Privacy vs. the Government, Trickbot disrupted, and more (2020: Week 42)
Photo by Sergiu Nista on Unsplash National Security vs. Privacy: Round 3 (Monday) T he battle between national security and privacy continues as the “Five Eyes”, plus India and Japan, reach out to technology firms pleading for ways to protect public safety. In the face of end-to-end encryption and other technologies nation states increasingly hitting brick walls when criminals use these services putting public safety at risk. This is an ongoing debate, and personally I tend to sit on the side of privacy and the personal protections it affords; however I think everyone recognises the need for public safety to some degree — I doubt this will get resolved any time soon....