I’d started writing a piece about CALEA earlier this week, other things came up, and I thought it would just be another nonstarter. The US’s Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) is designed to make it easier for law …
What’s a good backup plan?
Well the answer is pretty simple really; it’s one that’s been tested. It’s not the first time someone has come to me asking to restore a system claiming to have backups that I have been unable to help.
In this …
Spammers, its nothing personal
Over the last week I’ve been helping out a couple of bloggers on WordPress issues.
Both have similar problems, despite having captchas enabled on registration. Both have ridiculous numbers of fake subscribers (one, 5000+ a week), an equally high number …
Some Simple Security Advice for Bloggers in advance of #OpUSA
German state teaching Hackers that crime pays
Last week, 200 homes of Germans were raided by police across the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, this is being reported. Also reported is that the Government had paid €4m for the data that lead to these arrests. It’s unknown if the
…That’s funny; I don’t remember ticking that box
Yesterday, the UK’s Daily Telegraph reported that the DVLA, that’s the UK’s Driving Vehicle and Licensing Agency were reported to have been selling drivers personal details that were given for the purposes of licencing, taxation, police and court enforcement to
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Warning: Social media can destroy lives
A couple of stories in the last couple of days caught my attention, the first was that of Paris Brown, a 17 year old English girl who caused a bit of a stir, first, pleasantly for having been the …
Is it ambulance chasing?
Hello World!
While I have contributed to a number of blogs, forums and sites over the years, decades even and setup, managed and moderated countless others for clients and friends, I’ve never actually had my own.
I first came to think it …