Security

Article — 20 December 2016 — 627 words

Implementing HTTPS

Digital — Web

I put off making my website more secure because I dreaded it would be difficult. In the end it was a ten minute job.

Article — 3 June 2016 — 2,294 words

The 14 lessons designers need to know from Ofcom’s report on ‘smartphone by default’ users

Digital

Last month Ofcom published a report on the people who rely on their phones as their main way of accessing the internet. Some of the findings are shocking and eye-opening.

Article — 20 April 2016 — 808 words

Why digital security is increasingly important

Uncategorised

Online security has always been important. But a number of recent stories have shown why it is becoming even more important all the time.

Article — 3 July 2011 — 817 words

Google has never quite worked with social media. After buying Blogger, it never seemed to know what to do with it. Then there were the high-profile flops Google Buzz and Google Wave. It was tempting to think that the mighty Google had lost touch completely while Facebook and Twitter gain more ground all the time. […]

Article — 4 June 2011 — 629 words

The scourge of security questions

Technology

Is there anything more annoying than those security questions you need to login to certain websites? I cannot understand how they are supposed to make websites more secure. I understand that passwords can be cracked and the security question is a safety net. But let’s face it. All the advice on passwords is that they […]

Article — 17 July 2008 — 1,381 words

Why is technology news not news?

Current affairs — Media — Technology — Web

I’ve been wondering a bit about the way technology news is still ghettoised. I don’t mean news about the latest rubbish web 2.0 start-up with a ridiculous name. I mean quite important stuff. Security problems and the like. Take what happened last week. A patch to fix a major flaw in the DNS was released. […]

Article — 2 June 2007 — 1,025 words

Facebook Applications are great…

Technology

I have some thoughts on Facebook, which seems to have become a phenomenon over the past couple of months. Two or three months back it seemed to reach a tipping point. It is now no longer the preserve or procrastinating students. Now Facebook seems to have made itself the social network to be on for […]

Article — 3 September 2006 — 366 words

Shouting ‘fire’ on a crowded train

Current affairs — Personal

I’ve just found out about something that’s almost as scary as numbers stations. Inspector Sands. I’ve seen more than one person on the internet calling themselves this, and I always thought it was the same person. I’m not so sure now! Inspector Sands is actually code for “get ready to run for your fucking life”. […]