What Terence Eden thinks about cybersecurity

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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. 23 Oct 2026

   Our readingIt seems easy to con or bribe a worker into giving scammers access to a booking system, and "reservation hijacking" is now common.

   Their wordsIt 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. 22 Oct 2026

   Our readingA device with always-on WiFi and a default password that users are unlikely to change is not adequately secure, and the maker's reply that users can change it does not fix that.

   Their wordsI 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

5. 22 Oct 2026

   Our readingHardware features that are not in use should be disabled rather than left exposed for future firmware updates.

   Their wordsPersonally, 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