New blogpost: "A proposed legislative amendment to attempt to compel VPN services providers to prevent anyone under 18 in the UK from using their VPNs"
> This new clause would require the Secretary of State to take action to promote and protect childrenβs wellbeing, and to further support child protective measures in the Online Safety Act, by prohibiting the provision to children in the United Kingdom of VPN services which can facilitate evasion of OSA age-gating processes.
Here we go... buckle up!
# Flat owners [in England and Wales] to get new rights to faster, more reliable broadband under government plans
> The consultation is looking at proposed rights for flat-owning leaseholders to request a gigabit-capable broadband connection from their freeholder that cannot be unreasonably refused.
Note, leaseholders only, not tenants.
I am three weeks in to my "not reading the news" experiment.
So far, so good.
So *very* good.
I don't miss the news, I certainly don't feel that I am missing out, and I have time back in my day (as it turns out that loading the BBC news page was almost a reflex action).
I see the occasional story on here (but really, relatively letter) but, so far, I have not clicked through.
Happy Neil!
Self-hosting does not make your data safe.
If you don't put in place, review, *and test* backup and recovery plans,,and security measures appropriate to the risk, your data are not "safe".
Your data might be less affected by the whims of third parties, which can be valuable for sure, but don't confuse that with your data being "safe".
And I say this as someone who loves self-hosting.
Any "beginners' guide to self-hosting" which doesn't lead with, or at least focus on, security and resiliency, is getting it wrong, IMHO.
#SelfHosting
In all the many years I've run a mail server, I've not had a problem. I send mail, I receive mail. All good.
But it bothers me that this one particular service, of all the many services that I run, is the one most prone to failing because of a decision by one of two companies.
Today's #FreeSoftwareAdvent is Kimai, a time tracking tool, which I use to keep records of all the legal work that I do, as well as time spent on committees etc.
It has flexible reporting options - which I use for generating timesheets each month - and there is an integrated invoicing tool (which I do not use).
A great tool for #freelance work tracking.
Today's #FreeSoftwareAdvent is LibreOffice, the amazing free office suit (document editor, spreadsheet, presentation tool, etc).
I know that I've included this in previous #FreeSoftwareAdvent toots, but I use LibreOffice, particularly Writer, every day.
Better still, this one isn't just for Linux users, so if you are thinking about moving away from your Microsoft or Apple office suite, you can give LibreOffice a try, for free, alongside whatever you use currently, and give it a good go before you made a decision.
#LibreOffice
UK data protection fine for password manager LastPass:
> Password manager provider fined Β£1.2m by ICO for data breach affecting up to 1.6 million people in the UK
