Author Archives: Phil

Facebook gangsterism

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Phil

If a representative of an organisation came to you and said, “We know who you are – your name, where you live, what you like, what you look like, what you believe. And we know who your friends are too. … Continue reading →

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What is the digital equivalent of…?

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Phil

…a gun? Things are what they do, not what people say they are or how they sell them to you. Dropbox is sharing and synch with version control – it is NOT secure cloud storage and never can be. It … Continue reading →

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It’s not ‘hacking’ if you guess someone’s PIN

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Phil

I do wish people would stop giving hackers and hacking a bad name. Hackers, in my experience, are extremely competent people who often have a pretty acute if not always ‘comfortable’ or mainstream sense of ethics. Unlike ‘script kiddies’, certain … Continue reading →

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Facebook in MySQL hell

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Phil

I like MySQL. I like Open Source. But one has to be realistic about their limitations. Blind faith is dangerous in all contexts. And, while I’m not above allowing myself a grim smile when the bad guys end up shooting … Continue reading →

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In the interests of fairness…

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Phil

…I thought I’d just express my deep pissed-offedness at the other two of the ‘big three’ and their recent moves to arbitrarily transition people using ‘free’ services, via variance of T&Cs, into their various (proto-)internet identity authority ‘offerings’. (And if … Continue reading →

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