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Final: Evidence submitted to Committee re: the Draft Communications Data Bill #CCDP
Thanks to Mike R for kicking me about the formatting. Date 23 August 2012 Qualifications In response to the call for written evidence on the Communications Data Bill, I submit the following: My name is Alec Muffett. I have worked in Information Technology since 1988, and I specialise in system and network security. Notably for
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Twitter Updates for 2012-08-23
RT @bensummers: I feel very productive when I write Java, but only when measured in lines of code per hour. # @bensummers s/Java/any language other than Perl/go; # @kfalconspb welcome. #
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Where Identity meets Humanity
something you know = a password something you have = a (third-party) credential something you are = a relationship Dump the middle one. Copyright (c) Alec Muffett, 2012 🙂
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This is the most sexually explicit thing I’ve ever posted on this blog, and yet …
This is the most sexually explicit thing I’ve ever posted on this blog, and yet… it’s on YouTube and unrated, so it can’t be that bad there’s no nudity there’s no swearing there’s no blasphemy it’s artistically lit and framed and there’s only one person for a few minutes reading aloud from a reasonably serious,
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Goodnight iPad, Ann Droyd # not quite as good as Go The F**k To Sleep. PLUS: BONUS PHILOSOPHY!
It’s amusing. But I don’t really care for the perspective from where this video comes. Until the generation dies-off which sees tablets and broadband and phones as toys rather than rich communications – and until these things become somewhat normalised in the eyes of all generations – we’ll still have this sort of Luddism, this
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EA on in-game “hacking” :: “We Take Security Seriously”, hire Microsoft security expert
Gosh I remember when they were Electronic Arts: FIFA 13 will receive tightened security in a bid to avoid the issues suffered by some in FIFA 12 with suspicious activity surrounding Ultimate Team packs, EA labels president Frank Gibeau has confirmed. “We learned a lot from the experience. A lot of companies are suffering from
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Twitter Updates for 2012-08-22
@benjaminellis Never understood why it's meant to be surprising. People have leapt to groundless assertions since forever /cc @joannejacobs # RT @darrenmoffat: @AlecMuffett can we get rid of DAB and get 4G quicker ? # @mikko Not exe.nenoppyHokkiM.jpg ? # Writing my response to the #CCDP ; instructions on how to do your own are
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Draft response to #CCDP – Work in progress. What have I missed?
UPDATE: content superseded by http://dropsafe.crypticide.com/article/8093
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The real reason that 4G rollout is lagging behind in the UK
On the radio they are discussing this pressing matter: why we are so far behind the rest of the world in 4G rollouts. Surely they must know that British radio waves can only carry a fraction of the traffic that (say) American airwaves can. That’s why we can only have up to 5 terrestrial TV