I was recently reminded that data privacy is a two-way obligation. Not only must the data supplier (“user”) take steps to take care what data they share with whom the receiving business must take steps to collect personal data responsibly and legally then honour the trust they have been given to keep that data safe […]
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This article arises out of a Linkedin post by Alistair McLeod and a comment to that post by my former colleague David Morton. I started to post my own comment but ran up against Linkedin’s length limit before I’d even started! I could write a book on this subject and all its many ramifications so […]
Read MoreThe following article is an updated version of an article originally written by me in 2013, in part to bring some of the technology definitions, names and speeds etc up to date and in part to include some names and services applicable to France – where I now live. I recently (well, over 10 years […]
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This acticle is also posted on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/security-simple-explanation-george-perfect/?trackingId=1IdV0RNtSsiZ0BVP2a0wgQ%3D%3D This article arises out of a post made by David Morton relating a Guardian article that described a major Internet issue that wasn’t (for once) caused by an IT security breach but was nevertheless a good example of what happens when people who don’t understand the […]
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One AI conundrum comes above all others. How does a monetarist society build a technology that destroys the meaning of and very need for money?
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I believe an email I recently sent to a French business (an ex-pat publication that emailed me to announce a sudden 25% increase in its standard subscription rates) has application and advice applicable to many businesses in the current economic climate. When faced with business downturn, financial woes, lack of funding for growth or any […]
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A couple of strange WordPress problems fixed
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Moving a /home directory in Linux. The /home directory on a Linux machine performs the same function as the Users directory under Windows A standard Linux installation restricts a /home directory to a fixed size – which can fill and slow or even prevent Access to the machin. Linux (as ever) provides several ways to move, relocate or resize the /home directory. Here, I am going to describe one of the simplest that will also introduce some techniques that will prove useful in many other areas – as well. I hope, help clear the fog of confusion that greets anybody arriving fresh to a new (to them) operating system.
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How to install a dual-boot Linux/Windows machine – and why not to
Read MoreWhy have governments chosen to trash the global economy in order to “escape” a trivial disease?
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