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This is a humble request for banking executives (the C-Suite types), to try and use their own services as a normal client would have to use them.

Just give your support number a call and see what you have to deal with. I have just completed a security check, after two days of trying to reach the right department, only to be told I have failed the security questions. I have never heard of most the accounts, companies, credit cards, etc they asked me about, but I failed the test.

I guess some database was bought, probably on the cheap, with BS data and that is viewed as more reliable than me on phone, logged into both my online banking site, and mobile phone app, while on the phone with the banking consultant, answering their questions.

This is not a dig at any one bank. I have accounts with all the colours - take your pick.

Please don't tell me it's for my own protection. It's for YOUR protection.

If your security systems worked, then the much-touted increase in fraudulent transactions and activity would not be possible, and you would not have to keep tightening the screws.

Have a wonderful Friday.

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Imagine telling a stranger your most personal message so they can walk it across the room to your partner—then watching them copy it into a company database. That’s how most digital communication works today. We unpack why privacy is not secrecy, why “I have nothing to hide” is a trap, and how to build a tech life that works in your interest rather than mining it.

https://fountain.fm/episode/FflriuwjQQuKHFNx7Phg

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The year of the Linux Laptop
2 months in and my laptop still makes me smile every time it boots up. Super fast boot up, software that just works, did I mention most of it is free?



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Pro tip for politicians: If you want to demonstrate your effectiveness, there is simply no better way than to just cut the grass. It's the easiest, cheapest and least technically complicated of any of the municipal services we pay for. If you can't do this, how are you to be trusted or believed when you talk about anything else more difficult and complicated?



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The Bronx are a kick-ass rock band. Some of my favorite tracks are from this band. BUT, they have this alter ego called Mariachi El Bronx. Brilliant stuff. I'm a sucker for a bit of brass in a song, something from the early days of Red Hot Chillie Peppers - Flea puts some soul into the funk sound from their roots. Mariachi El Bronx have LOTS of brass, rythmn and melody. What more could you ask for?