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Comment on Datacenter Security: A Cautionary Tale by Security Theatre « Hartley Security

Security Theatre « Hartley Security — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:56:14 +0000

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Comment on Datacenter Security: A Cautionary Tale by Now in the Playground: Scrobbling Timelines | Social Trend Life

Now in the Playground: Scrobbling Timelines | Social Trend Life — Tue, 11 May 2010 23:10:45 +0000

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Comment on The State of the Open Rights Group by Alex Stapleton

Alex Stapleton — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 08:55:07 +0000

I think the important thing really is to not be so Reactionary and deal with change instead of fighting it. The bill is now an act so how do we go about fixing it? It seems a bit like ORG didn’t really have a plan for this situation.

Comment on The State of the Open Rights Group by William

William — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 07:16:01 +0000

Yes, I’m sorry to hear this too (and form James W). But of course you should only support it while you feel it’s right to do so.

The campaign on #DEBill was hard-fought, and took ORG to places, using media and messages it never did before. I preferred our message and our approach to that of the rights owners. I think the home-page finger is perhaps ill-advised, and expect it to be very temporary.

It’s very easy to unsubscribe from ORG-Action (I’m not subscribed to it; never have been. But I assume those who do subscribe generally want to get it). I wouldn’t use the word “unprofessional” (you should see some of the other oganisation we had to deal with while I was on the Board: ORG is the very model of professionalism in NGO-world, and with very low admin overheads to boot).

ORG is what we make it. And there are many fantastic people involved. I dont think you and I ever met, but my guess is you’d have had a lot to contribute.

Anyway – good luck, and I hope you continue to fight the good fight in other ways…

Comment on The State of the Open Rights Group by Kevin Marks

Kevin Marks — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 23:24:16 +0000

I am sorry to hear this; I’m on the ORG tech advisory board, and have been impressed with their work on the Digital Economy Bill; the reason this looks so spammy is the unprecedented rushing through of the bill itself over three days.

The Bill is very complex and convoluted, and breaking it down to clear impacts is a challenge; I had a few attempts on my personal blog, but a summary of the issues for lobbying purposes is avery good suggestion.

Comment on The State of the Open Rights Group by James Wheare

James Wheare — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 22:58:02 +0000

I cancelled my payment two weeks ago.

Comment on Barclaycard’s Short Downtime by Russ

Russ — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 17:03:17 +0000

Yes. Four months, not five, although I suspect I may have started having problems in January now I come to think of it.

Comment on Barclaycard’s Short Downtime by Graham Bleach

Graham Bleach — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 08:52:58 +0000

Max: February to June is four months, but regardless of the precise number of months of downtime, I think we can agree that anything longer than a few hours is totally unacceptable.

My mind is boggling as I try to comprehend how Barclaycard could possibly think that it’s OK to have a service unavailable for this length of time. Surely they know that their customers might be depending on it?

Comment on Barclaycard’s Short Downtime by Max Howell

Max Howell — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 23:37:07 +0000

2 months surely?