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Risk is a necessary consequence of dependency.

Or if you’re part of contemporary society then opting out is hardly an option.

It seems impossible to live our contemporary lives without having a dependence on the Internet. All aspects of how we now live have a digital element either directly or indirectly. What I mean is that services we rely upon rely upon the Internet, a kind of virtual network of reliance and dependence. Our daily lives, whether you like it or not, are dependent on the smooth operation of electricity, networks, computers, good clocks and industrial cyber-physical controls. Very few of us can truly opt ourselves out of those things, our dependence, especially our expectation of stable, reliable operation, brings us risk.

#cybersecurity #risk #reliance #dependence

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I love the smell of ‘epistemic clusterfucks’ in the morning.

garymarcus.substack.com/p/an-epis…

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‘A Doctor’s waiting room’ (1920) by L.S. Lowry. #art #dailylowry

'A Doctor's waiting room' (1920) by L.S. Lowry. #art #dailylowry
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#coffee time

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Going nowhere. #cycling

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Fresh chillies.

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Arid garden, Royal Botanical Gardens, Melbourne, Australia.

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Country road, Rutherglen, Victoria, Australia.

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Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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Vale Professor Ross Anderson, Security Engineering at Cambridge University and Edinburgh University.

I just heard the awful news that Professor Ross Anderson has died suddenly at home in Cambridge, UK.

He was a long time and tireless campaigner, an outstanding thinker and writer on a wide-spectrum of privacy and security matters.

I am shocked and saddened.

www.lightbluetouchpaper.org/2024/03/2…

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Vale Professor Fred Piper, Information Security Group, Royal Holloway University of London.

I’m truly saddened to hear about the passing of Professor Fred Piper. He was instrumental in founding the Information Security Group at Royal Holloway, University of London, in 1990. As an alumni I have very fond memories of Fred and all the faculty.

We should prize our great teachers and our great mentors and the legacy they leave our world — their students, their ideas, and their vision.

RIP, Fred … you laid the foundation for us to build on. Our world needs great leaders, teachers and mentors.

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‘Going to the Match’ (1953) by L.S. Lowry #art #dailylowry

'Going to the Match' (1953) by [L.S. Lowry]
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‘Fun Fairy at Daisy Nook’ (1953) by L.S. Lowry #art #dailylowry

'Fun Fairy at Daisy Nook' (1953) by [L.S. Lowry]
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Jaguar Mark 2 3.4 litre #dailphotography

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‘Flowers in a Window’ (1956) by L.S. Lowry #art #dailylowry

'Flowers in a Window' (1956) by [L.S. Lowry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._S._Lowry)
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‘Wilson’s Terrace’ (1953) by L.S. Lowry #art #dailylowry

'Wilson's Terrace' (1953) by [L.S. Lowry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._S._Lowry)
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‘On a promenade, Hartlepool’ (1970) by L.S. Lowry #art #dailylowry

'On a promenade, Hartlepool' (1970) by [L.S. Lowry]
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‘A football match’ (1960) by L.S. Lowry #art

'A football match' (1960) by [L.S. Lowry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._S._Lowry)
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I like to party! And when I say ‘party’ I mean #hamradio

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‘Man with red scarf’ (1963) by L.S. Lowry #art