David 🏴
@davidsheryn.bsky.social
InfoSec and aviation. Likes are bookmarks not endorsements.
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London, Buckinghamshire, Bristol, Wales.
No DMs, please use Signal: David.7323
London, Buckinghamshire, Bristol, Wales.
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Now would be a really good time for the UK to create a welcoming environment for international students
Just saying ...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Just saying ...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
New international student enrollment drops 17% at US universities
A survey of more than 800 US universities and colleges suggest visa delays and denials were among the top issues behind the decline.
www.bbc.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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‘Our client has broadcast all of the right words, but not necessarily in the right order.’
(Nicked from Facebook. Sorry not sorry)
(Nicked from Facebook. Sorry not sorry)
November 17, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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This…
A propos of nothing, long ago I got used to writing emails quite like letters because they could all be FOId due to my public roles - and I’m glad I retained the habit.
November 13, 2025 at 8:08 PM
This…
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I am not a lawyer, just a historian, but one fundamental problem with the political debate about the EU, especially in English publications is that the whole principle of the acquis communnitaire is not understood or taken seriously. The EU is a framework of rules, not an alliance.
November 6, 2025 at 7:45 AM
I am not a lawyer, just a historian, but one fundamental problem with the political debate about the EU, especially in English publications is that the whole principle of the acquis communnitaire is not understood or taken seriously. The EU is a framework of rules, not an alliance.
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www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n... people now realising that electric cars / busses are always on. I wonder when the 1st major electric car manufacturer gets hacked / has an issue and accidentally disables the whole fleet will be?
Danish authorities in rush to close security loophole in Chinese electric buses
Investigation launched after discovery that Chinese supplier had remote access to vehicles’ control systems
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:23 AM
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n... people now realising that electric cars / busses are always on. I wonder when the 1st major electric car manufacturer gets hacked / has an issue and accidentally disables the whole fleet will be?
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Early November 2021 down by the river. It felt as if winter had arrived.
November 6, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Early November 2021 down by the river. It felt as if winter had arrived.
@wazzock.bsky.social here for the “ beer, jazz, classical, prog, cricket” but above all, “Tom Lehrer and Flanders & Swann” 🙂
November 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
@wazzock.bsky.social here for the “ beer, jazz, classical, prog, cricket” but above all, “Tom Lehrer and Flanders & Swann” 🙂
Absolutely this.
Whatever else comes out once the attack on the ECML train last night, this alone is a credit to the train crew, driver, and signalling team.
Huntingdon was the first possible stop. In a highly stressful situation and improvising a plan the train lost just 3 minutes vs line speed to get there.
Huntingdon was the first possible stop. In a highly stressful situation and improvising a plan the train lost just 3 minutes vs line speed to get there.
November 2, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Absolutely this.
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Occasional reminder that Lemsip is a weird-tasting waste of money: drink hot water mixed with lemon and a spoonful of honey. Swallow two generic paracetamol tablets and, if you need decongestant, OTC pseudoephedrine hydrochloride (follow pack dosing). It’s cheaper overall and tastes much better.
October 29, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Occasional reminder that Lemsip is a weird-tasting waste of money: drink hot water mixed with lemon and a spoonful of honey. Swallow two generic paracetamol tablets and, if you need decongestant, OTC pseudoephedrine hydrochloride (follow pack dosing). It’s cheaper overall and tastes much better.
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📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
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When a chatbot gets something wrong, it’s not because it made an error. It’s because on that roll of the dice, it happened to string together a group of words that, when read by a human, represents something false. But it was working entirely as designed. It was supposed to make a sentence & it did.
June 19, 2025 at 11:28 AM
When a chatbot gets something wrong, it’s not because it made an error. It’s because on that roll of the dice, it happened to string together a group of words that, when read by a human, represents something false. But it was working entirely as designed. It was supposed to make a sentence & it did.
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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Airline strands ex-BBC editor, citing Parkinson's www.bbc.com/news/article... Don’t travel with Turkish Airlines- they discriminate against people with Parkinson’s
'My sin was having Parkinson's': Presenter left stranded
Mark Mardell was left feeling 'humiliated' after he was told he could not board a flight.
www.bbc.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Airline strands ex-BBC editor, citing Parkinson's www.bbc.com/news/article... Don’t travel with Turkish Airlines- they discriminate against people with Parkinson’s
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Remember this can also have some long-term consequences that are really serious. Certain diagnosis or medications can have implications on future employment as well as the ability to hold certain certifications and licenses. Getting your medical record corrected after this will be an nightmare
October 26, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Remember this can also have some long-term consequences that are really serious. Certain diagnosis or medications can have implications on future employment as well as the ability to hold certain certifications and licenses. Getting your medical record corrected after this will be an nightmare
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My friend Mark Mardell was chucked off his Turkish Airlines flight at the weekend because he had Parkinson’s and his son had asked for assistance for him. (He’s written about it as a public post on Facebook but the link is proving hard to share outside,)
My friend Mark Mardell was chucked off his Turkish Airlines flight at the weekend because he had Parkinson’s and his son had asked for assistance for him. (He’s written about it as a public post on Facebook but the link is proving hard to share outside,)
October 27, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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My friend Mark Mardell was chucked off his Turkish Airlines flight at the weekend because he had Parkinson’s and his son had asked for assistance for him. (He’s written about it as a public post on Facebook but the link is proving hard to share outside,)
My friend Mark Mardell was chucked off his Turkish Airlines flight at the weekend because he had Parkinson’s and his son had asked for assistance for him. (He’s written about it as a public post on Facebook but the link is proving hard to share outside,)
Ugh…
Did you know that you can passively download malicious payloads onto target systems?
Lots of software caches images locally to save bandwidth, often without stripping metadata first.
You can leverage this functionality to download payloads.
malwaretech.com/2025/10/exif...
Lots of software caches images locally to save bandwidth, often without stripping metadata first.
You can leverage this functionality to download payloads.
malwaretech.com/2025/10/exif...
Look At This Photograph - Passively Downloading Malware Payloads Via Image Caching
Detailing an improved Cache Smuggling technique to turn 3rd party software into passive malware downloader.
malwaretech.com
October 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Ugh…
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NEW
The gaming of the American constitution
How a codified “written” constitution is being manipulated by those acting in bad faith
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
The gaming of the American constitution
How a codified “written” constitution is being manipulated by those acting in bad faith
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
October 24, 2025 at 10:47 AM
NEW
The gaming of the American constitution
How a codified “written” constitution is being manipulated by those acting in bad faith
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
The gaming of the American constitution
How a codified “written” constitution is being manipulated by those acting in bad faith
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
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Coda on app-locking: you can lock any app on iOS (support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/...); it's app-specific on Android, annoyingly. Consider moving sensitive apps you can't lock on Android (eg Gmail, which prob contains your entire life) to the Android Private Space support.google.com/android/answ...
Lock or hide an app on iPhone
Lock or hide or an app on iPhone so that others can’t see it or view the information in it.
support.apple.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Coda on app-locking: you can lock any app on iOS (support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/...); it's app-specific on Android, annoyingly. Consider moving sensitive apps you can't lock on Android (eg Gmail, which prob contains your entire life) to the Android Private Space support.google.com/android/answ...
@rosieniven.bsky.social hi Rosie, welcome and thanks for the follow 🙂
October 15, 2025 at 6:20 PM
@rosieniven.bsky.social hi Rosie, welcome and thanks for the follow 🙂
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youtu.be/_VTeRiMisfc?... I hadn’t heard of Geobeats but when they told me they wanted to tell the story of #sophiefromromania I gave them an interview and a whole pile of video - I hope you will agree they have done a lovely job
Terrified rescue dog hid behind sofa for 6 months
YouTube video by GeoBeats Animals
youtu.be
October 15, 2025 at 12:36 PM
youtu.be/_VTeRiMisfc?... I hadn’t heard of Geobeats but when they told me they wanted to tell the story of #sophiefromromania I gave them an interview and a whole pile of video - I hope you will agree they have done a lovely job
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I was a panellist at a techUK digital ID event yesterday, in a room of UK providers of identity solutions, and the vibe from them was that digital ID needs to be driven by convenience and consumer choice - needs to be easy to use by people who want to use it, when they want it.
October 14, 2025 at 5:34 AM
I was a panellist at a techUK digital ID event yesterday, in a room of UK providers of identity solutions, and the vibe from them was that digital ID needs to be driven by convenience and consumer choice - needs to be easy to use by people who want to use it, when they want it.
@katstark.bsky.social welcome! Thanks for the follow 🙂
October 12, 2025 at 9:03 PM
@katstark.bsky.social welcome! Thanks for the follow 🙂
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It has been said: start an email with normal human pleasantries and only later get to your request for work.
But I say unto you: no, get your request into the first line so I can see it in the preview without having to click anything.
But I say unto you: no, get your request into the first line so I can see it in the preview without having to click anything.
October 10, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.
Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
1/11
The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.
Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
1/11
UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation
Seven in ten Britons say it is important for top scientific institutions to be independent in exclusive new polling.
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.
Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
1/11
The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.
Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
1/11
Another service provider is changing its Terms and Conditions to “bring us inline with other industry operators”. Isn’t that the opposite of what a free market should be doing? The opportunity to differentiate themselves by their offering? Race to the bottom?
[ @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social ]
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October 8, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Another service provider is changing its Terms and Conditions to “bring us inline with other industry operators”. Isn’t that the opposite of what a free market should be doing? The opportunity to differentiate themselves by their offering? Race to the bottom?
[ @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social ]
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