Liberty Alone

Spy Blog has drawn some worrying conclusions from recent attempts to discredit Ross Anderson a security expert from Cambridge University.

The allegation is the information being used to try and discredit Professor Anderson could only be gained from illegally accessing private emails.

Ross is an excellent security analyst, he’s unfailingly spoken out against security flaws he’s discovered, even under threat of legal action from vested interests.
He’s very much concerned with the societal effects of technology and privacy and is Chair of the The Foundation for Information Policy Research, a position which has seen him come into conflict with government over technology and privacy.

Its disgusting that the government should seek to undermine academics in such a way because they happen to disagree. I suppose its just the flip side of government funding of academia though, especially employing suitable ‘right thinking’ academics to bolster their position.

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