Bytes and Borscht

Topic

politics

A collection of 4 issues

Strings Attached: Talking about Russia's agenda for laws in cyberspace

Russia's longstanding proposals for "information security" agreements may sound cooperative, but they conceal a Trojan horse - a push to legitimize censorship, silence dissent, and bind others to rules it won’t follow.

Breathe in, breathe out - and then start writing.

A lot of fuss has been made about the fact that Russia released their revised nuclear doctrine pretty much the day that Ukraine used long-range missiles to attack targets inside Russia.

Another round: Government malware & digital surveillance

Not just the seasons, or my attempts to appear in the office in an outfit other than holey conference shirts, shorts and Birkenstock slippers that are cyclical. The desire of politicians for a "government trojan" or surveillance of digital communication seemingly follows a constant rhythm ..

Perpetrators don't matter

The following post has been composed in the night after the terrorist attack on the Crocus City Hall in Moscow, on 22nd of March 2024. I ended up only sharing it with a few people because I wasn’t entirely comfortable with posting it here at the time. So .. here it is now.