Posts by Neil Maybin

Digital ID is now less about illegal working, more about rummaging through drawers

Superfluous without actual value

“Digital ID will be compulsory for anyone taking a new job”. So a National Insurance number. I thought that we all had to have one of those already?

Elon Musk gets thumbs up from jury for use of 'pedo guy' in cave diver defamation lawsuit

So can we now always refer to Elon Musk as ...

"Paedo guy Elon Musk"?

After all, it apparently isn't defamatory now. The courts have demonstrated that.

This is a genuine question about how far this ruling can be taken.

Downing Street on Phorm: 'Meh'

Neither the understanding nor the will to do anything ...

If they did understand it, and if they had the will to do anything about it, they would be talking about the Home Office, the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, and whether the current Crown Prosecution investigation will ever come to fruition.

As it is, they are talking about the Information Commissioner, whose powers are mostly those of persuasion rather than enforcement.

I feel a letter to European Commissioner Reding coming on ...

Facebook vote a 'massive con trick' says privacy advocate

Simon Davies is right ...

... but he should declare his commercial relationship with Phorm when he makes statements about commercial websites and privacy. Otherwise he could be accused of trying to get one in before Facebook join Amazon and Wikipedia in blocking Phorm.

Girls Gone Wild boss gets 35 days' jail

... and another related story

Those who rush to the defence of Joe Francis for whatever reason should first read Claire Hoffman's article in the Los Angeles Times, published just over a year ago, at http://www.latimes.com/features/magazine/west/la-tm-gonewild32aug06,0,2664370.story