Posts by VerySadGeek

Dual Tesla lawsuits pull Elon Musk into right-to-repair war

Not sure I would trust that article. It says ti have been updated but then say "What’s alarming is that the Model S is Tesla’s newest model, yet such glaring issues are still common." So I am not sure how up to date the figures are.

Get over it: Microsoft is a Linux and open source company these days

Strange way of showing they love linux.

https://www.theregister.com/2022/07/11/lenovo_secured_core/

End of the road for biz living off free G Suite legacy edition

I thought they had backed down

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/05/google-backtracks-on-legacy-gsuite-account-shutdown-wont-take-user-emails/

'Biggest data grab' in NHS history stuffs GP records in a central store for 'research' – and the time to opt out is now

PDF ?

So to opt out I have to print a pdf and fill it out. Then scan it to email it or post it to them. Not exactly 21st century.

Railway cables overpowered errant drone's compass and flung it back to terra firma

Ilegal ?

My understanding is that is not legal to fly a drone within a certain distance (50m ?) of the railway line.

Let's spin Facebook's Wheel of Misfortune! Clack-clack-clack... clack... You've won '100s of millions of passwords stored in plaintext'

Every time I create an account with Greater Anglia trains they email me my password and username back in plain text.

I started using passwords like 'Dont send this back in plain text' but they did anyway.

I complained but I just got an email back telling me how much business they do and how secure their servers are etc.

Brekkie TV host Lorraine Kelly wins IR35 ruling against HMRC, adds fuel to freelance techies' ire over tax reforms

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Growler

Congrats from 123-Reg! You can now pay us an extra £6 or £12 a year for basically nothing

Re: I want to move away

I was going to recommend heartinternet.co.uk - but I just looked up who owns them and it's Host Europe Group which is owned by Go Daddy. Now I will have to move my own domains :(

Facebook admits it does track non-users, for their own good

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