[Hampshire] ... gchq etc ... omg tin hat alert!

2014-12-08 Thread Stephen Pelc
On 7 Dec 2014 at 20:41, jay bennie wrote: ... gchq etc ... omg tin hat alert! The Bradley/Chelsea Manning leaks demonstrate that too many people have access to secret information. For the US, the number of people with access to information at the Manning level is estimated to be 500,000

Re: [Hampshire] Hampshire Digest, Vol 98, Issue 4

2014-12-08 Thread Anthony
On 7 Dec 2014, at 15:27, Stephen Pelc step...@mpeforth.com wrote: [snip] And which cloud provider do you trust to a) provide service b) not to mine your data c) not to feed NSA/GCHQ/... You need to read the Ts and Cs very carefully. From: jay bennie j...@lincore.com [snip] ... gchq

Re: [Hampshire] Hampshire Digest, Vol 98, Issue 4

2014-12-08 Thread Lisi
On Monday 08 December 2014 13:46:23 Anthony wrote: Tin Hat Google has let me down. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tinhat So what is a tin hat? An unneccessary protection? A paranoid protection? A necessary protection? Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk

Re: [Hampshire] Hampshire Digest, Vol 98, Issue 4

2014-12-08 Thread Gordon Scott
My understanding of Tin Hat is the same as used by the WWI Tommy. A sarcastic name for the metal helmet that offers more perceived than actual protection. But usages and understandings change, witness Internet Trolls. My understanding for decades was that it came from the style of fishing

Re: [Hampshire] Hampshire Digest, Vol 98, Issue 4

2014-12-08 Thread Kevin Bagust
On 8 December 2014 at 14:01, Lisi hants...@googlemail.com wrote: On Monday 08 December 2014 13:46:23 Anthony wrote: Tin Hat Google has let me down. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tinhat So what is a tin hat? An unneccessary protection? A paranoid protection? A necessary

Re: [Hampshire] Hampshire Digest, Vol 98, Issue 4

2014-12-08 Thread Jay Bennie
On 8 Dec 2014, at 14:18, Kevin Bagust kevin.bag...@ntlworld.com wrote: On 8 December 2014 at 14:01, Lisi hants...@googlemail.com wrote: On Monday 08 December 2014 13:46:23 Anthony wrote: Tin Hat Google has let me down. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tinhat So what is

Re: [Hampshire] Email services

2014-12-08 Thread Roger Munford
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