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Terence Eden

Terence Eden

@terence-eden · 9 positions · On ppll ↗

British open-standards and open-source technologist, formerly of the UK Government Digital Service and the W3C Advisory Committee. Blogs at shkspr.mobi, where he posts a book review most weeks.

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  1. cybersecurity

    It seems depressingly easy to con or bribe a worker into allowing scammers access into a booking system. This sort of "reservation hijacking" is now depressingly common.

    ↗More phishing messages via Booking.com and Novotelshkspr.mobi

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  3. cybersecuritybehavioural science

    I think that might be against the law. The password can be changed by the user - but I wonder how many people will bother? When I mentioned this to Mokin, they replied:

    ↗Gadget Review: Mokin 17 Port USB-C Tower ★★☆☆☆shkspr.mobi 1st of 3 in this piece

  4. cybersecurity

    Personally, I would expect these to be disabled if they aren't going to be used.

    ↗Gadget Review: Mokin 17 Port USB-C Tower ★★☆☆☆shkspr.mobi 2nd of 3 in this piece

  5. privacy

    At the very least they should tell users who their weather provider is and what their privacy says.

    ↗Gadget Review: Mokin 17 Port USB-C Tower ★★☆☆☆shkspr.mobi 3rd of 3 in this piece

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  7. housing

    Putting people into a tin-can with no windows, blank walls, and an infernal background hum will drive them mad.

    ↗Book Review: How to Build a Space Station by Jonathan Morrison ★★★⯪☆shkspr.mobi 1st of 3 in this piece

  8. housingrobotics

    The fact that we don't have swarms of drones prefabbing houses in the relatively benign atmosphere of our planet should be evidence that maybe these claims aren't quite matched with reality.

    ↗Book Review: How to Build a Space Station by Jonathan Morrison ★★★⯪☆shkspr.mobi 2nd of 3 in this piece

  9. motivationinnovation

    We have the technology - but we don't seem to be interested in using it.

    ↗Book Review: How to Build a Space Station by Jonathan Morrison ★★★⯪☆shkspr.mobi 3rd of 3 in this piece

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  11. CSSdesign

    Basically, what I'm saying is, don't use ismap unless you're absolutely sure that there will be no CSS shenanigans. Even then, it probably isn't worth the risk.

    ↗Esoteric HTML - ismap vs CSSshkspr.mobi

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  13. privacy

    There's no privacy expectation although you might rely on their discretion.

    ↗The expectations of privacy in driverless carsshkspr.mobi