Privacy activists warn digital ID won’t stop small boats – but will enable mass surveillance Big Brother Watch says a so-called BritCard could turn daily life into one long identity check – and warn that Whitehall can’t be trusted to run A national digital ID could hand the government the tools for population-wide surveillance – and if history is anything to go by, minist… #theregister #IT

Privacy activists warn of UK digital ID surveillance threat

: Big Brother Watch says a so-called BritCard could turn daily life into one long identity check – and warn that Whitehall can’t be trusted to run

Hack to school: Parents told to keep their little script kiddies in line UK data watchdog says students behind most education cyberattacks The UK's data protection watchdog says more than half of cyberattacks in schools are caused by students, and that parents should act early to prevent their offspring from falling into the wrong crowds.… #theregister #IT

Teen students responsible for majority of school hacks

: UK data watchdog says students behind most education cyberattacks

Terminators: AI-driven robot war machines on the march Sciece fiction? Battle bots already used in Ukraine Opinion  I've read military science fiction since I was a kid. Besides the likes of Robert A. Heinlein's Starship Troopers, Joe Haldeman's The Forever War, and David Drake's Hammer's Slammers books, where people held the lead roles, I read novels such as Keith Laumer's … #theregister #IT

Terminators: AI-driven robot war machines on the march

Opinion: Science fiction? Battle bots already used in Ukraine

Huntress's 'hilarious' attacker surveillance splits infosec community Ethical concerns raised after crook offered themselves up on silver platter Security outfit Huntress has been forced onto the defensive after its latest research – described by senior staff as "hilarious" – split opinion across the cybersecurity community.… #theregister #IT

Huntress

: Ethical concerns raised after crook offered themselves up on silver platter

‘IT manager’ needed tech support because they had never heard of a command line Traceroute was also a mystery to this mountebank On Call  The very premise on which The Register is built is that our readers know quite a lot about information technology, and that stories featured each Friday in On Call – our weekly tales of your support experiences – therefore reflect your working lives.… #theregister #IT

'IT manager' had never heard of a command line • The Register

On Call: Traceroute was also a mystery to this mountebank

Albania’s prime minister wants to appoint an AI to his ministry Incorruptible e-government AnswerBot ‘Djella’, which reportedly runs in Azure, given job of running public procurement Albania’s prime minister has proposed appointing an artificial intelligence as a minister.… #theregister #IT

Albania’s PM wants to appoint an AI to his ministry

: Incorruptible e-government AnswerBot ‘Djella’, which reportedly runs in Azure, given job of running public procurement

Proxmox delivers datacenter manager beta that makes it a more viable VMware contender One console to manage multiple clusters is table stakes, but some users are betting on mixed environments Open source virtualization suite Proxmox has taken an important step towards becoming a stronger contender for those considering VMware alternatives by commencing beta testing for a datacenter manag… #theregister #IT

Proxmox delivers datacenter manager beta

: One console to manage multiple clusters is table stakes, but some users are betting on mixed environments

Outlook outage over North America, Microsoft scrambles to respond On the plus side we'll all be getting fewer unwanted emails Microsoft confirmed a major email service outage across North America that is stopping inboxes from filling up and may be hitting other apps when logging in.… #theregister #IT

Outlook out in North America, Microsoft scrambles for a fix

: On the plus side we'll all be getting fewer unwanted emails

Intel talent bleed continues as Xeon chip architect heads for the escape hatch Ronak Singhal will be moving onto better and brighter opportunities at the end of the month The chief architect behind Intel's Xeon line of server CPUs is leaving Chipzilla for greener pastures.… #theregister #IT

Intel loses chief architect behind its Xeon CPUs

: Ronak Singhal will be moving onto better and brighter opportunities at the end of the month

We're number 1! America now leads the world in surveillanceware investment Atlantic Council warns US investors are fueling a market that undermines national security After years of being dominated by outsiders, the computer surveillance software industry is booming in the United States as investors rush into the ethically dodgy but highly lucrative field.… #theregister #IT

America now leads the world in spyware funding

: Atlantic Council warns US investors are fueling a market that undermines national security