2017: Shit or Bust for Professional Education
Nobody is going to gift us a decent professional education. We must collectively give it to ourselves, and do so whilst we have sufficient strength in numbers.
UK ISPs to Send ‘Educational’ Emails to Pirates
Targeting peer-to-peer piracy by telling kids about copyright demonstrates just how clueless institutions can be.
Telstra Defeats Aussie Privacy Commissioner Over Metadata
Federal judges decided the Australian Privacy Act does not force telcos to give detailed service data to customers.
My (Conservative) Predictions for Telcos in 2017
Peering into the crystal ball, here are six forecasts, ranging from a rise in fraud and regulation to a fall in the cost of calls.
$10bn Wiped Off BT Value; Scandal in Italian Unit
Italian prosecutors are now investigating after a member of staff blew the whistle on a complicated scheme to inflate cashflows.
EU Proposes New Comms Privacy Regulation
The ePrivacy Regulation is meant to update privacy rules for electronic comms, addressing issues raised by OTT services and the IoT.
UK Fraud and Freedom of Information: The Gift That Keeps Giving…
The Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) lets UK authorities seize the profits of fraud, but data shows it was used only twice in 3 years.
The Echo Is Listening; or Why We Bug Ourselves
The voice interface of the Amazon Echo leads to recordings being transmitted and stored on Amazon’s servers. The police, and others, may want that data.
EE Fined $3.3mn for Overcharging
EE overcharged 40,000 customers, and were slow to reimburse them. The issues identified show how flawed the UK’s billing accuracy regime is.
Presentation to WeDo User Group Malaysia
Writing a short presentation on the 5 hottest topics in RAFM is difficult. There are many challenges facing RAFM and the connections between them are complicated.