In this newsletter:

 - UK to create own digital currency. 
 - Private personal data auctions.  What next?
 - The demise of .tk TDL
 - A word on password managers, again!
 - Mobile Roaming: Ever wondered how quickly £11k is racked up?  Just 7 days.

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UK to create own digital currency.
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If the UK did create a central bank digital currency the likelihood of it being a successful must be less than ten to one chance; lets consider the main obstacles: limited choice from the usual useless corporations, nepotism and jobs for the boys. 

This means there will be limited, if not any, technical knowledge or understanding of the tech required.  Read more:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-67590468

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Private personal data auctions.  What next?
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Selling personalised private data is a risk they say, no mention of asking the ACTUAL OWNERS of that data!?
https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/16/online_ad_auction_data_risks/

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The demise of .tk TDL
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So many domains all used for malicious means:
https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/11/02/1082798/tiny-pacific-island-global-capital-cybercrime/

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A word on password managers, again!
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Last years hacked account details from LastPass are now being used to transfer £millions in crypto currency out to other crypto wallet.

This shows that the returns for hacking a password manager is very lucrative.  All password managers are now very high risk targets and it is only a matter of time before yours gets hacked.  Read more:
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2023/09/using-hacked-lastpass-keys-to-steal-cryptocurrency.html


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Mobile Roaming: Ever wondered how quickly £11k is racked up?  Just 7 days. ___________________________________________________________________________________________
The funniest part is: it was on holiday during the Christmas period; then has the audacity to suggest is was all for work. 

This should be must be instant dismissal, simple.  Unless he pays for the whole bill.

Read the story and lies from yet another minister here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-67363645

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