Category Archives: identity

Some memories of Caspar

Posted on July 10, 2015 by Phil

“Bullshit!” came the shout behind me. Caspar wasn’t about to let the former Home Secretary who had reintroduced ID cards to the UK for the first time since WWII get away with claiming a ‘Damascene conversion’ on personal privacy, even … Continue reading →

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The Four Horsemen of our rights Apocalypse

Posted on May 23, 2015 by Phil

Sam and I have been having a conversation, and this article (posted originally on disruptiveproactivity.com) was one of the results: The worst excesses of care.data’s mandate to collect and exploit your medical records are coming back, and the scheme’s descendants … Continue reading →

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What is the digital equivalent of…?

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Phil

…a gun? “What is the digital equivalent of…?” is a thought experiment I have been playing myself and with various other people since the early 90s. It asks about the nature of things in the new digital / information world … Continue reading →

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