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@jackofkent re: #westskep biometrics talk, have found audio, are there slides to be found plz? # @jemimah_knight Spoof. I know someone who got the guy into video production. He makes a living off it now. in reply to jemimah_knight # @jemimah_knight read up on http://bit.ly/b3BK1b and judge for yourself. 🙂 in reply to jemimah_knight #…

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Ah, for the days when hackers appeared in major syndicated cartoons: http://bit.ly/abfB0R # somebody had fun with this headline: http://bit.ly/c4eSY0 # I can't believe I only just found: "How many Microsoft employees does it take to change a lightbulb?" http://goo.gl/kwx1 # Just had brunch with @adrianco & son femme at a nice French cafe in…

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Most/all webcomics rollover at Midnight US/Pacific, 8am here. In some way that's a daily epoch for me. Odd to have a non-local time referent # @ear1grey Depends on the context. If it's nuclear, not good: http://www.portsmouth.gov.uk/media/CCU_whattodo-schools.pdf in reply to ear1grey # Cambridge University: Open Source "Smart Card Detective" http://bit.ly/96EgBR – very cool. # Why, over…

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New: "Home Secretary: Wanna Cyber?" #unscrewingsecurity @computerworlduk http://bit.ly/bXYe6F # New: Facebook asks: please identify the people in this picture http://bit.ly/alRhLf # Facebook expects you to know 71% of your Facebook friends by face. Unrealistic? http://bit.ly/8YjYDe # @SuperFrescoEasy If I sought easy removal I would use a backhoe. As it was I wanted removal of what…

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ref this, paraphrasing, an anonymous source observed: With the current SYMC (Symantec) market cap of about $12.24b, for about $200 per capita the UK Government could buy Symantec outright; so a nationalised antivirus solution would pay for itself in about 4 years; alternately they could go begging to try and negotiate a site license for…

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So I downloaded all[1] my data from Facebook, and as part of the security theatre for the download process it asked me to identify the people in a number of photographs of friends; it required something like 5 positive matches with 2 skip/denial/dunnos. It gave me one photo which contained nobody identifiable – fie upon…

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@r4today re: your reporter talking about cyberspace as if it was a battleground: http://bit.ly/dlVYD6 # re: Rebirth of escrow & intercept I mentioned at #TAMLondon check out NYT http://goo.gl/DkEH && Bellovin http://goo.gl/1Tds #cryptowars20 # @alecmuffett whoops last tweet was meant to be a DM; worth reading, anyhow. # after all this time you'd think someone…

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@angusr. "Meet my brother Sed." # Melinda Gebbie talking about Lost Girls, Alan Moore looming nr green room #tamlondon # @KerryMG been there done that. Result of being too fast is looking stupid, losing cred and readers. Alas. in reply to kerrymg # I rather like Melinda Gebbie… a quite magnificent lady #tamlondon # The…

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Benoit Mandlebrot RIP #tamlondon # @Stormy_Teacup popped down to the Costa by main reception. Blueberry muffin & cappucino FTW in reply to Stormy_Teacup # Hearing the Lord's prayer at #tamlondon # Best line at #tamlondon : "He's standing behind you." # Front and centre at #tamlondon for #amateurtransplants #

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XKCD – how did we cope before stick-figure cartoons came along? http://bit.ly/vhzNk # bonus: who's the guy with swords, d'ya think? # …and @ruthiegledhill gets a cite: http://bit.ly/aU6Rgf # New: CEO of Saatchi and Saatchi calls for advertisers to be worshipped beyond reason, jargon expunged http://bit.ly/9dJFXv # @hlangeveld I generally don't ask them the question…

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