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Published 4 hours ago Share close Share page Copy link About sharing A Home Office-backed campaign against the rollout of ultra-secure messaging apps by social media firms has been criticised by the UK data watchdog. The No Place to Hide campaign says Facebook should abandon plans for end-to-end encryption in its Messenger app, saying it helps to hide child abuse. But the Information Commissioner's Office argues the technology strengthens children's online safety. A delay "leaves everyone at risk, including children," it told the BBC. Stephen Bonner, the ICO's executive director for innovation and technology, said end-to-end encryption helped keep children safe online by not allowing "criminals and abusers to send them harmful content or access their pictures or location". "The discussion on end-to-end encryption use is too unbalanced to make a wise and informed choice. There is too … [Read more...] about Encryption: UK data watchdog criticises government campaign

As we view our country’s prospects for electing in May 2022 a competent, strong, and upright president who is truly dedicated to improving the lives of Filipinos, many of us are dismayed at the recent surveys that show Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as the leading candidate preferred by over 50 percent of the respondents, and the best qualified candidate, Vice President Leni Robredo, lagging behind at barely 20 percent. We are told that the apparent popularity of Marcos Jr. is the result of huge resources poured into a campaign of disinformation and historical revisionism, weaving through troll farms tall tales of a golden era of economic prosperity and well-being for the Filipino people. They brag that during the Marcos years, the Philippines was the second most highly developed economy in Asia, next only to Japan. Left out is the detail that by the time Ferdinand Marcos was deposed in 1986, the Philippine economy had been plundered and gouged by the conjugal dictators and their cronies to … [Read more...] about Those whom we trust must lead

A WOMAN who applied for around 60 jobs and didn't hear back from any of them was left mortified after discovering what she'd sent with her applications instead of her CV. Ashleigh Keenan shared her hilarious tale in a post on her Twitter account, as she admitted she was more than a little embarrassed after finding out she'd sent them data from her period tracker rather than a rundown of her qualifications. "I will never forget applying for jobs when I was 17 for months and never hearing anything back only to realise about 60 applications later I was attaching my period tracker and not my CV," the 23-year-old from Dublin, Ireland, tweeted. Since she posted it, her tweet has amassed a staggering 49.6 thousand likes, with people praising her for giving them a laugh by sharing her story. "Thanks for that laugh today," someone wrote. "It made me laugh out loud. I hope you got great jobs after. You deserve it." "I actually can't breathe from laughing," another added. "You're a … [Read more...] about I applied for 60 jobs and didn’t get a single interview – then I realised what I’d done wrong and was mortified