SECURITY RESEARCH AND DATA PRIVACY
Always Rambling on about Games and Security
Watch your back
My parents came to England in the early 60’s and did alright for themselves, they had me, protected me and for the most part, guided me to success. It was inspiring to see one of the few UK Black Members of Parliament stepping up to the plate and representing with strength and compassion.
I ain’t mad at Cha
Meanwhile, I caught some NPCs taking time out to relax.
So with just over 31 days to go before the European Laws change the game, it’s important to know how this may impact you in real life.
In the case of a personal data breach, the controller shall without undue delay and, where feasible, not later than 72 hours after having become aware of it, notify the personal data breach to the supervisory authority competent in accordance with Article 55, unless the personal data breach is unlikely to result in a risk to the rights and freedoms of natural persons. Where the notification to the supervisory authority is not made within 72 hours, it shall be accompanied by reasons for the delay.
Vague terms such as “undue delay” still gives weak protection for individuals but the game changer is 72 hours to tell everybody you’ve been hacked.
I can see more blackmail attempts coming forth as companies look to delay public notification. The big telecoms companies are well prepared and have started notifying end-users of the legal changes but there is not much comments or chatter on how this will change the Hacker community.
The important thing is now you can sue someone when the big hacks happen….and they WILL happen.
Let the legal games begin
I concluded Season One of this unusual emotional gaming drama and the authors created a brilliant environment pulling you into actually caring for a character and then dropping you into the ultimate dilemma of sacrificing that same character.
Titles as deep as this are few and far between but thoroughly enjoyable like a good book or fine wine.
IRL I’m getting some pesky weak web application attacks from 193.201.224.193
person: Bondarenko Viktor address: Ukraine, Kiev, Jilyanskaya street, 12 phone: +380684956523
Dear Viktor, please go away.
Every time I jump onto a plane it’s a chance to re-calculate my life choices and look at things from a different angle. This time around, I’ll be testing out the Google DNS alternative 1.1.1.1 from a technical and personal perspective.
1.1.1.1 for consumers should speed things up a bit and sidestep the monitoring and logging from Internet Service Providers. Naturally, I’ll start with my PS4 and later on selected routers and servers.
Leaving the default settings active is the easier thing to do and creates a nice comfort factor as things just work as expected. Messing with your settings and configuration can cause you a world of headaches. As usual, the best practice is backup, backup and then test your backup. Warning: You can “BREAK” your internet connection by messing with DNS.
In the meantime, check 1.1.1.1 for a non-technical guide to a brand new cleaner Internet experience.
It’s pretty hard to convince an individual to invest any time into a Personal IT disaster recovery plan. Even if they have experienced some IT loss, folk simply think their gadgets will continue working forever,
A visit to an Apple genius bar will see a constant flow of disparate anxious end-users who are there because of some kind of IT failure. As an engineer, it’s great solving problems and putting out fires but most incidents can be easily avoided.
