“…UK organizations will not be allowed to introduce true end-to-end encryption of their users’ data but will be legally required to introduce a backdoor to their systems so the authorities can read any and all communications.” Leaked: The UK’s secret blueprint with telcos for mass spying on internet, phones – and backdoors Real-time full-blown snooping …
Virgin Media fault in DY8 F003864632 – their review date is April 2017 !
Ongoing Virgin Media fault in DY8 F003864632 – their review date is April 2017 ! They expect us to live with less than 5 Mbps all evening for at least 6 months whilst they cream in the revenue for a so-called “premium” service.. They deliver the contracted 100 Mbps in the mornings… when everyone is at …
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Crooks and kids (not scary spies paid by govt overlords) are behind most breaches
Crooks and kids (not scary spies paid by govt overlords) are behind most breaches Troy Hunt talks down the state-sponsored hack threat Source: www.theregister.co.uk/2016/10/07/troy_hunt_on_data_breaches/
Zuckerberg and Chan aim to tackle all disease by 2100 – BBC News
Zuckerberg and Chan aim to tackle all disease by 2100 – BBC News Facebook’s founder and his wife aim to cure, prevent or manage all diseases by the end of the century. Source: www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37435425
30 second review of Facebook Games Arcade
So, Facebook is pushing “Facebook Games Arcade”. I finally gave in and tried it. It seems to be basically an alternative browser that FB controls the plugins/settings for… which makes sense for FB. For me, it makes things run a lot slower and re-inserts the mass of adverts that my adblocker blocks to speed things …
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EU watchdogs demand revisions to Safe Harbour replacement
“We believe that we don’t have enough security [or] guarantees in the status of the ombudsperson and in their effective powers to be sure that this is really an independent authority,” said Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin, the chairwoman of the group. So, in other words, the EU doesn’t trust the USA to keep data secure and private… …
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Phorm suspends its shares from trading amid funding scrabble
I thought, well hoped, that these guys had gone out of business years ago when Virgin Media / Telewest were threatening to implement their systems without prior permission… The only time I had had to issue a formal notice under the DPA; to stop Virgin processing my data for marketing purposes. Phorm suspends its shares …
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R.I.P. Friends Reunited
R.I.P. Friends Reunited – BBC News School reunion website Friends Reunited has been shut down. Or should that be permanently excluded? Source: www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35670201
Safe Harbor ripped and replaced with Privacy Shield in last-minute US-Europe deal
The Intro sounds good, but feels like B.S. “For the first time ever, the United States has given the EU binding assurances that the access of public authorities for national security purposes will be subject to clear limitations, safeguards and oversight mechanisms,” said Europe’s justice commissioner Vera Jourová. “Also for the first time, EU citizens …
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Patent Troll Unit set up by Virginia Government
This should be done at a Federal level to make up for the complete and utter failure of the US Patent Office… and especially in the “preferred” patent troll courts in Texas… Patent Troll Unit set up by Virginia government to slay lawsuits Virginia is for lovers…as long as you don’t love patent cases Source: …
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