Tag Archives: mobiles
Phone Security == Computer Security
Dan gets paranoid and despairs about the ease with which mobile devices can be stolen, the wealth of personal information stored on them, and the under-use of readily-available encryption tools. Continue reading
Cardless Cashpoints
RBS Group banks now offer the ability to withdraw cash from ATMs without using a bank card, by making the withdrawal request from their mobile app. Dan gives it a go, and shares his thoughts on the process. Continue reading
One Hundred And Sixty
Dan reminisces about old mobile phones, text messages, and those 160-character limits we learned to work around. Twitter could learn from this… Continue reading
Searching For A Virgin
GMail’s Contacts search surprises Dan by returning an unexpected result. Also, Dan is a beautiful person: his mobile phone says so. Continue reading
What’s Wrong With My Phone
Dan finally puts his finger on what it is about his new phone that he doesn’t fully get on with, and goes on to complain about the state of smartphones and mobile devices these days, which are being “dumbed down” to the lowest common denominator. Continue reading
A New Sensation
Dan’s phone breaks, and even though the damage is minor and repairable, he gets a new one, simply because (a) he loves to get new geeky toys and (b) he thinks that the Universe talks to him through the medium of technical faults. Here’s his review of the HTC Sensation, his new phone. Continue reading
Mobile One-Time-Passwords in Ruby
A Ruby-based implementation of the Mobile One-Time-Password system, providing two-factor authentication for Rails applications, among other things. Continue reading
Orange Gives Me 80p For No Apparent Reason
[this post was lost during a server failure on Sunday 11th July 2004; it was recovered on 21st March 2012] Today, Orange sent me a text message apologising for charging me for two picture messages earlier this year, and have apparently credited me 80p as… Continue reading
Mobile Phone Dangers
I can understand the warnings that you should not drive while talking on your mobile phone, but this extract from a report by the BBC about phone usage in Japan really says it all: “People in Japan use their mobile phones to do much more… Continue reading
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