This is pretty near:
Detect breaches with Canary credit cards!
TL;DR;
Today we’re releasing a new Canarytoken type: actual credit cards!
1. Head over to canarytokens.org;
2. We give you a valid credit card (number, expiration, and CVC);
3. If anyone ever attempts to use that card you’ll be notified.
https://blog.thinkst.com/2023/01/swipe-right-on-our-new-credit-card-tokens.html
Mathematical Objects: Fingers with Ben Orlin (aka Math With Bad Drawing)
https://aperiodical.com/2022/07/mathematical-objects-fingers-with-ben-orlin/ #math
Graphullerene, a new allotrope of carbon, has been synthesised https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/graphullerene-exists #science
Brutal opening on ambulance response times in this week's More or Less, the quiet, nerdy statistics podcast. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0dwzvt0
Something new I learned today: Atkinson Hyperlegible Font is a font designed with low vision readers in mind.
Can be downloaded off of Google Fonts or directly from the Braille Institute: https://brailleinstitute.org/freefont
I made this photo frame to show EPIC satellite photos of Earth from space!
SSL certificates and trust https://pluralistic.net/2022/11/09/infosec-blackpill/#on-trusting-trust #tech
Thames Water finally opened up their sewage discharge monitoring data, which is good. Unfortunately what the data shows is not so good, but I'm glad it's finally public.
Axing the ONS infection survey would be a MASSIVE mistake.
Instead of cutting it we should be EXPANDING it - we have an opportunity for an incredible public health tool. Let's add Flu, RSV & other resp viruses and really understand their seasonality 1/2
https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/covid-infection-survey-tracks-cases-uk-shut-down-spring-2081271
If you missed it yesterday...I wrote a book.
https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/hacker-space-rogue-to-release-book-on-hacking-group-l0pht-heavy-industries-in-february
Restricting access to a localhost webserver to one local user https://www.enricozini.org/blog/2021/debian/run-a-webserver-for-a-specific-user-only/ #webdev #linux
Good news: local authorities can now (apply to) enforce traffic offences like driving in the bus lane, ignoring "no left/right turn" and "no entry" signs, and blocking box junctions. Previously, only the police could issue fines, but were often too busy to do so. It's a good solution, as local authorities want to solve traffic issues. https://www.southend.gov.uk/news/article/2764/cabinet-set-to-discuss-new-moving-traffic-enforcement-powers
UKpol, voter ID
This year, you won't be able to vote without certain photo ID in the UK. Most of the accepted forms are non-free, and are skewed towards the kinds of ID older people have. Keep your right to vote by getting a Voter Authority Certificate if you don't have other valid ID. Learn about it here: https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/i-am-a/voter/voter-id
England and Wales census data on sexuality and gender identity released today. I'm a big fan of the maps, naturally.
Wrote a short blog post about my esp32cam bots https://planb.nicecupoftea.org/2022/11/05/interactive-flowerbots-and-legobots-with-a-bit-of-machine-vision/
What if we renamed the Overground lines? https://diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2021/04/naming-overground.html #london
LWN looks at ActivityPub, the microblogging protocol used by Mastodon and many other software projects https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/916154/3f32d62e82333732/
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