Dropsafe

by Alec Muffett

We should amend the Communications Data Bill immediately, @julianhuppert can you add this plz ->

2012/08/30 08:41:36 BST

#CCDP revision: force councils to retain refuse for a year so police can fish in it — Alastair McGowan (@alastairmcgowan) August 30, 2012
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censorship and interception fun miscellaneous ranting
Twitter Updates for 2012-08-30

2012/08/30 06:00:00 BST

@coadec website dead much. # @DavidAllenGreen @berrydm You'd be surprised at the utility of a PAYG cheap phone, then. 15 quid for massively improved authentication. # .@skype4biz The quality of a man's life is in direct proportion to his TOYS # How to clean your cat properly: http://t.co/nC5ypkXs # @davewiner Twitter for text, Tumblr for…
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Tree Foliage – zoomed but best size

2012/08/29 20:00:32 BST

Solution: http://dropsafe.crypticide.com/article/8240
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local
WANTED: Tree Identification, Fungus Identification, Winchfield Station

2012/08/29 19:45:20 BST

Update: got it! sulphur polyphore (past its prime) on black locust tree. Thanks to: Mel, Jane, Elfie, Janine. See also: http://instagram.com/p/OlSOx8gud1/ Winchfield Station Car Park is home to a rather lovely tree, which is afflicted with a rather beautiful – but I suspect probably terminal – fungus: I lack the books for tree identification and…
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local
Twitter Updates for 2012-08-29

2012/08/29 06:00:00 BST

@fnordleblanket Doable. 🙂 # @RichardWiseman For a minute I thought you'd reposted this: https://t.co/8u5gMbBc # @Raj_Samani Again, sorry, but "really?" How many syndicates do you run into in your daily life, or: should one care about malware's sources? # @Raj_Samani Again, "to whom" – I am a (very) representative security pro and I don't care…
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Does anyone need prior art for a Network Intrusion Detection System Patent?

2012/08/28 23:53:33 BST

From AutoHack, 1995.
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business security
Dr Who shoves BitTorrent in the Tardis • The Register /cc @openrightsgroup @coadec

2012/08/28 22:05:35 BST

Interesting tactic. I’m not sure how much of a dent it will make, since a) Whovians are a global fanbase, and b) there are those who will download-to-keep just as there are those who will go further to buy boxed sets and watch them repeatedly over popcorn / from behind the sofa / because they…
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business fun networking openrightsgroup
The privacy of our medical records is being sold off #RossAnderson # At the Guardian and at LightBlueTouchpaper

2012/08/28 19:39:25 BST

Extract: Medical records are difficult, because they often contain publicly known information mixed in with private stuff: think of Gordon Brown’s eye operations. In a famous case, Harvard professor Latanya Sweeney managed to identify the medical record of the governor of Massachusetts from “anonymous” records released by the Veterans’ Administration. For years, officials did not…
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identity politics and law security
Facespook: Russian spies order $1mln software to influence social networks

2012/08/28 16:44:27 BST

My, how interesting. Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service SVR has ordered three systems worth about US$1 million that will automatically spread information on the Internet.The systems were ordered in a three separate tenders and the official client’s name is Military Unit 54939, but Kommersant Daily newspaper, which broke the news, writes that according to its sources…
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security social networking
Raspberry Pi Robots in Reading! #raspberrypi #rdggeek

2012/08/28 06:59:16 BST

http://rasathus.blogspot.co.uk/
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fun local
Twitter Updates for 2012-08-28

2012/08/28 06:00:00 BST

@darrenhayman Don't sweat it, I just discovered your website and I'm sure the art will win. With luck more folk will find you. Do you tour? # @darrenhayman Alas 🙁 – I've given up buying plastic discs and stick to YouTube & Spotify nowadays, but I want to get out to more gigs # @darrenhayman…
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BBC News – Voice of Sesame Street Count von Count dies aged 78

2012/08/27 13:53:30 BST

🙁 Jerry Nelson, the puppeteer and voice of Sesame Street’s Count von Count, has died aged 78. For more than 40 years, Nelson worked on numerous projects featuring Jim Henson’s Muppets, including the TV series Fraggle Rock. BBC News – Voice of Sesame Street Count von Count dies aged 78.
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