I'm trying to build things to improve the world.
I care about human rights, internet freedom, equality.
I ❤ linux, python, crypto & security :)
I'm currently fighting for digital rights at IF. and I run Expirybot, a service to make life easier for PGP users.
I've built software for printing machines and high-speed network devices, scraped and analysed data for ScraperWiki, Shelter and Global Witness, built backends for Government Digital Service, created the whole stack for Sea Level Research and kicked off the NHS Digital Transformation.
I have a First in Engineering (Electronics) from Durham University. My CV is on LinkedIn.
These are some talks or events I've organised:
I enjoy making complex ideas simple to understand.
Your device’s MAC address can be used to track you across the WiFi networks you connect to. That data can be shared and sold, and often identifies you as an individual. It’s possible to limit this tracking by using pseudo-random MAC addresses.
A month ago I started a side project to try and make the world a little easier for PGP users. This is how I started small.
This was originally posted on the NHS.UK Alpha project blog.
I’m Paul, and I’m a developer on the NHS.UK Alpha project. I wanted to share some thoughts about different ways of delivering software, and why we’re working in the way we are.
You may remember a few months back I launched a new site - minutemate.co.uk - which helps you to monitor your mobile phone usage and alert you if you’ve overspent your monthly minutes, texts and so on.
Arduino turned out to be the perfect match for JF Machines Ltd, a manufacturer of industrial digital printing machines. The open source platform offered them supply security, enormous flexibility and simple PC interfacing, all at an incredible price.
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