Category: Personal Security

Watch your back

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Stop, Look, Listen to your Heart

Very pertinent lyrics as I struggle to recover from chronic Sciatica pain probably caused by 250+ hours on No Man’s Sky and too much computer desk time.  A few weeks ago, I could not spell Sciatica and now, because of clean access to knowledge banks, human medical experts and Artificial Intelligence, I know that this extreme pain is nothing special and I should just deal with it.

For me, the inability to walk unaided and the constant pain is something that is hitting me emotionally as well as physically. I feel abandoned and ignored as disingenuous comments are floated my way.

I did not see this coming and had no incident response plan for being incapacitated.

So, during this rehab phase I will queue up a decent plan for next time as this body heads towards end-of-life I need to look at that reality.

Follow your Heart:

Meanwhile, all in-person appointments have been cancelled and I’m on very light duty at work and feeding on Isobutylphenylpropionic Acid aka Ibuprofen. My PS5 has been taken out of service during the rehabilitation stage.

Blog: 100% human generated, PII knowingly exposed

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Sitting pretty

"the ability to anticipate, withstand, recover from, and adapt to adverse conditions, stresses, attacks, or compromises on systems that use or are enabled by cyber resources” 

May 2026 NIST Special Publication 800-172r3

After a decade of avoiding No Man’s Sky I finally jumping in this absolutely massive computer-generated sandbox.  My In-game economics were rough as I skipped through planets totally broke and after an unknown mission I hit the jackpot and got bumped up to 120,000,000 Units (aka in-game cash)…no use of AI, just one known exploit used and over 100 hours game play.

So what’s next after you wake up sitting on a bed of cash?

Where to find motivation once you reach a high achievement?  Peak to Peak Principe? I’ve uninstalled and pre-ordered GTA 6…back to IRL for now.

Not using AI could be deemed as professional negligence and invalid your insurance
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s.21(1) Theft Act 1968

Today in the UK: There are no known, clearly identifiable UK criminal prosecutions, outside deepfake and images creation involving minors, where AI was the central offending mechanism. Does this mean there are no other threats?

Who is accountable for these blackmail-related risks today?

AI-assisted phishing;

AI-generated fake documents;

AI-assisted malware;

AI-generated false evidence in legal proceedings;

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Point of Privacy

I came face to face with an obvious Ai driven face recognition terminal at the payment desk of a high street retailer.

So not only do they have my payment history and patterns, but my full bio iD (obtained without my permission). Should I submit a subject access request or just let it fly. Maybe I just shop somewhere else now or cover my face on every purchase.

I guess it’s the same approach that cash machines take when your image is taken on every withdrawal.

The most unnerving element was watching the small screen at the payment point with my face being tracked. There are no hiding spots in public spaces so just get used to it.

I did catch a glimpse of a social media campaign encouraging people to go totally offline for the day seemingly in protest of how connectivity dominates our personal lives.  The real challenge is we don’t really have the mental toughness to turn it all off.

Tempted to take everything off-line.
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Double Boss level completed

I’ve been tinkering for a while now, tweaking my expertise but not really using it to full effect. Having defeat two major bosses, I am now moving onto a new chapter fully geared up with new independant mobility stepping into a unknown path.

Rambling ramble but basically I’m a happy boy with over.

With DUAA now in force, it’s time to tweak my approach to data permissions and change tactics.