Three large non-EU companies, small European ISPs and volunteer groups offer access to public DNS. Users use them, and encryption protects their connections. It is more difficult to violate privacy but also to intercept internet traffic. Sooner or later, even states will take notice by Andrea Monti – Originally published in Italian on Strategikon, an Italian Tech blog. Continue reading “Between privacy and security, the challenge of DoH and DNS resolvers”
The Great Game
by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian on Strategikon, an Italian Tech blog
On 30 May 2021, Denmark Radio (DR), the Danish public broadcaster, found out that, between 2012 and 2014, Finnish military intelligence collaborated with the US National Security Agency (NSA), allowing it to “wiretap” Danish submarine cables on which data and conversations pass to spy on European persons of interest. DR carried out the investigative report with its Swedish, Norwegian and German counterparts and the newspapers Süddeutsche Zeitung and Le Monde. The report added new details to what emerged in 2013 when Edward Snowden’s leaks gave us an idea of what was going on. Continue reading “The Great Game”
Bulk-interception and National Security according to the European Court of Human Rights
The European Court of Human Rights establishes essential principles for the protection of national security. Bulk interception cannot be banned, but it must be possible to control the use governments make of it. by Andrea Monti, adjunct professor of Digital Law at the University of Chieti-Pescara – Initially published in Italian by Formiche.net Continue reading “Bulk-interception and National Security according to the European Court of Human Rights”
The Line scandal shakes Far East. Is it still reasonable to delocalise digital services?
Personal data and chats of Line users (a Japanese-Korean messaging platform that is extremely popular in the Far East) have potentially ended up in the hands of Chinese national security authorities. What does this mean? The analysis of Andrea Monti, adjunct professor of law of public order and security at the Gabriele d’Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara – Initially published in Italian by Formiche.net Continue reading “The Line scandal shakes Far East. Is it still reasonable to delocalise digital services?”
The OVH data centre fire. Whose fault is it?
Public and private websites and services went offline because of the fire in OVH’s data centres in Strasbourg. No one points out customers’ responsibilities by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian by PC Professionale no. 362 Continue reading “The OVH data centre fire. Whose fault is it?”