Category Archives: IANAL

Intellectual property and software: the nuclear option

There are many problems that arise from thinking about the ownership of software and its design. Organisations like the Free Software Foundation and Open Source Initiative take advantage of the protections of copyright of source code – presumed to be … Continue reading

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Don’t be a dick

In a recent post on device identifiers, I wrote a guideline that I’ve previously invoked when it comes to sharing user data. Here is, in both more succinct and complete form than in the above-linked post, the Don’t Be A … Continue reading

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“Patently” secure

One thing that occasionally becomes interesting about working in security is that doing security and managing business have a great deal of overlap. This makes a lot of sense: a business wants to be profitable, and profit is a reward … Continue reading

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Did the UK create a new kind of “Crypto Mule”?

It’s almost always the case that a new or changed law means that there is a new kind of criminal, because there is by definition a way to contravene the new law. However, when the law allows the real criminals … Continue reading

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