Posts by Bagpuss

UK's new Snoopers' Charter just passed an encryption backdoor law by the backdoor

Re: How long until

But whereas previously your complete browsing history was recorded by a pseudo-legal system under the pretext of National Security, and presenting that as evidence in a court of law would involve admitting their capabilities, now they can just print out the logs from the ISP and present that.

Wait, what? TrueCrypt 'decrypted' by FBI to nail doc-stealing sysadmin

Re: So if they came across it, mounted and readable

Glenn had sent an email to an associate with an internet hyperlink to an article entitled 'FBI hackers fail to crack TrueCrypt.' In this case, the FBI did decrypt Glenn's hidden files containing the stolen classified materials.

FBI hackers fail to crack TrueCrypt

FBIhackersfailtocrackTrueCrypt

30 chars...

Obama: Just call me Billygoat Gruff the Third, patent trolls

Re: Seemed like a perfectly relevant comment to me

Let's see... 13 pages of "promises kept", only 6 of "promises broken".

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/obameter/rulings/promise-kept/

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/obameter/rulings/promise-broken/

overall, he's kept 45% of his promises, compromised on 25% and broken 22%

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/obameter/

You have a very selective memory, sir!

Playboy fined £100k by Blighty watchdog for FLASHING SMUT at kids

Credit Card Age Verification

"Credit cards, unlike debit cards, are not available to under 18s"

This statement by OfCom is extremely misleading. Pre-paid credit cards are purchased by over 18s and given to under 18s all the time. They serve a very useful purpose, but there is almost no way to tell which numbers are pre-paid and which aren't. The whole "selling knives online" debacle which fell at the first hurdle after gaining so much attention in Parliament touched on the subject, and it would have been the perfect time to address this issue.

A simple solution would be to enter the credit card number and name on card along with a separate over18-pin set up by the card holder. Pins can only be set up on non-pre-paid cards. You don't enter the CVV or expiry date, so no charge can be taken. The three pieces of info supplied are then checked against the card issuer's DB and access is granted. If you're purchasing knives (or other age restricted goods) then CVV and expiry/start date ARE required to complete the transaction.

I'm sure there are holes in this, but you get the idea!

Fire at The Planet takes down thousands of websites

an entire day without magenta cocks

that's an entire day at work with no magenta cocks or TOAP image challenge entries.

I feel funny.

I do appear to have done some work, but tomorrow I will re-check all my data and almost certainly find critical errors.

Who should I sue?