Author Archives: Michael
Queer and Trans User Safety on OkCupid.
TL;DR: If you are a trans, non-binary, or otherwise at-risk user you deserve to be safe online. Delete your OkCupid account, and then ask Match Group to fully erase your account data. Scroll down to the bottom to see how … Continue reading
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When Safety Forgot about Scammers
For a while, I’ve been thinking about how the online dating moderation space shifted from focusing primarily on tackling masses of spam, much of which was scam-related, to prioritizing individual safety. In theory, that should’ve been a good thing – … Continue reading
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Practical Lessons in Humility
Back in 1987, a colleague and I were using the large computer systems of the University of Leicester to run rather a lot of number crunching. Leicester had a large, well connected and well managed VAX Cluster which was ideal … Continue reading
Thank you Jeanette
Just as an amused aside for a Saturday afternoon – Back in 1998 I was building what was then Cellnet’s Genie System, it is now O2 but you can’t blame me for any of that, Genie was actually very good … Continue reading
Learning from History
I first left the Commercial Security industry back in 1999 when I decided to create Recruitment.com. After I moved on from there, I ended up being interviewed for a directorship of a company making Intrusion Detection Systems. They asked me … Continue reading
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Tagged Castles, Commercial Security, History, Military, Rants, Security
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Who will buy, our wonderful snake-oil?
“I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.” — Edith Sitwell In my previous job; which was online-moderation, I did some technical-support for a while. I didn’t last long because their naivety and lack … Continue reading
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