QuixoticgeekReally, and I cannot emphasise this enough, entirely fed up with living in interesting times.
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InfoSec architecture and engineering in UK education. Usually tired. Likes cycling when everything isn’t on fire.
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You can download the third (latest) edition at https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/archive/rja14/book.html
abadideaSomeone asked me to hand-translate a publicly posted Chinese technical report about NSA shenanigans on the Chinese Center for Time-Keeping network. It took me a while, because it turns out translating technical corporatese from your third language is very hard when chronically sleep deprived, but it is done.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gk1fDLKrN3m5jOSk7QbpGL1SBcLvrm0FTN3H-5ZJZcY/edit?usp=sharing
translation of Chinese NSA report
Analysis Report of the Techniques Used in the American NSA’s Network Attack on the Chinese National Time-Keeping Center Original text: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/XPjT0BVOJPJxSmASW0tXTA published on Oct 19, 2025 As translated by 0xabad1dea (this is a student translation, no warranty expressed or ...
Em 
No, I don't want generative AI anywhere.
I don't want AI to write.
I don't want AI to draw.
I don't want AI to learn.
And I certainly don't want AI to make any decisions for me or about me.
Now our governments (using OUR money) are following the AI tech bros into the AI-Hell pit! 🫠 
Please stop this madness already!
Golden Bunny of Destiny 🕯When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set. - Lin Yutang, writer and translator (10 Oct 1895-1976)
Anarchist Art Ⓐ
Sam Easterby-SmithWould you like to know the 55 naughty words that are not allowable* as references when making bank payments in the UK?
Note that neither of the naughty words used in this poll are on the list.
* implementation may vary from bank to bank
Post the fucking list
I don’t want to pissing know
Poll ended at .
Kevin Beaumont2032: UK unveils AI super computer from Capita after going £7bn over budget.
@jessie We have a number of tech jobs going at Jisc, including in cybersecurity - https://globaleur242.dayforcehcm.com/CandidatePortal/en-GB/jisc
They tend to be UK Remote, and we’re not evil, we’re a non-profit providing services to education and research 🙂
Jake WilliamsSecurity teams, I have good news and bad news.
The good news is that executives are suddenly very interested in security controls.
The bad news is, they're not interested for reasons you probably hoped when you dreamed this day might come...