Jason Stamper's Blog: November 2007 Archives

HM Revenue & Customs: I trust you
November 21, 2007

HM Revenue & Customs are getting a lot of flak for putting the details of 25 million Brits on 2 CDs and losing them in the post. Don't worry, Revenue & Customs: I still trust you. I just put my Christmas presents wish-list on a CD and posted it off to you. My thinking is that you might circulate it for me: you're going to get that data out there to anyone who wants to see it, right? If I send it to you, even Santa Claus might eventually get to see it eventually, right?

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O2 lifts lid on iPhone, but giving an inch will not stop hackers taking a mile
November 05, 2007

With the iPhone about to go on sale in the UK, the big question is just how quickly the hackers will spoil the party and release a patch so the iPhone can be used on networks other than the official 02 network.

As in the US, 02 is giving Apple a chunk of the money it makes from subscriptions to its networks in order to help subsidise the iPhone. But as in the US, there are hackers out there who like nothing better than a challenge: in this case, to crack the restrictive codes in order to enable iPhones to work on any network.

Apple’s CEO Steve Job said at the iPhone’s launch: “It’s a cat and mouse game. People will break in, it’s our job to stop them.”

Perhaps in an attempt to at least reduce the damage, 02 has just announced that it is easing up on its policy regarding its claim of “unlimited use” of mobile data services.

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