Mark Beech @mark@beech.org.uk
Human being, perpetual student, ale drinker, mid-pack runner, and sometime politician.
Staffordshire University have apparently lost all of my personal data. I asked them how, and was told I needed to do a Freedom Of Information Act request to ask about their data breaches!
I've just drafted a privacy policy that equates my handwriting to industry standard encryption; I trust it will be edited by someone who knows what they are doing before it is published.
another good one I've heard:
He's making a list
He's checking it twice
He's gonna find out who's naughty or nice
Santa Claus is in contravention of article 5 of the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679
At least one company has claimed that under the GDPR they don't need my consent to send me spam as they have a 'legitimate business interest' in sending me spam.
Hundreds of companies who I may have once had dealings with, and have long since forgotten about, have spent the last month spamming me to ask for permission to send me spam in compliance with the #gdpr
Today I earned my first medal of the year, with a 23'27 5K; that was after running Highbury Fields #parkrun this morning in about the same (gun) time of 23'44.
Few things get my goat as effectively as professional goat thieves.
I've just ordered my 100 and V25 #parkrun t-shirts. It has been a long wait, I earned them several months ago, but hopefully I'll get to wear them soon.
At times I wonder what exactly HTML-enabled e-mail has improved:
* phishing, definitely,
* illegible e-mail because fonts & stuff never look the same at the other end,
* bandwidth wastage,
* forcing people to "load remote content".
Once I was in an argument where HTML e-mail was meant to help those visually impaired but surely a text reader has a much better chance of getting it right with plain text?
I've not been on here for a while, did I miss anything important?
My training this year has been practically none existent, I need to get back into a running schedule.
I''m almost recovered from the Knighton 20, I was under prepared and gave everything I had to set a 5 minute PB to bring me under 3 three hours.
Photo by Bryan Dale http://racephotos.org.uk/ https://beech.org.uk/media/r930s-XgnHT-eCr_roM
I have just got home from Clifton #parkrun, it has been a long and expensive day, I set out at 5am, but I'm pleased to have found a run that was on and that could be reached by public transport from Walsall.
The atmosphere there was amazing and I don't think I have ever heard such a loud ovation for the volunteers.
Back in 2003/4 #bluejacking was a popular pastime; some of my classmates also took part in the much less popular #redjacking - that is passing notes in class over phone and laptop IrDA connections.
I was unable to read #KaiOS' Privacy policy or Terms of Service as the links on their site only lead to blurry JPEGs on Dropbox.
From their FAQ: Can I access the source code?
"KaiOS is based on the Firefox OS open-source project and we are committed to abide by the rules of the applicable open source licenses. Therefore, we’ll make the source code available to the extent required by the applicable open source licenses."
(https://www.kaiostech.com/faq/#question-13)
Which they seem to interpret as keeping the code hidden from anyone not in a partnership with them.
From their FAQ: Can I develop apps for KaiOS?
"KaiOS is a curated platform for apps and we are working closely with app developers to provide the best experience for our users."
(https://www.kaiostech.com/faq/#question-12)
Which to me seems a lot of words to just say no YOU can't.
I've been reading about the new #Nokia 8110, I was intrigued by the claim that it was related to #FirefoxOS.
Many years ago I used a ZTE Open, the Firefox phone, and had written a few apps so I was keen to see if it was worth reviving them.
The more I read about #KaiOS the less impressed I become.
