Being offended
1There is an old story about the Buddha and an angry old man which goes something like this. Each day the Buddha would go to the...
free speech
Je suis Charlie
0Earlier today, gunmen entered the office of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris, gunning down 12 people in cold blood. The reason: the magazine published cartoons...
How dangerous is the ITU?
0The ITU, the International Telecommunications Union is the UN agency for Information and Communication Technologies. The ITU is “committed to connecting all the world’s people –...
CleanIT opens doors
0Last month, I blogged about the Clean IT Project. The aim of this project is to examine the question “if we can reduce the impact of...
“We must be free to insult each other”
2If you’ve taken the time to read the page describing what this blog is all about, you will have seen that I describe myself as a...
“Hand over those decryption keys…or else”
3Another day, another worrying proposal from the Dutch government. As we await the formation of a new cabinet, Dutch minister of Security and Justice, Ivo Opstelten...
