tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8221901955641373488.post5032292650386229087..comments2024-03-20T07:12:19.838+00:00Comments on A VIEW FROM HAM COMMON: Observations on last night's conference call with the great and the good.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8221901955641373488.post-59789042875055822142012-04-06T09:14:03.281+01:002012-04-06T09:14:03.281+01:00Excellent summary and positive that the policy tea...Excellent summary and positive that the policy team have even bothered to find out what's going on in sections of the blogosphere.<br /><br />From my perspective as someone loosely involved in this arena CCDP is symptomatic of the government/Home Office cyber strategy. It used to be the case that secrecy and intelligence-lead security were inseparable. This is now not the case with cyber security. The Home Office must stop conflating secrecy with security or else we'll only ever be as strong as our secrets and turn our backs on the massve resource of computer talent out there.<br /><br />I've already briefed those who'll listen on our policy of privacy as an enabler to cyber security and the need for open honest dialogue to strengthen trust. Trust of a people in its government is even more valuable than the ability to listen in on every single bit of electronic communication. Our strength is our autonomy - if we are all trusting and motivated to act in the interests of our own security it's far better than a weak slew of half-baked schemes emerging periodically from the home office bunker.<br /><br />Keep your eyes peeled for a high profie security-focussed event on CCDP in central london in a couple of weeks, if all goes to plan.<br /><br />More at <a href="http://blog.opendigital.org" rel="nofollow">blog.opendigital.org</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00598265313042121574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8221901955641373488.post-47828961184900231732012-04-04T16:14:56.803+01:002012-04-04T16:14:56.803+01:00For me the fact that all the advisors at this leve...For me the fact that all the advisors at this level didn't instinctively understand that the policy is completely wrong is as a big a worry as the policy itself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8221901955641373488.post-77035725918957739882012-04-04T16:07:53.532+01:002012-04-04T16:07:53.532+01:00There are a multitude of party email lists, which ...There are a multitude of party email lists, which you can get put on for various reasons - if you are an expert in a particular area, for example, or if you have an interest in policy in a particular area. There are (as far as I am aware) at least five different bloggers' email lists, each with different populations, and then there's the tech email list, and the civil liberties ones, and many many more. My local party has three that are just for local issues. Basically, any Lib Dem with an interest in a particular area can set up a party email list. Sometimes you can apply to join a particular list, sometimes you get invites, but mostly, most people don't even know the list system exists, let alone what lists are on it.<br /><br />The invite for the conference call came out on ONE of the lists; I think it was one of the bloggers' ones, but I couldn't swear to it. It was basically one very hard-working Lib Dem with contacts who set up the call and then sent the invite out to a list that was known to have a, active and b, trusted people on it.<br /><br />tl;dr version: how do you get in on one of these conference calls? Luck.Jennie Rigghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14893281560181289667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8221901955641373488.post-2680625639611240022012-04-04T16:06:08.585+01:002012-04-04T16:06:08.585+01:00Who the hell picked these "SpUds" in the...Who the hell picked these "SpUds" in the first place??? No-wonder the leadership and the parliamentary party seem so out of touch if these is the quality of the advice they are getting!!!Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10089679573384155226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8221901955641373488.post-81097190490130020992012-04-04T15:41:33.923+01:002012-04-04T15:41:33.923+01:00How did you get on this conference call? *Jealous*...How did you get on this conference call? *Jealous*Nichttp://priggy.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com