Latest Posts (20 found)
Heather Burns Yesterday

I, Sisyphus

I spoke with New Scientist about a handful of clauses in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, which is currently reaching the finish line of the Parliamentary process.

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Heather Burns 1 weeks ago

The Prince, The Paedo, The Palace, and the “Safety Tech” app

Shame must change sides. And this week, that means certain corners of the "children's online safety" crusade.

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Heather Burns 3 weeks ago

the other Turing test

Everything which was behind us is in front of us. It's up to you how you respond.

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Heather Burns 1 months ago

At last, a wonderful day in Parliament.

This is why end-to-end encryption matters.

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Heather Burns 1 months ago

Ukraine, Sudan, Syria, Yemen, America

Now would be a good time to familiarise yourself with the international protocols used for the collection and categorisation of digital evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

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Heather Burns 1 months ago

The Darnella test of social media and smartphone regulation

Young people, using smartphones, film journalistic content in the public interest. Anti-social media and anti-smartphone regulations threaten that.

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Heather Burns 1 months ago

Resistance honeypots

Journos: if you are advising your readers on counter-surveillance measures but not dropping the adtech, you are not helping your readers. You are building a honeypot to trap them.

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Heather Burns 2 months ago

My top achievement for 2025

For 2025, only one dramatic achievement stands out. Yes, you all know what I'm talking about.

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Heather Burns 3 months ago

Throwing the Flying Spaghetti Monster at the Wall

God has entered the UK chat.

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Heather Burns 4 months ago

Footnote privacy? Footnote privacy!

If you use a citations manager for academic writing, add it to your opsec to-do list.

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Heather Burns 4 months ago

Banned Books Week 2025 / nothing new under the sun

Turn right at Utopia and you'll find yourself here.

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Heather Burns 5 months ago

The littlest eye

There is a CCTV security camera, one specific camera in a planet full of them, that I keep thinking about.

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