supposed to be finishing a wonky series on proof systems (here and here) and I promise I will do that this week. In the midst of this I've been a bit distracted by world events. Last week the Washington Post published a bombshell story announcing that the U.K. had filed "technical capability notices" demanding...
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Update Dec 7, 2022: Apple scrapped the plan of CSAM-scanning iCloud Photos libraries. My wife is pretty tech-savvy. While not a software engineer and not a computer scientist, she has a good understanding of computing technologies, statistics, formal methods, and an intuitive (but quickly growing) grasp of machine learning.
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The MIDEM Hack Day returns to Cannes on 5th June 2015. Applications close March 31st!
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