They're fecked then
Posts by Phil Kingston
867 publicly visible posts • joined 10 Jan 2008
Papa don't breach: Contracts, personal info on Madonna, Lady Gaga, Elton John, others swiped in celeb law firm 'hack'
We beg, implore and beseech thee. Stop reusing the same damn password everywhere
Three things in life are certain: Death, taxes, and cloud-based IoT gear bricked by vendors. Looking at you, Belkin
Bad news: Cognizant hit by ransomware gang. Worse: It's Maze, which leaks victims' data online after non-payment
So how do the coronavirus smartphone tracking apps actually work and should you download one to help?
Australian state will install home surveillance hardware to make sure if you're in virus isolation, you stay there
Wednesday 1st April 2020 22:41 GMT
Re: Only one sneeze away...
As an extra step towards that, we're also using police drones here in WA to disperse "crowds". Equipped with lights, sirens and a PA this is a scary path to go down. As someone commented, "we shouldn't think for a minute that the police will pack up their new shiny toys when all this is over".
Microsoft staff giggle beneath the weight of a 52,000-person Reply-All email storm
Stuck at home? Need something to keep busy with? Microsoft has 115 ideas – including an awful SMBv3 security hole to worry about
Morrisons puts non-essential tech changes on ice as panic-stricken shoppers strip stores
Monday 9th March 2020 02:52 GMT
Re: "throughput of goods is in excess of the usual Christmas peak"
You've obviously not seen the state of the stores in Australia then. They've been stripped bare of various items (bog roll, flour, beans, noodles) with fights, people raiding pallets as they're delivered and all sorts of other bizarre behaviour.