One of the things that really struck me from reading Richard Overy's book The Third Reich is the way EVERYONE could see the trouble coming, and essentially NOBODY did anything to act. They all t… (View Post)

He's got about this much left <----> until comparisons with Hitler are entirely apt. (View Post)

I have no doubt we will learn lessons about how to deal with coronavirus pandemics, but I doubt that we will learn much about how to prepare for large scale emergencies more generally, and give it a … (View Post)

I haven't followed the enquiry, but judging from what's been in the news the last few days it appears to be descending into a farce. If this is considered a good use of time I wonder if the… (View Post)

WhatsApp is very secure at the message level, and it can also do fully end-to-end encrypted backups. What's not secure is metadata, and people relying on the default backup, or separate device b… (View Post)