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GCHQ's director, Robert Hannigan, used a speech he gave yesterday at MIT to try to cosy up to the tech industry in order to promote what he called "a constructive dialogue." That's a dramatic reversal of his position less than 18 months ago, when he wrote in the Financial Times that Internet companies were "command-and-control networks of choice for terrorists and criminals," and "in denial" about it. On Monday, Hannigan admitted that his comments in the FT had caused "a bigger stir than I expected, and were widely seen as an attack on the tech industry." Now, he said, "we recognise that we need a new relationship between the tech sector, academia, civil society and Government agencies. We should be bridging the divide, sharing ideas and building a constructive dialogue in a less highly-charged atmosphere." Encryption is the key area where Hannigan believes that dialogue is needed, and he devoted most of his speech to the topic. "The idea that we do not favour strong … [Read more...] about GCHQ uses MIT speech to get chummy with tech industry over crypto backdoors

Announcing his resignation in a speech from Downing Street on Thursday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson attempted to blame his removal from office on the “Westminster Herd Instinct” rather than his own failings as a leader. Despite desperate attempts to cling onto power, Mr Johnson was forced to resign after a record 59 government aids and cabinet ministers resigned following the sexual impropriety scandal involving the PM’s former deputy chief whip Christopher Pincher, whom Johnson had promoted to the role despite previously being informed of sex pest allegations made against the then-Tory MP. Yet in defiant fashion, Mr Johnson cast blame to the political system in London. “As we have seen at Westminster, the herd instinct is powerful and when the herd moves, it moves. And my friends, in politics, no one is even remotely indispensable,” Johnson declared. “I know that there will be many people who are relieved, and perhaps quite a few will be disappointed. And I want you to know … [Read more...] about ‘Them’s The Breaks’ – Boris Blames ‘Westminster Herd Instinct’ for Ouster