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“Jeremy Hunt requests Google become “Big Brother” on behalf of the British Government” (at Computerworld)
“Jeremy Hunt requests Google become “Big Brother” on behalf of the British Government” Jeremy Hunt requests Google become “Big Brother” on behalf of the British Government DCMS demands freebie Googlespying, else “legislation will ensue” Gadzooks! Here’s the Telegraph article with my emphasis added: Jeremy Hunt, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, is
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Twitter Updates for 2011-09-13
I find it hard to believe I am arguing with Oxford #BCS about the word "sex" in the title of "Sex, Lies & Instant Menssenger". # @lowk3y Apparently the Oxford #BCS chapter's webmaster is "worried" about putting the word 'sex' on their website. # @JimAnning "Crumpet, Fibs and Bloody Internet Boffins, Shouldn't Be Allowed Sort
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Twitter Updates for 2011-09-12
@1Password Have updated to Lion, installed 1P from AppStore, and now AutoFill not working on Chrome. Can I help diagnose? # @1Password Also I am no longer getting the "1P" button on Chrome; I presume the toolbar version is meant to subsume this? # New: On Moving to Lion: Spaces and Mission Commander http://t.co/YxkYB2n #
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On Moving to Lion: Spaces and Mission Commander
Toe in the water time… I blew-away my MacBookAir last night, reformatted it, reinstalled SnowLeopard to a known-sane config, and then upgraded it to Lion. Result: grmph. It’s okay, it’s different, I can see that what they think they are doing is trying to unify iPhone and Desktop experiences… but I am very glad that
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Twitter Updates for 2011-09-11
Just heard @CarolineLucas on @bbcr4today wanting to return to free NHS glasses. Wonder if that extends to NHS frames? #subsidised #hipster # “I told them […] they must be beheaded, burned and their ashes must be spread in the ocean” http://t.co/B2QYGg1 # Clearly neither of these people are meant to be in a machineroom http://t.co/4qgLuZM
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Twitter Updates for 2011-09-10
.@shortblue suggests that I've got the same bug as @OfficialAdele – but why is it that I sound like Barry White? I blame @timesjoanna 😛 # @timesjoanna From what I understand a fair contingent of the #44con mob, too; it's OK, we're used to viruses. 😛 # Did you leave Wireshark running on Wifi ?
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Twitter Updates for 2011-09-09
@daveerasmus I think the vibe is about 50Hz. #hhldn # experimenting with chorizo, leek, sauerkraut, potato, paprika and milk #
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Twitter Updates for 2011-09-08
Amusing that http://t.co/TttPcH5 has been purged but not http://t.co/h0Gdpym ; someone must have made a special effort. # @Simon_M_White One can have fun with that – #Alfresco PR might think again if tweets start coming from @GhostOsama &c. # What an actual Apple Television might be like: http://t.co/CiXBYVR # RT @woodlark: "security still a major
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Twitter Updates for 2011-09-07
@chrisridd Yeah, I'll be writing that up this afternoon. Something interesting happened at the weekend. # @wendyg They are going to post all the #westskep Q&A in the podcast? That's untypical. Did @DavidAllenGreen confirm? http://t.co/LQwUami # This is what passes for humour in the #security geek community: http://t.co/02s7QNs # New: "Rare OSX #1Password flaw exposes
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Cyberwar Amusement of the Day – in #ComputingUK
Quote: Opinion: There is no Geneva Convention online Our electrical infrastructure is provided by several companies who are in competition with each other, so getting a consensus [to agree on how best to defend the electric companies against cyberattack] to help the nation as a whole is an interesting concept. So you’re saying that they
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“Rare OSX 1Password flaw exposes plaintext passwords, password history” (at Computerworld)
“Rare OSX 1Password flaw exposes plaintext passwords, password history” Rare OSX 1Password flaw exposes plaintext passwords, password history Bug rapidly caught and fixed, but users should check their logfiles for sensitive data Sunday afternoon I was writing a CWUK posting using my Snow Leopard Macbook Air – plus Chrome, Safari, all the other usual suspects,
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“Full-Disclosure, Unredacted WikiLeaks, Security and The Guardian” (at Computerworld)
“Full-Disclosure, Unredacted WikiLeaks, Security and The Guardian” Full-Disclosure, Unredacted WikiLeaks, Security and The Guardian The Guardian doesn’t “get” openness when it suits their purpose It’s not often that one gets to call a Guardian piece all of illiberal, misconceived and self-serving, but it seems to be what happens when one or more of their writers