Sometimes it’s not the technology, it’s the users. The solution is to make it illegal for someone to demand someone else’s ID card.
Apple had widely trailed the fact that it would make some announcement about the next version of its operating system yesterday, and sure enough, they have chosen to release some details. The highlights can all be found here.
In a remarkable exercise in humility, self-restraint and respect for those who don’t use the Mac, I’ve put my own comments in the extended version of this post.
For a product from company that prides itself on producing easy to use, attractive software, the current version of the iTunes Music Store seems poor. I have no quarrel at all with the attractive front page and the the similar pages, which are clear and inviting, and promise easy browsing.
Yet one is only a [...]
A remarkably good article on the rise of data mining in the wake of the attacks on the US examines both the promises and the realities of the programmes under development. A long piece, but worth a read: balanced rather than reactionary in its conclusions.
Strange New Worlds;
Ancient text-book Recovered;
Darwin’s Tortoise.
As an experiment, I’ve added a “no comment” section, which I shall use to post links and the like upon which I have no real comment to make, but which I think you might find interesting or useful. On the main website, these will appear on the left of the main text - for [...]
For the moment the details of the exploit are being kept under wraps, to help vendors find solutions. However, it usually seems to be the case with this sort of thing, as with so much else, that the real secret is whether a thing is possible at all. There will always be someone ingenious enough [...]
Apologies for the title. It is something of an old (2001), geeky joke. I’m not quite sure why it caught on, except that it captures something. In any case, the important thing is that a researcher at a US Naval College has demonstrated the ability to hijack pretty much any laptop with a [...]
American Spooks
It is interesting to reflect that America has no direct equivalent of MI5.