Author Archives: Michael
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
Posted in Groupthink, Ponderings, Safety
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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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