Some Universities in the UK for a number of years have been making students download certificates that allow SSL decryption as part of counter radicalisation efforts.......
Oh god, Universities with CS divisions allow this sort of thing? Where are the sane people who go wtf?
These "IT" people who push to implement this probably end up working for the DoD or White Hall and push anti-encryption measures.
I find `mulmen`'s efforts very distasteful (trying to stop piracy on networks is like trying to stop kids from doing drugs) but not crossing the line as much as forcing certs on kids personal machines.
> I find `mulmen`'s efforts very distasteful (trying to stop piracy on networks is like trying to stop kids from doing drugs) but not crossing the line as much as forcing certs on kids personal machines.
You have badly misinterpreted my comments here. Everything we did was to protect the student's interests. We were the gateway between them and whoever was trying to sue them. The University took whatever action it needed to in order to maintain that position and keep students safe from abuse. We were often riding the line of legal action taken against us by those rights holders, frivolous or not.
I'm not aware of any student ever losing network access because of piracy. We just sent a lot of emails saying "please stop" and in general students did.
I'm not sure what you find distasteful about that but I stand by my words here and my actions at the time.
That seems like a very different requirement. The University I worked for just had hundreds of wired and wireless access points and limited staff to manage them so devices had to be registered to protect everyone. It was self-service IIRC. If you connected with an unrecognized device it just took you to a login page and then the device was registered to you. I don't think there was any tracking of what students were actually doing once they were connected. Certainly not at the kind of detail that could suggest anything about radicalization.
These "IT" people who push to implement this probably end up working for the DoD or White Hall and push anti-encryption measures.
I find `mulmen`'s efforts very distasteful (trying to stop piracy on networks is like trying to stop kids from doing drugs) but not crossing the line as much as forcing certs on kids personal machines.