Archive: March, 2011
A little civil disobedience
Published by Jon on March 27th, 2011 in Debian | 2 Comments »
For many months I’ve wondered what would happen if one completed half a census return online and half on paper. Tonight, finally, I get to find out. (for international readers: it’s the night of the U.K. census, which with a little imagination has the potential for all sorts of fun.) For many months I’ve wondered [...]
Response from ALLOW Ltd.
Published by Jon on March 7th, 2011 in Debian, Tech | 1 Comment »
I’ve had a very courteous email from one of the founders of ALLOW, following my analysis of their password reset procedure. “Thank you for your feedback regarding the security of our platform. We are constantly reviewing these processes and regard our members security as paramount, whilst ensuring our processes are navigable to the majority of [...]
Privacy specialists should hire security specialists
Published by Jon on March 2nd, 2011 in Debian, Tech | 3 Comments »
I was interested to hear about a company here in the UK called ALLOW Ltd., offering marketing database management under a “we’ll get you off lists, then pay you to go back on at your pleasure” basis. That sounds a fair deal to me, so I decided to sign up for it. “Our technology is built [...]