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The Department of Education is building a database of Ireland's children. It's called the Primary Online Database and, currently, its intention is to collect a full profile of data on all the children in education and to store that data until they turn 30. Yes, 30.
Recently, for reasons, I had occasion to examine the current state of the market for encrypted messaging apps on phones. Tested: Wickr, BBM, Threema, Confide, Cyber Dust, Cyphr, Telegram. Thoughts to follow:(Notes:-All of these apps start off wanting access to your contacts.
Some tiny Saturday thoughts on today's Page 1 scoop by Karlin Lillington re the state's creation of a new statutory framework for secret Ministerial surveillance orders and, quite seriously, for FISA-style secret court hearings. 1) The Minister has activated a law that has been overtaken by events. 2) The Department of Justice has claimed the SI was signed to comply with EU treaty obligations.
Basically, post this letter, adding your own details or messages to it, of course. In 40 days or less your records should be unavailable for any opposition research, employee God View or any other unhappy use.
Two kinds of protest floating in my head tonight. The first, the Irish Water protests. The second, the complaints about the fluoridation of drinking water.
A tiny thought about the Apple Watch and HealthKit. Long term, the flood of additional data on the general population's state of health and range of daily behaviour will be of benefit. The problem is going to come with gauging exactly when we've reached that 'long term'.
A few weeks ago the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland issued a decision in response to a complaint by Mr Dónal O’Sullivan-Latchford on behalf of the Family and Media Association.
A series of short (max 5 mins) daily audio essays, which I made during the 2011 General Election campaign.
Accuracy and facts matter and had been ignored. We had new info and majored on that. We ran accompanying analysis of main issue- Conor Goodman (@conorgoodman), Irish Times Features Editor, https://twitter.
Ireland is a sentimental society. We want all our fights to end with a hug. This is so even - especially - when the dispute is unresolved.
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