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Getting Data out of Deezer

2021-08-12 — Posted inMusic, Technology — 6 min read

I wanted to export my data from deezer, as is my right. The experience was lengthy and unsatisfying.

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Adventures in Windows Firewall Whitelisting

2020-12-282020-12-20 — Posted inPrivacy, Software — 6 min read

Why I’m banning all unknown connections out of my PC, and some of the tools that help: the Windows Firewall Notifier and Windows Firewall Control.

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The Credential Stuffing Threat is Real

2020-11-092020-11-08 — Posted inTechnology — 9 min read

After recently reviewing my privacy settings for Microsoft, I noticed something that was both alarming and reassuring.

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“Smart” Labelling & Legislation

2020-03-182020-03-27 — Posted inPolitics, Technology — 9 min read

I think the time has come for adapting legislation and applying consumer warning labelling to smart technology. I have a go at explaining how I’d do this

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The EuroS&P Experience

2019-07-012020-03-27 — Posted inPersonal, PhD Diary, Science, Travel — 16 min read

I recently attended the EuroS&P conference, and the co-located EuroUSec workshop. This year both were held in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Internet Censorship and Age Verification

2019-05-132020-03-27 — Posted inPolitics, Privacy, Technology — 10 min read

The UK government will enact a law that requires online providers of pornography to vet the age of their users. As I see it, this poses some very real problems.

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Data Policy Compliance

2019-03-182020-03-27 — Posted inPersonal, PhD Diary, Privacy, Science — 5 min read

Recently, Google took an extension down from the chrome web store that I had previously been using as part of a research project. Here are my thoughts on the matter.

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Captcha Paranoia

2018-05-292020-03-27 — Posted inBrowser, Privacy, Software, Technology — 6 min read

In the wake of Data Collection getting some discussion in the media, and greater scrutiny by governmental bodies, I felt that there was perhaps too much focus on Facebook, and that something that Google has been doing has just skirted past everyone’s minds.

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Optimising some Wi-Fi settings for Android Oreo

2017-12-072020-03-27 — Posted inSoftware, Technology — 4 min read

You may have different opinions on what exactly is the best phone charging strategy. I’m not a super heavy user of my phone, and I like to see just how long I can get my battery to last on a single charge. But in doing some experimenting, I found some things I consider a little odd in the latest version of Android (8.0.0).

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