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Update on kNET hosting

20/08/2009 – 23:15

Just wanted to say that it’s been a month or two and kNET are still going strong. Their server is always fast and so far has had no downtime (I use Montastic to check). In contrast, Weycrest had weekly periods of downtime and ignored support requests. I can’t recommend kNET enough. Usually it’s a case […]

By mojo | Also posted in Internet | Comments (3)

Weycrest really suck, kNET are really good

15/07/2009 – 21:40

For about a year now my site, including this blog, has been hosted with Weycrest. During that time, their service has really, really sucked. First, there is the down-time. For months my site would randomly go offline for a few hours and then come back. Messages to tech support via the ticketing system or direct […]

By mojo | Also posted in idiots | Comments (102)

Avoiding British surveillance with alternative DNS?

03/04/2009 – 11:02

In the UK ISPs are required to keep logs of the domain name of every site you visit (e.g. “bbc.co.uk” if you visit any page on the BBC web site). This might suggest that the logging is done by DNS servers. If that is the case, the simply changing to use alternative DNS server (e.g. […]

By mojo | Also posted in privacy, security | Comments (0)

Protecting yourself from UK surveillance

05/01/2009 – 21:11

Recent moves by the police to step up hacking people’s PCs (/. article, original Times Online article) and a recent forum thread got me thinking about ways to defend myself against the snooping that the UK seems to love so much. A quick overview of what we are up against. In the UK the following […]

By mojo | Also posted in law, privacy, security | Comments (0)

Virgin Media 50meg: utterly useless

23/10/2008 – 22:28

VM are going to launch their 50mbit service soon, after years of trials, but predictably it’s all just hype. The service itself is completely pointless. There is no-one whom this service will benefit. A TV show (350MB) takes about 3 minutes to download on the current 20 meg service. Say about 8-9 for HD. You […]

By mojo | Also posted in idiots | Comments (0)

Reaction to Virgin Media throttling: download more

11/08/2008 – 19:31

Virgin Media’s traffic shaping has recently got even worse, with throttling kicking in during the day as well as the evening if you download or upload too much. VM effectively reduced the capacity of the connection from 20Mb to around 16Mb, although in practice it’s much lower than even that since if you do get […]

By mojo | Also posted in idiots | Comments (0)

BT and Phorm secretly tracked 18,000 customers in 2006

01/04/2008 – 13:28

This article posted on The Register is quite alarming – apparently BT secretly trailed the Phorm tracking system in 2006 with 18,000 of it’s customers. Apart from the fact that the trial was probably illegal, it shows just how little BT care about their customers privacy. The second page of the article has an amazing […]

By mojo | Also posted in idiots, privacy, security | Comments (2)

Virgin to start threatening customers over file sharing

31/03/2008 – 19:14

According to the telegraph, Virgin Media will start sending warning letters to suspected file sharers, and will eventually disconnect them if they don’t stop. File sharers will be identified by the BPI. The mind boggling stupidity of this plan is hard to comprehend, but here is a short list of reasons why it will fail: […]

By mojo | Also posted in idiots, privacy | Comments (0)

Muslims attacking free speech again as movie site DOS'ed"

24/03/2008 – 17:23

From BBC News: “A website that a Dutch right-wing politician was planning to use to release a film expected to be fiercely critical of Islam has been suspended.” Seems that once again an “outcry” from Muslims has got a website taken down because it was offensive. Once again, free speech looses. The irony is, Geert […]

By mojo | Also posted in idiots, law | Comments (2)

Phorm: the smoking gun

11/03/2008 – 13:22

Re-posted with permission from http://www.badphorm.co.uk/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?632. Needs as much publicity as possible. Many thanks to The Other Steve at the regester message board http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/10/isps_phorm_comment_target_market/comments/ Hey I said they wer lying to us all the time. OK PHORM PR GET OUT OF THIS you have been spreading lies over the internet, yet your patent says otherwise. Posted […]

By mojo | Also posted in privacy, security, Uncategorized | Comments (0)
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