In the software world, “remove” is not equal to "gone." This is crystal clear. There is always a good reason for that, but even the best reason does not have to be intuitive or expected by the users. Let’s take a short trip through how Python Package Index handles removals and how we can lock the ghost in an uv.lock file – forever!

At the last CSIRTs Network meeting we got treated to a powerpoint versions of the statistics that ENISA publishes under https://ciras.enisa.europa.eu/ The mathematician inside me was not impressed, and as I’m prone to do, I did not withhold my opinion. This blog post explains why I’m so unhappy with ENISA’s analysis.

Last week, I wrote a blog post on why the problem of lawful access to encrypted data is so tricky, this week I want to continue with a discussion on the general considerations you should keep in mind when thinking about this topic.

An interesting train of thought turned out to be the question “We managed to give Law Enforcement (LE) wiretapping powers in old-style phone networks, but not in modern, Internet-based communication services. Why?” I came up with the following reasons: