[LINK] itN: Chinese 'DDoS camera' maker recalls vulnerable devices

2016-10-24 Thread Roger Clarke
[For a device that is likely to be Internet-connected, a pretty basic security feature is code to force a change of password prior to enabling functions on the first occasion that a device is used. [The effort required to do that is pretty small. [And retro-fitting such a feature shouldn't

[LINK] Politics live as the ABS, IBM, government quizzed about censusfail

2016-10-24 Thread Jan Whitaker
Censusfail blog postings. The first witness questions the legality of name collection. Yay! skip to bottom of the page and read upwards http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/the-pulse-live/politics-live-as-the-abs-ibm-government-quizzed-about-censusfail-20161024-gs9qqp.html I write books