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A novel password policy

Setting up some demo servers recently Steve and I tripped over the Windows 2008's default password policy: it needed to be relaxed to get to easy password we use in demos. Steve advocates pass-phrases "IHateChangingmyPasswordEvery30Days" is

Security, Security, Security.

The story last week that someone had left a secret folder of documents on a train - which were then given to the BBC brought back memories for me. Shortly after my wife and I had moved into our first house, she brought home a brown paper envelope she

A police state ?

I've talked about serendipity a few times before. And a couple of strands in the News today show it at work. The information commissioner has served notices on 4 polices forces telling them that some information they hold about people is no longer relevant

Privacy. And a tale of headless riders, Police blogs and security theatre

When dealing with data privacy, we need to think about proper use of Personally Identifiable information (PII) - the kind which can be used to identify someone and which tells us something about them. In the UK, the Information Commissioner , oversees

DRM: is there a lesson in cricket's PR disaster ?

I think the world of the people I'm working with at the moment, and of my previous manager too. But it wasn't always so. Some of the people I worked with in the past showed me the that anything you say in e-mail can be used in evidence against you: I
 
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