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Claire Perry seems to suggest that once a child can pay for their own phone, they can skip filtering?
[Claire Perry,] The Conservative MP for Devizes was made the government’s adviser on the sexualisation and commercialisation of childhood in December 2012. Among a series of proposals put forward by the 48-year-old are age ratings for sexually provocative music videos, restrictions on access to so-called lads’ mags, labelling on airbrushed photos in magazines and internet…
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“…which announced our intention to establish a UK National CERT” – #TheyWorkForYou #security
Yay! About bloody time. Three significant Government computer emergency response teams (CERT), MODCERT (for defence), GOVCERTUK (for Government Departments) and CSIRTUK (for the CNI), have been in place for some time, as well as others across the public and private sectors. On 3 December 2012, Hansard, column 41WS, the Minister for the Cabinet Office and…
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My fellow security geeks used to get interviewed in CACM & SciAm; now they get interviewed in GQ
Well done Runa, and well-done Tor. A petite Norwegian blonde – nice to see GQ remaining true to its nature. Stay classy. In other news: What the hell has happened? It’s not like we’ve changed. We – likely anyone reading this – are all still geeks. Maybe we were normal and everyone else is catching…
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How mandatory intrusion disclosure might be used to destroy competition #security #compliance
So there’s this: We copied a table from the server’s database that contains the names, DOB, email addresses and phones numbers of 580 loan applicants, along with the amounts of requested loans and the intended purposes of those loans. We have offered Buy Way not to publish this data on this Internet, for a small…
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Can vegans stomach the unpalatable truth about quinoa? | Joanna Blythman | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
Starvation by unintended consequences: But there is an unpalatable truth to face for those of us with a bag of quinoa in the larder. The appetite of countries such as ours for this grain has pushed up prices to such an extent that poorer people in Peru and Bolivia, for whom it was once a…
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Google Declares War on the Password # Dear @Wired, no, sorry, you’re again wrong about #password #security /cc @bobmcmillan
Quoth Google Declares War on the Password | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com: MOUNTAIN VIEW, California — Want an easier way to log into your Gmail account? How about a quick tap on your computer with the ring on your finger? …wait, no, stop already – it’s not even the first paragraph and you’re going wrong. I have…
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BBC News – Norway goat cheese fire closes tunnel
There’s a fondue joke in here somewhere… About 27 tonnes of caramelised brown goat cheese – a delicacy known as Brunost – caught light as it was being driven through the Brattli Tunnel at Tysfjord, northern Norway, last week. The fire raged for five days and smouldering toxic gases were slowing the recovery operation, officials…
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The more I use them, the more I think the B&W MM-1 Speakers were a really good purchase
MM-1 – Best PC & Laptop Speaker – Bowers & Wilkins | B&W Speakers. Excellent sound, discreet, and enough punch to fill a sizeable room. Each about the size of a coffee can.
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North/South Food — Eating across the North/South divide # Feeding 2 people on £20 / week Food Blog
As sure as day follows night, if the subject of food is mentioned at all, it will inevitably touch on the debate between processed and cooked from fresh food in the UK today. And unless you know everyone in the discussion well and get side tracked into swapping recipes or discussing one’s favourite deli, someone…
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Defeating AES without a PhD – SpiderLabs Anterior
When I tell a developer that I broke their cryptosystem, there’s usually a pregnant pause in the conversation where they take it in, like a young child being shown a magic trick. As the initial wonder passes, though, they are not usually elated. “I thought AES was safe. What should I use instead?” Sorry, but…
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“…a Baptist minister who lives with same-sex attraction…” #evangelical #lgbt #wtf
You can’t make this shit up: Evangelical Alliance general director Steve Clifford Steve Chalke is a friend of mine. We go back many years. I am convinced that when the history of the Church in the UK is written, Steve’s contribution over the last 25 years will be recognised as profoundly significant. So with this…