Terence Eden

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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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cybersecurity 3

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

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housing 2

The absence of autonomous drone-built housing on Earth is evidence that claims about robot-built space habitats are overhyped.
Housing people in cramped, windowless, noisy environments will drive them mad.

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privacy 2

Hardware that connects to the internet should tell its users who its data provider is and what the privacy policy says.
Riding in a taxi with a human driver carries no genuine expectation of privacy, only reliance on the driver's discretion.

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