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“CyberSecurity: Please don’t throw Government money at this nonsense” #unscrewingsecurity @computerworlduk
Cyber Security: Please don’t throw Government money at this nonsense The Coalition will fund me an antivirus upgrade? The best thing – the absolute best thing – about being an unaffiliated security blogger on CWUK is that you’re guaranteed daily to have something to discuss, and you’re free to say exactly what you think. Consider…
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CEO of Saatchi and Saatchi calls for advertisers to be worshipped beyond reason, jargon expunged
Really. Watch this… Simon Francis …CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi in EMEA … …serving the twin gods of our world, which are really both advertisers and consumers… …online publishers and advertising agencies really have to serve both of them… …what i’m going to make a claim for is for everyone to change their way of…
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Twitter Updates for 2010-10-15
"Are you sure you want to open 86 tabs?" (Yes) # An original, and Biblical, take on intellectual property and software piracy: http://imgur.com/xs3QW # I find the irony of MS fudding OpenOffice using a Silverlight video to be immense. Must be scared of losing existing… http://bit.ly/bUoU24 # I was hoping that the #historyoftheworld 100th object…
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Twitter Updates for 2010-10-14
Is anyone in Italy sell 3G-Wifi Modems eg: http://bit.ly/ck9ibs ; friend bought iPad, ignored 3G option, now wants mobile network, no tether # @mitt_nya_nym not to the best of my knowledge. in reply to mitt_nya_nym # Googling "Slapper Detonator" – it's not what you might think… http://bit.ly/cem4bv # How ATM card skimming and PIN capturing…
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Announcement: New Blog at Computer World UK!
At the suggestion of Simon Phipps, with the connivance of Mike Simons, and having shamelessly stolen stylistic cues from Glyn Moody, I’ve now joined the ranks of bloggers at CWUK. My goal is to write approximately 1.5x per week (you can do the math) and stuck to my wall I have pasted the following remit:…
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“SEO is a Security Issue…” #unscrewingsecurity @computerworlduk
SEO is a Security Issue… SEO leads to verbosity, verbosity leads to redirection, and redirection leads to risk The acronym URL is so common today that we may have forgotten that it stands for Uniform Resource Locator. There are other words – URI, IRI – which web geeks deploy to show that they are deeply…
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“It’s ‘Computer MOT’ Time Again, Everyone!” #unscrewingsecurity @computerworlduk
It’s “Computer MOT” Time Again, Everyone! Microsoft’s Trusted Computing Veep suggests vetting anything and everything which touches the ‘Net. Perhaps this is not such a good idea? Security wonks can generally be placed on a 3D – or perhaps more-D – spectrum: on one axis there are those who are naturally better suited towards defence…
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“Blackberry Suffering Blight” #unscrewingsecurity @computerworlduk
Blackberry Suffering Blight Yet another security threat to the platform beloved of Enterprise users Cooking, like security, is both art and craft; you must understand both what to do and what not to do in order to create something that is fit for purpose. Consider a turnip: boil one, mince it in a food-processor and…
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Twitter Updates for 2010-10-13
@r4today Is it fair that the definition of fairness should be handed-down by an enquiry from on high? # Excellent day, Peter Neumann lecturing in Cambridge on trustworthy computing, and #rdggeek # @mount_knowledge So what are you doing replying, then? in reply to mount_knowledge # @DaveLevy do they reduce your cost of living too? in…
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Twitter Updates for 2010-10-12
@BristolLock @r4today "…where 'match' is in respect of current market conditions" in reply to BristolLock # A friend bought iPad, but is trying to live without a "real" computer. What functions are missing without a "master" PC/iTunes? Has Dropbox. # OMG: Tricycle in the Himalays, anyone? http://bit.ly/bHQUDo ( via http://bit.ly/9Sdxiv ) # @adriana872 not sure,…
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In case you’re wondering why it’s so quiet here…
…the answer is that I’ve been sitting on a trio of postings waiting for a big announcement to happen; unfortunately the logistics surrounding the announcement are 1) not under my control and 2) taking rather longer that the 4 or 5 days which I originally thought… but it’ll all get posted here RSN, I hope.…
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Twitter Updates for 2010-10-11
Anyone coming to town for #rsaeurope Beer? # http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2b0QT3lXOw&feature=player_embedded <- how many movies match this ? # Practical Neology: "Chavbushka": a denizen of Surrejevo ; "Surrejevo" – Virginia Water on a sunday afternoon. # ( HT: Orbited Virginia Water with @cthreeo3 this arvo. The terminology drew naturally from the environment ) # Scotch Malt Whisky…