A couple of weeks ago I had to gather email addresses from my relatives so that we could sort out a family issue, and I was disconcerted to say the least when a couple of them, in managerial position… (View Post)

That's a false dichotomy. Yes, of course we should promote technological solutions as far as possible. Ideally we would indeed be able to save the world and continue to improve our standard of living… (View Post)

Yes, that is the critical rule, but widely ignored. A frighteningly large number of my acquaintances do indeed use the same password for multiple services. The danger of doing so was brought home to … (View Post)

Absolutely. The FBI are completely certain that it was a lab leak and are universally recognised by the international community as the final arbiters of scientific truth. Leon is vindicated. (View Post)

Yeah, that's fair enough, and I do that sometimes myself. But only for sites that really are completely inconsequential if compromised. (View Post)