“We Were Inhumane”

A photo of The Apology (Mural) - Gordon Brown

If you head to Bletchley Park – home of the original Cypherpunks – you will see a posthumous apology (from former PM Gordon Brown) to war hero and father of modern computing – Alan Turing – for the abhorrent and inhumane treatment he faced at the hands of government, which led to his suicide.

The Cypherpunk Manifesto: Defending Privacy in the Digital Age

In 1992, a group of privacy activists came together to write the Cypherpunk Manifesto, a call to arms for the right to privacy in an increasingly digital world. The manifesto opens with a bold statement: “Privacy is necessary for an open society in the electronic age. Privacy is not secrecy. A private matter is something […]

Democracy is Under Attack

Photo by Christian Wiediger on Unsplash

In recent years, the UK has witnessed a concerning trend of increasing legislation, echoing the adage of Roman historian Tacitus: “The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.”  This surge in lawmaking, far from being benign administrative adjustments, signals a shift in the state’s interaction with its citizens, potentially masking deeper governmental dysfunctions […]