* Posts by Stu Mac

122 publicly visible posts • joined 10 Dec 2014

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'Plane Hacker' Roberts: I put a network sniffer on my truck to see what it was sharing. Holy crap!

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Re: Sleepwalking Into Disaster

Yaaaaaaawn. Even here? <sigh>

Universal Credit has never delivered bang for buck, but now there's no turning back – watchdog

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Re: Funny how they didn't mention...

I'm fairly sure that Fred never expected anyone else to look after him

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Re: The government position:

and people think they could run the rail systems. Hilarious!!

Apple will throw forensics cops off the iPhone Lightning port every hour

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Re: Kudos!

Totally gets my support!! mass surveillance is a sop to targeting the minorities who are really of concern. IMHO fork them up as much as you like but leave me TF alone.

Tech firms, come to Blighty! Everything is brill! Brexit schmexit, Galileo schmalileo

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Re: Brexit Schmexit and other Perverse Costly Abominations

The DUP are a required party. Required to counter SF/IRA and keep NI the green and very pleasant land that it is. Certainly the nicest part of the YooKay to live. When the IRA go away so will the DUP.

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Re: Hmm

Mrs May doesn't have a racist bone in her body, I'm quite sure. Unfortunately she is also a god bothering fool.

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Re: Hmm

If one ignores the Green and Pleasant being one of the best (few) places in the world worth living and a favored destination for a large part of the world (it would appear).

First A380 flown in anger to be broken up for parts

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Re: This underlines one more thing

Adding a 3rd runway to Heathrow doesn't stop Gatwick doing the same or a multitude of others.

Australia wants tech companies to let cops 'n' snoops see messages without backdoors

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Re: It's simple

No doubt also dreaming of an entirely whitelisted internet with biometric access through heavily governed ISPs only. In fact an intranet not an internet at all.

UK has data adequacy issues? Oof, that's too bad! says Isle of Man

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Re: The article neglected the biggest selling point

Cor I didn't realise that he lived on the island! For some of the things he takes apart I suppose having miles of water around is a safety feature

John McAfee plans 2020 presidential tilt

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Re: Re Trumptards

It sounds like you need therapy, delivered inside some secure unit.

Britain mulls 'complete shutdown' of 4G net for emergency services

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Re: Still waiting

"Statements of Work were crafted deceptively, specifically to maintain a scope of work so narrow that the project could never be completed without additional billable work"

Isn't it astonishing Public Sector still falls for this?!! Hopeless.

Trump’s new ZTE tweet trumps old ZTE tweets that trumped his first ZTE tweet

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Re: Trump's legacy

Perhaps you should read less WP and NYT and save yourself the delusions and daydreams. It's been hard for you. It's going to get A LOT worse.

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Re: --->Everyone is allowed to make a mistake.

They don't want any further delay or prevarication.

UK's spy auditor: What should we ask when reviewing super-slurp warrants?

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Re: Only one question needed:

"Only people with the name Mohammed in their names"

You know that silly fear about Alexa recording everything and leaking it online? It just happened

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Re: And that....

I just cannot imagine WHY anyone wants this guff. Worthless self serving flash in the pan.

IBM bans all removable storage, for all staff, everywhere

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Re: I see why they would do this, but ...

Nah I'm sure it's all of them!

Hacking charge dropped against Nova Scotia teen who slurped public records from the web

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Re: "no grounds to lay charges"

Even if you are innocent, when blokes with guns start shouting with you, best make no sudden moves and act as submissively as possible. Unfortunately Mr Menezes had no such opportunity. He was wrongly identified in advance and executed spontaneously on the basis of that identification. Or to frame it another way, Jean Charles de Menezes was murdered.

Furious gunwoman opens fire at YouTube HQ, three people shot

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I'm s t r u g g l i n g to avoid a degree of schadenfreude. Youtube/google, reap what you sew MF

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Re: 'Well for a start I'd ban religion'

you could take a look at what that involves first!

Cambridge Analytica 'privatised colonising operation', not a 'legitimate business', says whistleblower

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Why would they invite a delusional twat like this??

Slap visibility beacons on bikes so they can chat to auto autos, says trade body

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Just get the bicycles off the road altogether.

Sensible policies etc etc

Uni IT man stole £22k of Macs to pay for smack

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Re: Eh?

so just fine if you have a conviction

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Perfect time to tighten up of their forkin background checks!

Once a junk......

US cops go all Minority Report: Google told to cough up info on anyone near a crime scene

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Re: RE: RE: Tigra 07

I don't see that is is very different from CCTV, particularly with facial recognition applied.

There is also a very simple opt out, turn phone off or place in flight mode when not in use.

Note that your newer EU car is also now tracking you, although they say the emergency call system is not tracking you it's a SIM. It's tracking you!!

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Re: US law is a corrupt joke...

Eric Honecker couldn't even dream of the surveillance police state that the UK has become. Be why I live in Ireland then.

BOOM! Cambridge Analytica explodes following extraordinary TV expose

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Re: Popcorn

Why? it was the Democrats that FB were so keen to help....

ESA builds air-breathing engine that works in space

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Re: Elon Musk's plans for a low orbit, low latency network of satellites.

A global internet free of ICAAN, censorship or the copytheft monopolists?

'A sledgehammer to crack a nut': Charities slam UK voter ID trials

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Re: Scandinavia

It has been obvious to anyone with a brain that Banks should be given this cost. All bank cards and credit cards to have photo ID and biometric data onboard. No excuse for most people after that.

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When asked "minorities" tend to quite offended anyone should assume they don't have ID. It tends to go with a home, a job, transport (personal or public), a bank account, a passport, social welfare. If anything they may be MORE likely to be able to present ID.

The simple truth is that anyone a nation should want to vote has ID or can obtain such with trivial inconvenience

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Almost certainly people with no presentable means of identification or who refuse to obtain such should not be voting!

Ex-Google recruiter: I was fired for opposing hiring caps on white, Asian male nerds

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Re: Political correctness BS

No he was right.

We have every right to keep our countries just as they have been.

It's a common outlook around the globe.

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Re: Political correctness BS

Otherwise known as a Fsusckin Idiot. Yes.

Want diversity? Try a different country. Or continent. It'll be different for sure.

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Re: Political correctness BS

We really WANT lots of hot girlie coders. Short skirts and endless cups of coffee.

Heaven.

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Re: Political correctness BS

You can't go bandying around such hardcore common sense here FFS!!

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Re: Political correctness BS

Hard to anonymise interviews though!

Washington (no, not that one) to pass hardcore net neutrality law: All ISPs in state must obey

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Re: Policy FAIL

Long overdue in the UK as well. Media companies shouldn't item cables and cable companies shouldn't be media companies.

Note well, BT and Virgin.

As for:

"would bar anyone offering broadband services within the state from throttling traffic, offering paid prioritization, or blocking lawful content. The bill also requires ISPs to post their policies on traffic management within their networks online for all to see"

Is why America is so important, particularly to the internet.

Stop slurping NHS data to enforce immigration laws? Not on your nellie, huffs UK Home Office

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Re: Tricky

The UN. ROFL. Really!

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Re: Bigots

Do you have any idea what you are talking about?

"They argue it might stop migrants seeking medical help" is missing a crucial word. ILLEGAL.

It's a national health service, not INTERNATIONAL. For those who pay into it.

The NHS urgently need to reign itself in or collapse in the face of infinite demand.

Got a problem, shouldn't be here? return home and seek help.

Your country won't help? go into politics or lobby, at home.

Pax Brittanica was a long time ago.

TVEyes blindsided: Fox News defeats search engine in copyright spat

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Re: EFF WTF?

Unless you support the destruction of copyright all together, I suppose.

At last, sex trafficking brought to an end with US House vote on new internet law (Yeah, right)

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Re: So what about craigslist and backpage?

And all Escort services. Adultwork et all? As it's all perfectly legal in some civilised countries how is that going to work.

(Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands...)

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Re: The House passed it?

I'm sure he isn't in favour of suppressing prostitution between consenting non trafficked adults either....

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Re: The House passed it?

Authoritarian?

The guy who believes in deconstructing the Federal Government and the return of State rights and governance.

Uh Huh

RIP... almost: Brit high street gadget shack Maplin Electronics

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Re: Well at least

Ah, the cables. Yes order from Kenable at a fraction of the cost. But occassionally when you need one RIGHT NOW you pay. Online isn't always ideal and I won't use Amazon.

Neil Young slams Google, after you log in to read his rant with Google or Facebook

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Re: "next generation of artists will come from. How will they survive?"

If the hat fits....

https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qBxtHyLbYh0/V0T8SiAyzfI/AAAAAAAAL-0/j2OCs06ZFl0SLcyRkaNcRNosG_HotYd6ACLcB/s1600/Donald-Trump-Neil-Young-compressed.png

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Re: What a relief

If they get out of bed and play live to paying audiences they will still get paid. Hoorah.

BBC Telly Tax heavies got pat on the head from snoopers' overseers

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Re: Why persist?

Better ideas.

Scrap the licence fee.

Scrap copyright law.

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Re: So RIPA...

But not as disgusting as YOUR grammar.

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Re: So RIPA...

9 years since I have the Beeb a penny. They can FRO.

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Re: 1984 - Chapter One - George Orwell

Oh! Opens popcorn.

4G found on Moon

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Yes rather than leaving the planet PLEASE expend all of your efforts into mobile phone and 4G data cover (unbroken) on British rail links. London Southampton for instance (diabolical).

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