Posts by Catalina Martinez, IITM.info

Ms May dodges question from Dr. Huppert

Theresa May dogged the really intersting question from Julian Huppert: if, for example, GCHQ black boxes sitting on ISPs' networks would decrypt such information.

"I don't think it's appropriate for me to say. It's a technical detail and I'm clear what the legislation will say on access," said Ms May. But this is not only a technical issue, it is a budget issue and it is what everybody wants to know.

Politicians betraying UK interests, defending US military monopoly on GPS

GPS is controlled by the US military. GPS is old and the positioning not sufficiently precise for civil navigation, road tolls etc. The new Galileo network will give EU states guaranteed access to a space-borne precise timing and location service independent of the United States. The US is lobbying hard to keep their global monopoly, as all modern warfare depends on their GPS data. For any strategic conflict the UK (or Europe) may encounter in Central Europa, North Africa or in UK overseas interests, British (or Euro) politicians need Uncle Sam's GPS data. Now UK politicians dancing to the Yank's Polka are about to destroy the commercial opportunities arising for UK firms from precise positioning data AND cementing dependence on the USA.