Government Digital Services have employed the services of one the boffins who claimed to have revealed worrying security flaws in their online verification program.  Dr George Danezis was one of the authors of a report that raised concerns over the “excessive trust” placed by GDS in their home-built central hub that connects users with third party contractors. According to the report this is a recipe for enabling “undetected mass surveillance”…

GDS have been careful not to cop to any of the boff’s claims, spinning that they welcomed the report’s “contribution“, but pooh-poohing the idea that their software could be used for surveillance. Before inviting the bloke who claimed the exact opposite to join their privacy and consumer advisory group…