Bitcoin: Virtual Fool's Gold
Wed, 03/02/2016 - 8:18pm — HomerThe sales pitch for Bitcoin could be; "money without banks". Not only can you conduct financial transactions without some regulating authority (and by implication do so anonymously), but you can also mint your own money from nothing. It's an economic utopia which liberates us from both corporate and government control, whilst eliminating poverty.
The reality is very different, both in principle and in practice.
Privacy Policy
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- the UK Statutory Instrument 2000 No. 417: The Data Protection (Processing of Sensitive Personal Data) Order 2000;
- the UK Statutory Instrument 2003 No. 2426: The Privacy and Electronic Communications (EU Directive) Regulations 2003;
- the EU Directive 2002/22/EC (Universal Service Directive): on universal service and users' rights relating to electronic communications networks and services 2002;
- the EU Directive 2002/58/EC (E-Privacy Directive): Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications 2002;
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Secure File Encryption
Thu, 04/09/2014 - 8:19am — HomerHere is an example of how to securely encrypt files under GNU/Linux, using GNU Privacy Guard, with particular respect to revelations made about the NSA by Edward Snowden and others.