Comments on: Terror by email http://www.voxpolis.com/2007/terror-by-email/ Politics, culture, surrealism... Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:38:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: cat daddy and dr squeeky http://www.voxpolis.com/2007/terror-by-email/#comment-1952 cat daddy and dr squeeky Wed, 17 Jan 2007 02:30:09 +0000 http://www.voxpolis.com/2007/terror-by-email/#comment-1952 Resistance is futile Resistance is futile

]]> By: IanP http://www.voxpolis.com/2007/terror-by-email/#comment-1802 IanP Wed, 10 Jan 2007 11:53:20 +0000 http://www.voxpolis.com/2007/terror-by-email/#comment-1802 MI5, the Security Service, part of whose remit is supposed to be giving protection advice against electronic attacks over the internet, is sending all our personal details on the email registration (forename, surname and email address) unencrypted to commercial third party e-mail marketing and tracking companies which physically and legally in the jurisdiction of the United States of America, and is even not bothering to make use of the SSL/TLS encrypted web forms and processing scripts which are already available to them. http://thejournal.parker-joseph.co.uk/blog/_archives/2007/1/10/2637047.html MI5, the Security Service, part of whose remit is supposed to be giving protection advice against electronic attacks over the internet, is sending all our personal details on the email registration (forename, surname and email address) unencrypted to commercial third party e-mail marketing and tracking companies which physically and legally in the jurisdiction of the United States of America, and is even not bothering to make use of the SSL/TLS encrypted web forms and processing scripts which are already available to them.

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]]> By: Jxster http://www.voxpolis.com/2007/terror-by-email/#comment-1788 Jxster Tue, 09 Jan 2007 18:04:39 +0000 http://www.voxpolis.com/2007/terror-by-email/#comment-1788 I watched a film the other night – A Blast from Past – which, before it descended into a ridiculous love story between Brendan Fraser and Alicia Silverstone (tag line ‘She was a woman of the world; he had never been around the block’), was actually quite an interesting comment on how Americans in the 1950s were in such a state of paranoia at the nuclear threat that they would hole themselves up in a nuclear bunker for 35 years after mistaking a plane crashing on their house for an a-bomb. These are the sort of people who will use this email service from MI5: people who, through some sort of ridiculous contortion of their normal routine, claim that they ‘could have been on that bus that blew up’ or delight in being a part of something significant, provided they escape from it unscathed. Ie, people who get a frisson of excitement out of being scared. So if there is someone to tell them when to be scared by email (Re: Threat Level SEVERE, prepare to soil undergarments) then surely this means that the rest of the time they can kick back and not worried about being scared. This, as far as I can see, is a good thing. It means I can abdicate any responsibility for making my own judgements and can just leave it in the hands of the State. Excellent. So don’t begrudge them the budget, Jonny. I watched a film the other night – A Blast from Past – which, before it descended into a ridiculous love story between Brendan Fraser and Alicia Silverstone (tag line ‘She was a woman of the world; he had never been around the block’), was actually quite an interesting comment on how Americans in the 1950s were in such a state of paranoia at the nuclear threat that they would hole themselves up in a nuclear bunker for 35 years after mistaking a plane crashing on their house for an a-bomb. These are the sort of people who will use this email service from MI5: people who, through some sort of ridiculous contortion of their normal routine, claim that they ‘could have been on that bus that blew up’ or delight in being a part of something significant, provided they escape from it unscathed. Ie, people who get a frisson of excitement out of being scared. So if there is someone to tell them when to be scared by email (Re: Threat Level SEVERE, prepare to soil undergarments) then surely this means that the rest of the time they can kick back and not worried about being scared. This, as far as I can see, is a good thing. It means I can abdicate any responsibility for making my own judgements and can just leave it in the hands of the State. Excellent. So don’t begrudge them the budget, Jonny.

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