[LINK] The Past, Current and Future State of AI

2021-02-13 Thread Roger Clarke
you come here? Human: He says I'm depressed much of the time. ELIZA: I am sorry to hear you are depressed. Human: It's true. I'm unhappy. ELIZA: Do you think coming here will help you not to be unhappy?[8] -- Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au T: +61 2 6288

Re: [LINK] Australian Government COVID-19 Vaccination Advertisement a Deep Fake?

2021-01-27 Thread Roger Clarke
d-looking bloke's back-of-head, in front of sink, scrubbing teeth. 'As a professional dentist, he can't say it on television'. 'But 9 out of 10 dentists recommend Colgate'. -- Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au T: +61 2 6288 6916 http://www.xamax.com.au htt

Re: [LINK] LeMonde > Murdoch + Once-Was-Fairfax?

2021-01-24 Thread Roger Clarke
y 200 leading >> publications across Germany, Brazil, Argentina, Canada, the U.K. and >> Australia >> > https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/google-news-initiative/google-news-showcase/ > > > Marghanita > > On 22/1/21 9:59 pm, Roger Clarke wrote: >>

[LINK] LeMonde > Murdoch + Once-Was-Fairfax?

2021-01-22 Thread Roger Clarke
threatened to stop making its search engine available in Australia if the federal government’s landmark mandatory media bargaining law passes in its current form. ... ___ Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au T: +61 2 6288 6916 http://www.xamax.com.au http

Re: [LINK] The ACT Govt's COVID-19 Exclusion Zone

2020-12-22 Thread Roger Clarke
known only to people who work for LGAs and those who live adjacent to them. But ... irrespective of the choice, a decent proportion of the population could have navigated their way around one or more maps. Using https://mangomap.com/robertyoung/maps/93143/NSW-LGAs# it requires only 4 maps to in

[LINK] The ACT Govt's COVID-19 Exclusion Zone

2020-12-22 Thread Roger Clarke
a, Werombi, The Oaks, Camden Park Campbelltown City LGA includes Menangle Park, not Menangle, Appin Wollongong LGA includes Darkes Forest, Dapto, Haywards Bay not Macquarie Pass, Albion Park, Shellharbour -- Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.a

[LINK] Payment Surcharge Price-Gouge Stopped

2020-12-17 Thread Roger Clarke
?qs=6244359c3c6464f0614f5246fbea8ba12e99bcb606c5a98892fe43802bc0687632b0f2b6fe915214d64228a7b03975c7d1228eddb77f94d3>. You can update your payment method at any time. If you have any further questions, please contact our Customer Service team. Kind regards, The Sydney Morning Herald Subscriber Services Team

Re: [LINK] The Chinese Digital Renminbi (E-CNY)

2020-12-14 Thread Roger Clarke
ght (CDR): > Commercial banks have entered the scene directly, and can obtain richer and more detailed data information under the scene, which can be used to portray users' consumption habits or generate credit evaluations for users ... Chilling stuff. Stalin's

[LINK] itN: Vic Contact-Tracing False Start Mar-Jul 2020

2020-12-13 Thread Roger Clarke
remarkably profligate at any time. Blind reliance on the 'predictive modelling' and 'AI' mantras might have been the biggest villain in the piece. -- Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au T: +61 2 6288 6916 http://www.xamax.com.au http://www.rogerclarke.com

[LINK] RFI: groups.io

2020-11-26 Thread Roger Clarke
to your group. [Means what?] Enterprise USD 200 pmo More space and features, own domain-name/branding/home-page "If you are legally recognized as a non-profit organization, we offer a 50% discount on our Enterprise plan" [but *not* on the Premium plan] _ Roger Clarke

Re: [LINK] Open access science

2020-11-26 Thread Roger Clarke
in Washington DC, says it is still thinking about how > to adjust to Plan S. Since 2013, it has allowed authors to post an accepted > version of their article in an online repository when their paper is > published. But that doesn’t satisfy Plan S funders, who ask that manuscripts >

Re: [LINK] RFI: Spam-registration of IP-addresses

2020-11-23 Thread Roger Clarke
> On Tue, 24 Nov 2020 11:57:35 +1100 Roger Clarke > wrote: >> I've looked into DMARC and inserted: >> TXT v=DMARC1; p=none; rua=roger.cla...@xamax.com.au On 24/11/20 4:10 pm, Stephen Rothwell wrote: > You might try "mailto:; in there (after the "rua="

Re: [LINK] RFI: Spam-registration of IP-addresses

2020-11-23 Thread Roger Clarke
reports of messages that fail SPF/DKIM/ARC checks. > > Yahoo is one of the fussiest, but also seems to permit the most real spam... > > Chris > > On 21/11/2020 7:14 am, Roger Clarke wrote: >> If anyone can point me to relevant sources to help me understand and >> address

Re: [LINK] Twitter Fleets

2020-11-22 Thread Roger Clarke
ilable to all but our strategic partners'? -- Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au T: +61 2 6288 6916 http://www.xamax.com.au http://www.rogerclarke.com Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd 78 Sidaway St, Chapman ACT 2611 AUSTRALIA Visiting Professor in the Facul

[LINK] RFI: Spam-registration of IP-addresses

2020-11-20 Thread Roger Clarke
of investigation much appreciated! ___ Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au T: +61 2 6288 6916 http://www.xamax.com.au http://www.rogerclarke.com Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd 78 Sidaway St, Chapman ACT 2611 AUSTRALIA Visiting Professor

[LINK] RFI: A Solid Debut?

2020-11-16 Thread Roger Clarke
et al., 2016 http://emansour.com/research/lusail/solid_protocols.pdf -- Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au T: +61 2 6288 6916 http://www.xamax.com.au http://www.rogerclarke.com Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd 78 Sidaway St, Chapman ACT 2611 AUSTRALIA

[LINK] itN: Tabcorp hosts go out, and so does the service

2020-11-08 Thread Roger Clarke
disappears of course.] ... -- Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au T: +61 2 6288 6916 http://www.xamax.com.au http://www.rogerclarke.com Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd 78 Sidaway St, Chapman ACT 2611 AUSTRALIA Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Law

Re: [LINK] Australian Shareholders' Association

2020-11-01 Thread Roger Clarke
> On 30/10/20 10:11 am, Roger Clarke wrote: >> ... assumption needs to always be that 'the law is an ass  ... On 31/10/20 9:50 am, Tom Worthington wrote: > Court hearings are now held online. Would a judge at an online meeting > decide that online meetings are not legal? Th

Re: [LINK] Australian Shareholders' Association

2020-10-29 Thread Roger Clarke
be keen for other > organizations to have virtual meetings, when it doesn't want to do so > itself. The National Cabinet was postponed because the Prime Minister > did not want to have it without his staff beside him physically in the > room. Also use of virtual or hybrid meetin

Re: [LINK] The Corporatisation of Tertiary Training

2020-10-25 Thread Roger Clarke
> On 21/10/20 1:36 pm, Roger Clarke wrote: >> [ It's remarkable how long the concept lasted of a university being >> independent in respect of content development, content projection, and >> degree-granting. ... On 26/10/20 8:45 am, Tom Worthington wrote: > Aust

[LINK] The Corporatisation of Tertiary Training

2020-10-20 Thread Roger Clarke
Oct 21 2020 https://www.itnews.com.au/news/swinburne-uni-launches-aws-backed-cloud-degree-554926 -- Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au T: +61 2 6288 6916 http://www.xamax.com.au http://www.rogerclarke.com Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd 78 Sidaway St

Re: [LINK] Electronic voting in ACT

2020-10-15 Thread Roger Clarke
l > > I don't think that is what they are running ... see > > https://www.elections.act.gov.au/elections_and_voting/electronic_voting_and_counting > > which leads back to here: > > http://www.softimp.com.au/evacs/index.html > > > ___ > Lin

[LINK] Services Aust Brainwave: Let's Use OCR

2020-10-15 Thread Roger Clarke
, meaning it can be days - if not weeks - before caseworkers can assess claims. ... -- Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au T: +61 2 6288 6916 http://www.xamax.com.au http://www.rogerclarke.com Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd 78 Sidaway St, Chapman ACT 2611

Re: [LINK] “Twitter Says You Cannot Tweet That You Hope Trump Dies From COVID”

2020-10-03 Thread Roger Clarke
mean 'we're using Artificial Stupidity to intercept attempted Tweets of that nature before they're broadcast'. Silly me. -- Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au T: +61 2 6288 6916 http://www.xamax.com.au http://www.rogerclarke.com Xamax Consultancy Pty

Re: [LINK] [EFA-Privacy] Smart meters back in the frame

2020-09-06 Thread Roger Clarke
meters transmit. Surveillance society is alive and well, and there's not enough appreciation of it, nor enough fightback. Regards ... Roger -- Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au T: +61 2 6288 6916 http://www.xamax.com.au http://www.rogerclarke.com Xamax

Re: [LINK] RFI: How should virtual group members interact with one another?

2020-08-19 Thread Roger Clarke
estions. > On 2020-08-18 15:47, Roger Clarke wrote: >> A virtual organisation (e.g. The Link Institute, or a professional, >> occupational, advocacy or common interest group) needs a channel for >> communications among members.> >> In 2020, what would the Lin

[LINK] RFI: How should virtual group members interact with one another?

2020-08-18 Thread Roger Clarke
) - integrated access to this and other channels: - by means of a single application - by means of a single-service Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au T: +61 2 6288 6916 http://www.xamax.com.au http://www.rogerclarke.com Xamax

[LINK] It's marvellous what passes for news

2020-08-17 Thread Roger Clarke
??). On the positive side, it's nice to see a rare mention of *any* aspect of quality assurance - even if it's the second-last-gasp / alpha-testing phase, which is at the late and expensive end of the QA palette. -- Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au T: +61 2

Re: [LINK] nbn is offering assistance to switch back to your old broadband service if you were on the TransACT network

2020-08-07 Thread Roger Clarke
email to the same effect ... but I never switched over to > the NBN ... I guess I got this one because they did send me several of > the misleading mails over time. > > > ___ > Link mailing list > Link@mailman.anu.edu

Re: [LINK] FW: Urgent warning for aged care providers of potential ransomware attacks

2020-08-02 Thread Roger Clarke
ce at > cyber.gov.au<https://health.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1108de8332cef333bc1956686=28053164bb=deb2803d20>. > Department of Health > > Copyright © 2020 Advice to the Aged Care Industry, All rights reserved. -- Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla.

Re: [LINK] Ten Dollar Telepresence Robot for the COVID-Safer Classroom

2020-08-01 Thread Roger Clarke
a crucial element of the teaching profession's offering - child-minding. -- Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au T: +61 2 6288 6916 http://www.xamax.com.au http://www.rogerclarke.com Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd 78 Sidaway St, Chapman ACT 2

[LINK] ACCC's Mandatory Media Bargaining Code

2020-07-30 Thread Roger Clarke
awn-out negotiations, and wouldn’t reduce the availability of Australian news on Google and Facebook.” “We believe our proposed draft code achieves these purposes.” Consultation on the code will close on August 28. -- Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au T: +6

Re: [LINK] Cheap, popular and it works: Ireland's contact-tracing app success

2020-07-20 Thread Roger Clarke
have prioritised for isolation and testing. -- Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au T: +61 2 6288 6916 http://www.xamax.com.au http://www.rogerclarke.com Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd 78 Sidaway St, Chapman ACT 2611 AUSTRALIA Visiting Professor in the Fa

Re: [LINK] Cheap, popular and it works: Ireland's contact-tracing app success

2020-07-20 Thread Roger Clarke
>> >> Then Apple and Google came together and offered an app that would support >> public health apps and let Android and iOS phones connect even while locked. >> Their decentralised version held no data in a single official database, >> alleviating privacy conce

[LINK] Slow Smart Cities

2020-07-01 Thread Roger Clarke
persistent challenges,” Patterson said. -- Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au T: +61 2 6288 6916 http://www.xamax.com.au http://www.rogerclarke.com Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd 78 Sidaway St, Chapman ACT 2611 AUSTRALIA Visiting Professor in the Faculty

[LINK] Fwd: Updates on CovidSAFE App

2020-06-30 Thread Roger Clarke
G'day Stil 'COVIDSafe might actually be useful after all' may not be your choice of headline, but it's pretty silly: https://www.zdnet.com/article/covidsafe-might-actually-be-useful-after-all/ The Currie et al. paper is useful, in its own world:

[LINK] RFI: messagelabs.com

2020-06-19 Thread Roger Clarke
t. You are reminded that swearing or other objectionable content is forbidden= . Your original email has not been modified or impacted, and will have been = delivered to it=E2=80=99s intended recipient. This possible breach of Acceptable Use has been logged For any q

Re: [LINK] Norway halts coronavirus app over privacy concerns

2020-06-16 Thread Roger Clarke
ries. There > are two sides to that question. Many wonder about the efficacy and > accuracy of this brand-new technology. Perhaps just as important is the > widespread public apprehension about digital medical surveillance, as > well as uncertainty about whether the apps will gain mainstream >

Re: [LINK] COVIDSafe ‘extremely limited’: New research

2020-06-08 Thread Roger Clarke
ontact Tracing for COVID-19: A Primer for Policymakers was > funded and developed by researchers and staff at the Centre for Social > Data Analytics. <https://issr.uq.edu.au/files/14448/PolicyPrimer.pdf> > > It was written by academics from the four universities: Rhema > Vaithiana

[LINK] NBNCo Breach results in a belting with a feather duster

2020-06-02 Thread Roger Clarke
Salmon. He replied, but vacuously. To me, that's indicative of an intention to flout the law. See the email exchange below. -Original Message- From: Roger Clarke [mailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au] Sent: Thursday, 26 July 2018 4:00 PM To: Ben Salmon Subject: Re: 'Your business

[LINK] RFC: RIP Robo-Debt

2020-05-31 Thread Roger Clarke
to the problem-areas. Thanks. -- Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au T: +61 2 6288 6916 http://www.xamax.com.au http://www.rogerclarke.com Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd 78 Sidaway St, Chapman ACT 2611 AUSTRALIA Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Law

[LINK] The Aftermath of the Robo-Debt Fiasco

2020-05-30 Thread Roger Clarke
ast patterns continue ('Remember the Access Card!'), and (b) my (and your) expressed cynicism was entirely justified. -- Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au T: +61 2 6288 6916 http://www.xamax.com.au http://www.rogerclarke.com Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd

[LINK] OT: Has any COVIDsafe data actually reached contact-tracers?

2020-05-18 Thread Roger Clarke
d. “This app could play an important role in helping us move beyond the current coronavirus restrictions, so it’s important that the government gets its implementation right.” -- Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au T: +61 2 6288 6916 http://ww

[LINK] NSW Health Notifications of Negative Virus Test results

2020-05-13 Thread Roger Clarke
it had enabled the state’s laboratory information system to “feed a negative result through an SMS text bot engine … and deliver those negative results to patients”. -- Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au T: +61 2 6288 6916 http://www.xamax.com.au http

Re: [LINK] Hackathon Friday to Secure Defence Supply Chain Against Pandemics

2020-05-12 Thread Roger Clarke
nd contribution Or does it mean that the business model depends on people coming along and gifting IP to sponsors? -- Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au T: +61 2 6288 6916 http://www.xamax.com.au http://www.rogerclarke.com Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd

[LINK] Company Pays Up after Robot Breaches First Law

2020-05-11 Thread Roger Clarke
addresses the requirements contained within the “Enforceable Undertakings – Guidelines for Proposing a WHS Undertaking”. Date accepted 20 April 2020 Details here: https://www.safework.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/821935/Inghams-Enterprises-Pty-Limited-signed-EU-Proposal_Redacted.pdf

Re: [LINK] How Much Is a Human Life Actually Worth in Dollars?

2020-05-11 Thread Roger Clarke
year. Late 1960s? -- Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au T: +61 2 6288 6916 http://www.xamax.com.au http://www.rogerclarke.com Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd 78 Sidaway St, Chapman ACT 2611 AUSTRALIA Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Law

[LINK] itN: 'COVIDSafe code released, but developers unhappy'

2020-05-11 Thread Roger Clarke
of COVIDSafe are communications, both with the wider community and the tech community specifically. We have hopes that the communications plan will be improved iteratively.” -- Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au T: +61 2 6288 6916 http://www.xamax.com.au

Re: [LINK] COVIDSafe a few observations

2020-05-09 Thread Roger Clarke
ntire life history and precise GPS location to overseas servers. Are we sure this is the right version?” -- Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au T: +61 2 6288 6916 http://www.xamax.com.au http://www.rogerclarke.com Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd 78 Sidaway S

Re: [LINK] World Virtual Meeting of Mayors “No Return to Business as Usual”

2020-05-08 Thread Roger Clarke
ustainable recovery. -- ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link -- Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au T: +61 2 6288 6916 http://www.xamax.com.au http://www.roger

Re: [LINK] Question about the app: must location be turned on in order for Bluetooth to work?

2020-05-04 Thread Roger Clarke
to be pretty light-on. The good articles are very good, but it's often necessary to check who wrote an article before depending on it. - Original Message - From: "Roger Clarke" To: Cc: Sent:Mon, 4 May 2020 22:00:28 +1000 Subject:Re: [LINK] Question about the app: must location

Re: [LINK] Question about the app: must location be turned on in order for Bluetooth to work?

2020-05-04 Thread Roger Clarke
ty careful and precise up until now. Misinformation from sceptics *as well as* enthusiasts won't help anyone. -- Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au T: +61 2 6288 6916 http://www.xamax.com.au http://www.rogerclarke.com Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd 78 Sidaway St, C

Re: [LINK] Remote Telstra Subscribers Unable to Activate the COVIDSafe App

2020-05-02 Thread Roger Clarke
/EC/EBPA.html#EF But I guess it's a reasonable argument that most people without Telstra mobile phone coverage are very skilled at maintaining spatial separation, and hence most are in the lowest-priority target segments. -- Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla

[LINK] School in the Time of COVID-19

2020-05-01 Thread Roger Clarke
=IwAR1ojMq3brXdh1-oLawg85Xo4kCV03DpDUu6vY_FMiR96Bt9xmmd2b5SYZU -- Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au T: +61 2 6288 6916 http://www.xamax.com.au http://www.rogerclarke.com Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd 78 Sidaway St, Chapman ACT 2611 AUSTRALIA Visiting Professor

Re: [LINK] RFC: Does CovidSafe Actually Work?

2020-04-29 Thread Roger Clarke
On 29/4/20 12:56 pm, Roger Clarke wrote: I'm sceptical. I've flung together some preliminary notes, with a view to establishing what's known about the effectiveness of apps like this. I'd appreciate feedback, pointers to sources, and pointers to people who are actively working

[LINK] Anna Johnston's blog on the COVID-Safe App

2020-04-28 Thread Roger Clarke
Recommended: Anna Johnston's blog on the COVID-Safe app is now up: https://www.salingerprivacy.com.au/2020/04/29/covidsafe-app-blog/ -- Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au T: +61 2 6288 6916 http://www.xamax.com.au http://www.rogerclarke.com Xamax

[LINK] CORRECTION: RFC: Does CovidSafe Actually Work?

2020-04-28 Thread Roger Clarke
Aaargh! An ancient domain somehow crept in. The correct URL is: http://www.rogerclarke.com/EC/EBPA.html Forwarded Message Subject: RFC: Does CovidSafe Actually Work? Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 12:56:37 +1000 From: Roger Clarke To: link I'm sceptical. I've flung together some

[LINK] RFC: Does CovidSafe Actually Work?

2020-04-28 Thread Roger Clarke
a sceptic about the effectiveness of apps based on Bluetooth proximity data in supporting the efforts of those teams. These are preliminary and hastily-flung-together notes intended to frame the problem, and hence guide the search for evidence to support or debunk my scepticism. -- Roger Clarke

[LINK] Absence of evidence to support contact-tracing apps

2020-04-25 Thread Roger Clarke
option must be chosen * The use of contact tracing apps and the systems that support them must be voluntary, used with the explicit consent of the user and the systems must be designed to be able to be switched off, and all data deleted, when the current crisis is over

Re: [LINK] How will the coronavirus app work?

2020-04-22 Thread Roger Clarke
er community consultation - and have it done rapidly - about how long the data is held for and who holds it, and then is it removed completely and not used for secondary purposes." "It would be reckless to roll something out." Soon, it'll be up to you to decide. -- Reg

Re: [LINK] [EFA-Privacy] Victoria COVID decision modeling

2020-04-20 Thread Roger Clarke
COVID, so the positive predictive value is probably pretty good, even though the specificity of the test isn't that high. Now I have to get back to work, so I'll leave it there. Trent. -- Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au T: +61 2 6288 6916 http://www.xamax.co

Re: [LINK] [EFA-Privacy] Victoria COVID decision modeling

2020-04-20 Thread Roger Clarke
be delighted if anyone's prepared to offer sanity-checking or technical critique. Thanks! -- Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au T: +61 2 6288 6916 http://www.xamax.com.au http://www.rogerclarke.com Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd 78 Sidaway St, Chapman ACT 2611

Re: [LINK] The government's coronavirus modelling

2020-04-09 Thread Roger Clarke
t;multiple, interconnected models fed by real-life, current data"), and are making progressive and adaptable judgement calls based on what they have available to them at the time. -- Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au T: +61 2 6288 6916 http://w

Re: [LINK] 50 years of Teleworking Fantasies to COVID-19 Reality

2020-04-09 Thread Roger Clarke
mester, I just have to swap the F2F bits back: https://blog.highereducationwhisperer.com/2020/03/designing-in-on-line-learning-option.html -- Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au T: +61 2 6288 6916 http://www.xamax.com.au http://www.rogerclarke.com Xama

Re: [LINK] The government's coronavirus modelling

2020-04-09 Thread Roger Clarke
break-out by the Laura Norder monsters, seeking heaps more surveillance and social control powers and resources while they can still use the virus as a pretext, will be a short phase that won't provide Dutton and his ilk any more scope to undermine democracy. -- Roger

Re: [LINK] The government's coronavirus modelling

2020-04-07 Thread Roger Clarke
would have a panic on their hands. They don't know how to release it and are terrified that if they do it will show they should have done more, better, faster. It's paternalistic and, of course, stupid. It's stupid because the modelling WILL be leaked. Regards, K. -- Roger Clarke

Re: [LINK] "Mobile phone location data used to track Australians' movements during coronavirus crisis"

2020-04-05 Thread Roger Clarke
/mobility/2020-03-29_AU_Mobility_Report_en.pdf -- Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au T: +61 2 6288 6916 http://www.xamax.com.au http://www.rogerclarke.com Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd 78 Sidaway St, Chapman ACT 2611 AUSTRALIA Visiting Professor

Re: [LINK] "Mobile phone location data used to track Australians' movements during coronavirus crisis"

2020-04-04 Thread Roger Clarke
of normalising the expropriation and exploitation of such data. [So this reminds us all how fragile democracies already are. And how quickly the moves will be by future Hitlers / Lenins-Stalins / Pol Pots / PRC supremos / Saudi, Central Asian and African dictators / etc.] -- Roger Clarke

Re: [LINK] Jitsi in the time of COVID-19

2020-04-04 Thread Roger Clarke
t the time.* *M * -- Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au T: +61 2 6288 6916 http://www.xamax.com.au http://www.rogerclarke.com Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd 78 Sidaway St, Chapman ACT 2611 AUSTRALIA Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Law

Re: [LINK] OT: The Quality of Reporting on "COVID-19-Linked" Deaths

2020-04-03 Thread Roger Clarke
On 2020-04-03 18:15, Roger Clarke wrote: Best demo yet of 100% image and 0% substance. 'Case numbers' is a meaningless metric, because it's impossible to know what each of the at least 40 data-elements means, it adds apples and oranges, and none of it tells anyone anything useful. On 3/4/20

Re: [LINK] OT: The Quality of Reporting on "COVID-19-Linked" Deaths

2020-04-03 Thread Roger Clarke
, and successful and unsuccessful discharges - Hospital admissions, and successful and unsuccessful discharges - Proportions of specific at-risk populations tested - Results of tests on random samples (to assess herd immunity) -- Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au T

Re: [LINK] OT: The Quality of Reporting on "COVID-19-Linked" Deaths

2020-04-02 Thread Roger Clarke
and avoided any serious public opposition such as demos in the streets, heated arguments with policemen doing their jobs, riots, looting, and suchlike forms of societal breakdown). ___ On Fri, Apr 03, 2020 at 10:01:35AM +1100, Roger Clarke wrote: Ruminations on a Friday morning ..

Re: [LINK] OT: The Quality of Reporting on "COVID-19-Linked" Deaths

2020-04-02 Thread Roger Clarke
ians, some health policy people, and the media. ----- Original Message - From: "Roger Clarke" To:"link" Cc: Sent:Fri, 3 Apr 2020 10:01:35 +1100 Subject:[LINK] OT: The Quality of Reporting on "COVID-19-Linked" Deaths Ruminations on a Friday morning ... The sports results an

[LINK] OT: The Quality of Reporting on "COVID-19-Linked" Deaths

2020-04-02 Thread Roger Clarke
untreated and becoming casualties of the epidemic. -- Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au T: +61 2 6288 6916 http://www.xamax.com.au http://www.rogerclarke.com Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd 78 Sidaway St, Chapman ACT 2611 AUSTRALIA Visiting Professor in the Facu

[LINK] RFC: Are 2m adult Australians locked out of online services?

2020-04-01 Thread Roger Clarke
esktop or laptop via cable, fixed-wireless or satellite). -- Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au T: +61 2 6288 6916 http://www.xamax.com.au http://www.rogerclarke.com Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd 78 Sidaway St, Chapman ACT 2611 AUSTRALIA Visiting Pro

[LINK] Just as everyone's hopping onto Zoom ...

2020-03-31 Thread Roger Clarke
Zoom for Windows leaks network credentials, runs code remotely Careful clicking on links starting with \\ in Zoom. Juha Saarinen itNews Apr 1 2020 https://www.itnews.com.au/news/zoom-for-windows-leaks-network-credentials-runs-code-remotely-545883 -- Roger Clarke

[LINK] Yet another triple-recycled AI Pseudo-Breakthrough

2020-03-23 Thread Roger Clarke
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:21:21 +1000 From: Roger Clarke To: Link At 17:03 +1000 25/8/08, David Boxall wrote: >> Centrelink is using natural language-based artificial intelligence to ensure people get the financial benefits to which they are entitled. >> The intelligence forms the backb

[LINK] Are Euro Networks more strained than NBN's?

2020-03-22 Thread Roger Clarke
e non-essential traffic." -- Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au T: +61 2 6288 6916 http://www.xamax.com.au http://www.rogerclarke.com Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd 78 Sidaway St, Chapman ACT 2611 AUSTRALIA Visiting Professor i

Re: [LINK] Propose Video Bandwidth Limit During COVID19 Emergency

2020-03-19 Thread Roger Clarke
bandwidth mode with a small video window, by default. More at: https://blog.tomw.net.au/2020/03/video-conference-on-covid-19-and.html -- Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au T: +61 2 6288 6916 http://www.xamax.com.au http://www.rogerclarke.com Xamax Con

[LINK] Crikey: The Wholesale Abuse of the Data Retention Scheme

2020-02-25 Thread Roger Clarke
-controlled intelligence and security committee to push for fixes to a scheme that was fundamentally flawed from the outset. -- Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au T: +61 2 6288 6916 http://www.xamax.com.au http://www.rogerclarke.com Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd

Re: [LINK] Outrage as University of Newcastle to track student attendance using mobile phones - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

2020-02-06 Thread Roger Clarke
the course materials (which is what the bulk of the final exam should focus on in any event). Maybe that'll tempt Liddy back into the fray again (:-)} (Liddy, it's been *years* since you posted!). -- Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au T: +61 2 6288 6

Re: [LINK] Hhm .. a package from China Post

2020-01-29 Thread Roger Clarke
announces their air-tight, black plastic parcel is from Wuhan. Leave sealed, and douse the outside with an appropriate disinfectant? https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2003-05/si-hde052203.php https://www.sanosil.com/en/disinfectant-against-coronavirus-china-2019-ncov/ -- Roger Clarke

[LINK] Are the concepts of Hotsite and Warmsite dead?

2020-01-23 Thread Roger Clarke
database service (RDS), AppStream 2.0, ElastiCache, WorkSpaces and Lambda. Update: The ESA's website was restored on Thursday evening as the fire was downgraded to 'advice' level overnight. -- Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au T: +61 2 6288 6916 http

Re: [LINK] O/t A strange reluctance of the media to explain it

2020-01-03 Thread Roger Clarke
ng time Anthropomorphic Global Overheating (Long, long time AGO) Anthropomorphic Global Overheating Needs You (AGONY) Anthropomorphic Global Overheating Needs Everyone's Resolve (A GONER) Anthropomorphic but Avoidable Radical Global Heating (AARGH!) -- Roger Clarkemailto:roge

[LINK] InnAus: Labor remembers it suckered for a Coalition Promise

2019-11-25 Thread Roger Clarke
fix but have done nothing about,” she said. The Coalition declined to be involved with the debate, with its side of the chamber left mostly empty through the Labor ministers’ speeches. -- Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au T: +61 2 6288 6916 http

[LINK] Rescue Your ACS: Crowdfund the Action

2019-11-18 Thread Roger Clarke
. Members proudly joined it. Let's make it even better. Reject the resolution. Spread the word across the country. It's THE MEMBERS' association. Thanks ... Roger Clarke FACS, on behalf of the group of senior members Enquiries to mailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au Roger Clarke

[LINK] Schneier on AA and Cybercon Bans

2019-10-15 Thread Roger Clarke
ause that's kind of sensitive here, sort of freaked." "I would say you're morally obligated to go read the two talks," Schneier said. "Actually if you do want to read them, censorcon.net is where you'll find the slides and the abstracts." The audience applauded. --

[LINK] PROXIES SOUGHT: To Rescue Your ACS, Your Vote is Necessary

2019-10-12 Thread Roger Clarke
and the Chair of the Fellows Committee, have been ignored. So please forward this email to any member who you believe may wish to appoint a proxy and direct them to vote No. Your Vote is Necessary to Rescue Your ACS http://rogerclarke.com/SOS/RescueYourACS.html#P __ Roger

[LINK] Open Letter re ACS and ADMA: Invitation to Sign

2019-10-09 Thread Roger Clarke
(because we do not have access to a complete list of ACS members). Please also forward this email to lapsed members who have left ACS. Thanks! ... Roger Clarke, on behalf of the initial signatories _ -- Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au T: +61 2

Re: [LINK] [EFA-Privacy] And so it begins....

2019-10-07 Thread Roger Clarke
for principles. And so fascism takes hold. Please forward this to people who are active in AISA. -- Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au T: +61 2 6288 6916 http://www.xamax.com.au http://www.rogerclarke.com Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd 78 Sidaway St, Chapman ACT

Re: [LINK] How to Set Your Google Data to Self-Destruct

2019-10-03 Thread Roger Clarke
listinfo/link -- Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au T: +61 2 6288 6916 http://www.xamax.com.au http://www.rogerclarke.com Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd 78 Sidaway St, Chapman ACT 2611 AUSTRALIA Visiting Professor in the Faculty of LawUn

Re: [LINK] Card Cancellation as a Condition of Statement-Entry Enquiry

2019-10-01 Thread Roger Clarke
days, I'd have probably dropped the dispute - or even not disputed it in first place. ___ On 1/10/2019 7:15 pm, Roger Clarke wrote: Has anyone encountered this before?  On the odd occasions I've queried a statement-entry (as often resulting in dispute-and-refund as not), I've

[LINK] Card Cancellation as a Condition of Statement-Entry Enquiry

2019-10-01 Thread Roger Clarke
is "service provided by Telstra"). -- Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au T: +61 2 6288 6916 http://www.xamax.com.au http://www.rogerclarke.com Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd 78 Sidaway St, Chapman ACT 2611 AUSTRALIA Visiting Professor in t

Re: [LINK] Numbers limit how accurately digital computers model chaos

2019-09-24 Thread Roger Clarke
the media and the public will put up with the nonsense for a period of time, but public backlash will in due course wash away the hubris, and with it not just the badly-conceived and harmful models and artefacts, but also some that are of value to humankind -- Ro

[LINK] RFI: ACS - ADMA Announcement: Insights Sought

2019-09-20 Thread Roger Clarke
Sep 19 2019 https://www.itnews.com.au/news/australian-computer-society-buys-rivals-to-target-data-531176 -- Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au T: +61 2 6288 6916 http://www.xamax.com.au http://www.rogerclarke.com Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd 78 Sidaway St

[LINK] Bugs came from the biological world, and they're going back

2019-09-15 Thread Roger Clarke
small, expert groups doesn't make its way into the larger body of practitioners who have important contributions to make. ... -- Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au T: +61 2 6288 6916 http://www.xamax.com.au http://www.rogerclarke.com Xamax Consultancy Pt

Re: [LINK] "Observer consciousness collapses the quantum wave function"

2019-09-12 Thread Roger Clarke
fpsyg.2019.01891 ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link -- Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au T: +61 2 6288 6916 http://www.xamax.com.au http://www.rogerclarke.com Xamax Consultancy

Re: [LINK] "Group Assessment"

2019-09-03 Thread Roger Clarke
g live differences!' or 'isn't it good that there are differences', but it might as well mean 'differences live!'. -- Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au T: +61 2 6288 6916 http://www.xamax.com.au http://www.rogerclarke.com Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd 78 Sida

[LINK] Can NPP legally conduct secret pen tests on banks?

2019-09-02 Thread Roger Clarke
of criminalising pen testing? 2. NPP has a dispensation to ignore it? 3. consent is a sufficient defence against s.476? -- Roger Clarkemailto:roger.cla...@xamax.com.au T: +61 2 6288 6916 http://www.xamax.com.au http://www.rogerclarke.com Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd

Re: [LINK] Apple Asia's Time-Server is >2 minutes fast

2019-08-28 Thread Roger Clarke
On 29/08/2019 11:15 am, Roger Clarke wrote: By switching to the European server, I got proper time back. On 29/8/19 12:12 pm, Andy Farkas wrote: Why not go straight to the source: http://www.ntp.org/ I'd have to get under the bonnet, to disconnect the current options in the Sys Prefs

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