Right. I have an early start and a busy day tomorrow, so that’s enough from me.
RT @TeenVogue: The Website That Sells “Trump†Merchandise Is Reportedly Only Paying Taxes in Three States https://t.co/JDq5TlIihE https://t…
Me at @zdnetaustralia today: “Cyber Dam Busters could give Australia’s military an asymmetric edgeâ€â€¦ https://t.co/TpJoTguJXJ
@NatGalleriesSco @duckbytheoboe That’s a beautiful painting, though. If I’m ever at your end of the planet I’ll definitely pop in.
Being trolled by the National Galleries of Scotland is a new one for me.
Goddammit. https://t.co/GBdKPfNghu
@jpwarren @NewtonMark Regional variation. Also, I see what you did there.
@NatGalleriesSco @duckbytheoboe And you’re not biased one bit… :P
@jpwarren @NewtonMark I always think that an uhlmann sounds like something you’d have to surgically removed from a… https://t.co/2xIo6kQdrf
@kheitman_au Not cyber enough.
@SnarkyPlatypus What a weird euphemism.
@SnarkyPlatypus Exactly. https://t.co/BJwDfRYgoZ
@SnarkyPlatypus But I do like Canberra.
@rwerkh Yeah I’m still not convinced.
@SnarkyPlatypus I haven’t had a drink in four days.
WHERE ARE ALL THE CYBER HEXAGONS THIS IS NOT WHAT IT’S MEANT TO LOOK LIKE. #2018acsc https://t.co/obYPhh7kj6
@haruki_zaemon @feraldata I’ll have to dig it out one day, thank you.
@duckbytheoboe @NatGalleriesSco Looks beautiful.
jwillchad “Hey Google, play ELO.”
“Playing ‘Yellow’ by Coldplay.”
“Nooooooooooooooooo!”
RT @NatGalleriesSco: Possibly the greatest aerial shot of any city in the world, ever.
Alfred G. Buckham’s matchless Aerial view of Edinb…
TechnicallyRon hey kid don’t ask any questions but you’re my lawyer now pic.twitter.com/nYLlM0Ab5X
Trump giving testimony in court is going to be hilarious. https://t.co/LynF43owEs
Attn: @dobes @ashabeeeee @rohan_p. https://t.co/qE2dxzROpb
@AndrewRJamieson There’s a lot of magpies in Canberra. They own this town.
@playswithf1re @zdnetaustralia There was any lot of that’s about.
@joannejacobs Yeah that bird does not seem impressed.
@rgmerk @zdnetaustralia @ASPI_ICPC So do I. I fear, however, that the faith in new technology will lead to hubris.
@darrenpauli Is “pies†the right word there?
I smell pies.
And that’s a wrap.
In the wrap, @ASPI_ICPC boss Fergus Hunter ponders the image of future FSB officers getting lessons in how the US electoral system works.
Rogers points out that the AEC has new legislation that broadens the definition of authorised political messaging,… https://t.co/SUpXroeTwD
@tomatospy Felker says “We don’t see the algorithmâ€, there’s no transparency on how those decisions are made [where… https://t.co/14m10Y9hV9
The reply from @tomatospy is that at least you know Facebook’s aim is to make money.
Canberra Times journo notes that in the Philippines, Facebook has a more hands-on approach to handling political ma… https://t.co/ULk9BQbryo
As @tomatospy points out, the foreign platforms (Facebook etc, and those in other nations), their algorithms are al… https://t.co/5JSEPyq9fP
Wow. A well-informed question about the concepts of foreign-owned media platforms, which Australians use but can’t… https://t.co/luqZjr6epD
Audience member, a journo, says that a good education system helps people spot fake news, and teaching kids critica… https://t.co/FBY3EuAcE1
Felker says Estonia is so digital [my phrase] that they can spot fake news pretty easily. In the US, though, there’… https://t.co/bB2Z6J9Lwc
Audience member warns that terms like “our democracy†can exclude the kind of radical thinking that historically he… https://t.co/tP0kZxt4iq
Opening up for questions!
Brodtmann says it isn’t so much deciding what counts as “meddling in the arena of ideas†but empowering the communi… https://t.co/ABVSR45H1c
Rogers is deflecting a question about this nicely, saying that it’s a live policy debate, this question of the limi… https://t.co/dFMApZSSI1
Felker says that while Zuckerberg is giving testimony this week, in a “free and open†society who decides what’s an… https://t.co/Mh5OVzePt1
Moving on to Facebook and the Russians…
This is a great discussion. @tomatospy is chairing, and he’s letting the folks chat and explore the issues.
Brodtmann name-checks Anne Lyons from the National Archives who reckons that our “national identity†including hist… https://t.co/NQS0mN9GIB
Brodtmann has long argued that we need to broaden our definition of what counts as critical infrastructure, on top… https://t.co/Po9rKt29Ja
Correct. My bad punctuation. https://t.co/KQVFj3OCRI
Rogers: “I’m the CEO of an analog agency serving citizens who have digital expectations.†The polls close at 6.00pm… https://t.co/lJ381rIAJ8
Gai Brodtmann, Member for Canberra, says that paper-and-pencil manual system in Australia lulls us into a false sen… https://t.co/aZy4f59E60
RT @dobes: A NEW CHALLENGER APPEARS!!
@stilgherrian @ashabeeeee @rohan_p https://t.co/nh9oIxcnog
Felker reminds us that an “election system†covers a lot of things. There was no effect of the RU activity on the c… https://t.co/npDLbOe2al
That said, Australian Election Commissioner says that of the, say, 20 levers of securing the election, AEC has its hands on maybe two.
John Felker is director of the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center at the US Department of… https://t.co/pkOp3v8a48
@ASPI_ICPC I’ve arrived a@ASPI_ICPCPC and it is packedpic.twitter.com/Mst21Lk16P6P
Being welcomed to Canberra. pic.twitter.com/zrZeThPnzq
In the latest Trudeau Threesome news… https://t.co/iAyEX6yNY6
RT @jxeeno: we have breaking news that things may or may not have happened. who knows tbh https://t.co/UXtj2h7gHv
RT @corinnzo: Couple is sitting next to each other on the subway and the woman is talking the man’s ear off about her roommate when the man…
Me at @zdnetaustralia last week: “1.1.1.1: Cloudflare’s new DNS attracting ‘gigabits per second’ of rubbish†https://t.co/dBaX2vt8T5
In 30 minutes I’ll be at the @ASPI_ICPC panel “Stopping a Cyber Threat on Our Election: US and Australian Experienc… https://t.co/iwZ2CS866N
@ashabeeeee [Bows]
I, too, am not developing killer robots. https://t.co/GekDF6utiy
@CooperTubmaker Hisssssss!!!
RT @SpyTalker: “That [unnamed] employee moved boxes of files from one storage unit to a second, larger storage unit in Alexandria. On May 2…
No you go, @CARROT_app. pic.twitter.com/IsvAQ5XVNw
WILL PEOPLE STOP CANBERRASPLAINING AT ME I AM HERE SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR AND I NEED NEITHER YOUR SPLAINING NOR YOUR BAD TAKES.
@dobes @zdnetaustralia @ASPI_ICPC I dunno. That was at the @AISA_National conference, and @HivintAU were the culpri… https://t.co/1vbBg9mUE1
@dobes @zdnetaustralia @ASPI_ICPC I didn’t bring a hoodie with me. Sulks.
@RichardTuffin @canberratimes Yeah, you could argue that there’s insufficient differentiation on that one. Looks li… https://t.co/9clskQca9j
@zdnetaustralia @ASPI_ICPC Cyberrrrrrr! pic.twitter.com/TVLO5TaGwG
Me at @zdnetaustralia today: “Cyber Dam Busters could give Australia’s military an asymmetric edgeâ€â€¦ https://t.co/RYxSITXH3l
Attention! Attention! These things can catch fire! https://t.co/sm0GMIS47V
I quite like Canberra. It is a lovely city and you people are most unkind.
@voltagex I’ve got time on Saturday to hit the second-hand furniture stores.
@sallywhyte Thanks, Sally. I’m here until Saturday, and I do like this city.
Canberra. That is where I am.
ENTERING FYSHWICK.
@voltagex Does the train stop there?
@oberonsghost I think they’re lovely.
Queanbeyan.
Just imagine if you’d put Michaelia Cash in charge of something important, or even just complicated. Wouldn’t you f… https://t.co/zUh3KYZfiP
@MatthewBevan @bengrubb I, too, do not work unless you give me biscuits. Mike must have a lot of biscuits by now.
@allrite Sorry, you’ll have to speak up.
@MatthewBevan @bengrubb Have you thought about taking control of your biscuits? Apparently there is secret data hidden in your biscuits.
@MatthewBevan @bengrubb Please, Matthew, tell us more.
@erkpod I quite like turboprops. A better view from the lower altitude.
RT @TotallyAllen: SOMEONE: How are you?
MY INTERNAL MONOLOGUE: keep it light keep it light keep it light keep it light keep it light keep…
Big Fans. pic.twitter.com/xBivnE9BC4
This is all class… https://t.co/uOyxuQSxjl
RT @SalingerPrivacy: I am tempted to get this most recent quote from Zuckerberg cross-stitched on to a pillow, onto which I can rest my wea…
@erkpod Oh it’s an adequate train, but for biggest city to national capital it’s a bit lame. And the coffee is disagusting.
@Taco_Lad Thank you.
It might be this one, but I’ll check their T&Cs before playing. https://t.co/jh4dlUFeyR
This one does part of the job, but tops out at 7800 followers it seems. https://t.co/wi3OlewcCT
Pulling out of Goulburn, eight minutes behind schedule.
@erkpod Exactly. :)
OH: “Apparently they don’t get many crustaceans in Melbourne.â€
Dear Internet Because I’m Too Lazy, what’s the name of that site that takes two Twitter profiles and tells you how… https://t.co/yYBmXRJhAR
This is a very sensible question. I think this is being announced tomorrow, but I’m double checking now with the ma… https://t.co/x1EuRP9T9V
Part of the project is to map out some of the data trading ecosystem, in Australia mostly. Who’s selling what sort… https://t.co/VzkPBfNd0i
That SEKRIT project? We’re looking at businesses that misuse Australians’ personal data, or trade it in a dodgy way… https://t.co/eGksa095H7
@horheii It’s even more sad that I can’t drink alcohol today, because the wine, cheese, and crackers is the best way to do train.
@horheii Cool. Iâ€m in amongst the dozing and complaining boomers. ;)
@horheii Hah! I’m up the front in A4, pretending to work.
“Fake Black Lives Matter Facebook page run by Australian union official — reportâ€@GuardianAusiinkl.com/a/MGWmroCyLEPo5V8LH
@purserj @drspacejunk Thank you. People do seem pleased with this one.
@CERTNZ @ACSCConference @AustCyber This conference is going downhill rapidly.
@staticsan This is the third time for me in a little over a year. I can usually get a bunch of stuff done en route,… https://t.co/Gu2jxyh4nq
Turns out there’s no power outlet near my seat as I’d planned. Cars different. First class is packed with old peopl… https://t.co/4zyW9S5WpG
RT @winewankers: Words of wisdom. #wine https://t.co/2IW5KgwWaF
RT @jonoabroad: Early boy bands were weird https://t.co/UD77KQbVS5
RT @matthewstoller: In response to the scandal, Zuckerberg is going to hand over regulatory power on the use of data for academic research…
RT @stealthygeek: Breaking News on…
CNN: Cohen raided by FBI
NBC: Cohen raided by FBI
CBS: Cohen raided by FBI
ABC: Cohen raided by FBI
F…
cathywilcox1 Mark Zuckerberg apologises if the platform he designed to hoover up your data may have hoovered up your data.
@jonoabroad Yep, though of course Australia started building the XPT just as Britain stopped. Also, the passenger c… https://t.co/fjB4IcDq5O
@voltagex That’s the one.
The train, which I think I’ve been tagging a#blueandsilvertrainin, it departs Sydney Central station for Canberra.
@AbstractCode There’s still plenty of time to hit another roo or two along the way.
@jonoabroad It’s an XPT in local lingo, but the design is based on the British Rail class 125, yes.
Today Xplorer car 2502 does not have a dead kangaroo wedged into the front of it, which is a bonus. pic.twitter.com/74wlZXNKJd
A comparison. On the left (in the distance), my train to Canberra. On the right, the train to “Graftonâ€, which is n… https://t.co/1wf8NbGQEX
Approaching Sydney Central station, but not by train. pic.twitter.com/ojmYvMlg3g
davidmackau i am speechless… i am without speech pic.twitter.com/JzCG3PZx1t
RT @overingtonc: Which of @TurnbullMalcolm’s advisors allowed him, today of all days, to be photographed up the creek without, it seems, a…
RT @TeenVogue: Justin Bieber went for a hike wearing only one shoe and I’m confused https://t.co/VVzIHlNNfB https://t.co/o9uU7o13aa
RT @Gabrielle_Korn: I dated a girl in college whose mom tried to talk her out of being gay by telling her she’d have to go through life w/o…
“An easy-breezy attitude to sharing personal data is the only thing keeping the app economy alive: It’s not just Fa… https://t.co/CJ5tEQ6lGT
RT @NuclearAnthro: Dammit, now all I want to do is lick the spacecraft. https://t.co/giABvFUWIn
Choice choice of photo. https://t.co/7VBBaZ8xPv
GretchenAMcC It’s gotta be a hardship when your last name is already Murphy and you feel compelled to invent a law pic.twitter.com/IA1RLBp4PV
@zdnetaustralia @ASPI_ICPC “Cyber strength needs better recruitment, lower classifications: ASPI†by @dougdingwall… https://t.co/PfXxGqrF1f
@duckbytheoboe @NewtonMark There’s some huge retired persons’ conference on at the moment.
RT @duckbytheoboe: @NewtonMark Some of them have fairfax columns.
RT @NewtonMark: Old ladies unaware of their surroundings gathering in slow moving clots in pedestrian thoroughfares.
RT @theharryshearer: Yes, Stormy’s lawyer just called Michael Cohen a “purse puppy.†#cnn #wwe
Attn: @ashabeeeee. https://t.co/itZrjw8DKl
RT @daweiner: “But his career took a downturn in 2000, when he was convicted of ‘attempted malicious wounding’ for cutting the brakes on hi…
@Westpac No worries, James. And yes, an impressive hit.
“China’s ‘Belt and Road’ Gains Momentum From Kunming to Mombas@businessbinkl.com/a/AGpwbgCzbAJZ4kvV6vL
Gosh so many of you have strong soup feels.
Someone’s on the drip.
“China eyes Vanuatu military base in plan with global ramificationsâ€@theageeinkl.com/a/nQBoybFmXoBAq2E
Sumo Salad, Railway Square, Sydney. https://t.co/GRr77eHLTw
Cauldron of Pure Evil. Why would you even do this? pic.twitter.com/RrObWz8jtr
RT @mikeangiulo: Everyone at home kept watching Netflix using my profile. Messed up all my lists and history… so I renamed “Dad†to “Inst…
bessbell Note for note, Donald Trump is acting how I acted when my mom asked me if I smoked weed right before Thanksgiving dinner.
@twiddlekins @Westpac That it does.
@Anthony_Caruana Nah, en route to Canberra shortly for @ACSCConference.
@ericscheid @dobes @ashabeeeee @rohan_p Good point.
Me at @zdnetaustralia: “Cyber Dam Busters could give Australia’s military an asymmetric edgeâ€â€¦ https://t.co/qW3ZXu4jZP
Hey @Westpac, I think someone was upset with your ATM in Railway Square, Sydney. pic.twitter.com/n5MHl03a5u
SydneyTom_ devastated to find out newscorp’s “Internet Action Force” internet webpage is no more. Just redirects to NY post
iaf.tv
@dawnstarau Everything tastes like cyber. #cyberchicken
@dawnstarau I don’t really like popcorn. It’s like crumpled cardboard with butter.
Tue plan: Write for @zdnetaustralia (done); haircut (soon); 1201 CLK633 train Sydney—Canberra; SEKRIT research and… https://t.co/dKDKMeXod8
RT @normative: MAGA indeed. It just turns out it stands for “My Attorney’s Getting Arrested†https://t.co/vH9spbCvCx
@dawnstarau I’m going to be fairly well behaved, I think.
@dobes @rohan_p It’s not cyber, but..pic.twitter.com/OCTz5Ey21q1q
@JohnBirmingham @ASPI_ICPC @zdnetaustralia Anyway, look, in The Code series two we did cut off all the electricity… https://t.co/QClYR0TJ6H
@JohnBirmingham @ASPI_ICPC @zdnetaustralia I’ve already filed. It does include the phrase “the entire collapse of c… https://t.co/y0973xntDI
torriangray Amazon really knows how to bundle their products. pic.twitter.com/ta39lnFjuL
@JohnBirmingham @ASPI_ICPC @zdnetaustralia You’re cruel. It’s more about policy rather than capability, but it does… https://t.co/Iia8NyBvNt
@ASPI_ICPC @zdnetaustralia Last night I mentioned this paper to a friend. “Australia’s offensive cyber capability?â€â€¦ https://t.co/rCwl08omEk
@rohan_p @dobes @ashabeeeee I guess I’ll have to use it now. Maybe I will have to go to the blockchain conference after all.
@dobes @ashabeeeee @rohan_p Thank you. I have my moments.
@dobes @ashabeeeee @rohan_p “Blockchains: The internet’s tapeworms.â€
The frightening questions this raises are “How many of these ‘blockchain incubators’ does Australia have?†and “So… https://t.co/Ic8xjaz94W
RT @DavidCornDC: Trump would have to declare war on the entire Justice Dept. This Cohen raid had to be approved by a US atty, a sr. DOJ off…
“How to keep your ISP’s nose out of your browser history with encrypted DNS†https://t.co/ko6citv01m A detailed tec… https://t.co/aWRfTkStZj
Ethan_Booker FBI AGENT: what’s this file here labeled ‘Extremely Illegal Shit’
MICHAEL COHEN: please do not open that.
@jeamland @dobes Well I’ve tied it back to both something my interviewee said, and to a previous column, so I think he’ll be happy.
RT @darth: michael cohen https://t.co/PuJ420tRVA
@jeamland I’m waiting to see i@dobeses will let my innovative* new cyber through the editorial meat grinder.
@pingudownunder @CARROT_app I would assume so. Either that or it’s some sort of mind control.
RT @costareports: NEWS via @CarolLeonnig @thamburger: Trump attorney Cohen is being investigated for possible bank fraud, campaign finance…
Story filed for @zdnetaustralia. It contains cybers.
@breditor Hah! I hadn’t noticed that. I’ve been working off a PDF that I got under embargo, and mercifully it’s pew-pew free.
RT @kylegriffin1: .@KatyTurNBC just reported on MSNBC that the NBC News Investigative Unit went to the Regency Hotel where Michael Cohen ha…
RT @joshgnosis: A list from me, for a change. 30 things we should pay attention to that aren’t 30 newspolls. https://t.co/zFHVPkbNUA
On this is cute. https://t.co/YEyEtcA4Qo
New policy paper from @ASPI_ICPC: “Australia’s Offensive Cyber Capability†https://t.co/aI5T8P5kkS I’ll have a thin… https://t.co/ThTH5seX27
RT @BlogsofWar: “Who needs to sign off on this?”
“Everyone.”
“Like…?”
“Like Everyone.”
“Even the”
“E - V - E - R - Y - O - N - E” https:/…
RT @SunFoundation: @nytimes @FBI @realDonaldTrump @MichaelCohen212 @StormyDaniels @TheJusticeDept The @FBI obtaining a warrant to search an…
“FBI raids Trump lawyer’s office†https://t.co/oXk1EkdIjj
@PeteLawler @BSidesCbr Thanks, I’ll see how it goes. I’m covering @ACSCConference Wed—Thu so will have a ton of writing to do.
@PeteLawler If you mean CBR, yes. :) I’m there through to Saturday afternoon, though insanely busy.
Tue plan, draft: Write for @zdnetaustralia; haircut; bunches of work on the SEKRIT project; 1201 CLK633 train Sydne… https://t.co/oHUHv7Emii
theguydf Who wore it better? pic.twitter.com/nwcGQDT1OG
AthertonKD the future of war is million-dollar gray triangles hunting hundred-dollar quadcopters
abcnews After a downpour, this is where all the water goes ab.co/2ExwRnW pic.twitter.com/WRjhjsj7rq
“The Polish-born Jacobs, who was imprisoned in the Buchenwald concentration camp, said he wouldn’t call Trump a ‘f… https://t.co/9K37HAUAZs
Here is your reassuring Tuesday morning thought. https://t.co/JSX5XeGkBF
Tuesday. Wrap it in plastic first. Tuesday.