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Call it bizarre but the recently finalised Brexit deal includes a now-defunct email software called Netscape Communicator and outdated encryption standards for containing DNA profile information between the concerned countries.Security ...
Alister Jack insisted the deal is 'fantastic for Scotland' THE Scottish Secretary was accused of “desperately spinning” during an interview on Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal this morning, insisting it is “fantastic” and brushing off concerns from fishermen’s groups. On BBC’s Good Morning Scotland Alister Jack was invited to discuss the deal before today’s Commons vote. The agreement is expected to pass after receiving support from the Brexiteer ERG group, with Labour set to be whipped to back it too. After Jack set out why he believes the Tory deal is so strong for Scotland...
BBC News By Cristina Criddle image copyrightGetty Images image captionJames Barksdale was the CEO of Netscape from 1995 until the company merged with AOL in March 1999 References to decades-old computer software are included in the new Brexit agreement, including a description of Netscape Communicator and Mozilla Mail as being "modern" services. Experts believe officials must have copied and pasted chunks of text from old legislation into the document. It also recommends using systems that are now vulnerable to cyber-attacks. The text cites "modern e-mail software packages including Outlook, ...
Netscape Makes Baffling Appearance in Brexit Trade Deal Share Netscape logo RIP (Image: Netcape/Wikipedia) To sign up for our daily newsletter covering the latest news, features and reviews, head HERE. For a running feed of all our stories, follow us on Twitter HERE. Or you can bookmark the Gizmodo Australia homepage to visit whenever you need a news fix. It’s been four years since the laborious process of pulling the UK out of the European Union began, and one would expect the language in the final deal to be thoroughly considered. But if a section of the 1,246-page agreement regarding enc...
Last modified on Wed 30 Dec 2020 07.40 EST The EU-UK Brexit deal refers to defunct decades-old computer software such as Netscape Communicator as “modern”, raising suspicions that some of the text may have been copied and pasted in. Online commenters gleefully shared the observation that page 921 of the painfully birthed trade agreement refers to Netscape Communicator – released in June 1997 – and Mozilla Mail as being “modern e-mail software packages” . A section on encryption technology also gave rise to suspicions that officials simply pasted large chunks of text from previous ...