F.U.

My Health Record opt-out deadline approaches https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/17-million-australians-to-be-automatically-enrolled-in-my-health-record-20181105-p50e34.html

ILLEGITIMATE and bankrupt https://www.sbs.com.au/news/mp-may-face-section-44-high-court-referral

The Capability https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/not-a-black-mirror-episode-the-government-is-creating-a-national-database-with-our-photo-ids/ar-BBPid0Y https://www.theage.com.au/national/nsw/surveillance-state-nsw-intensifies-citizen-tracking-20181019-p50atw.html

Four Horsemen of the Infocalypse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Horsemen_of_the_Infocalypse

https://protonmail.com/blog/privacy-vs-security/

While the Aus govt works to weaken valuable cryptography tools in the name of security theatre... https://abc.net.au/news/2018-11-01/defence-shipbuilder-austal-subject-of-a-cyber-security-breach/10458042

Stacks

FB still not a good suppository of knowledge (anyone got a spare 20c?) https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46065796

Facebook https://www.businessinsider.com.au/facebook-approved-political-ads-paid-for-by-cambridge-analytica-2018-10 https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/xw9n3q/we-posed-as-100-senators-to-run-ads-on-facebook-facebook-approved-all-of-them

Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2018/11/01/passcodes-are-protected-by-fifth-amendment-says-court/

Things

US Mid-Terms https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/9/21/17852260/beto-orourke-cruz-down-ballot-texas-senate

Sports

Cricket

Games (specifically excluding Chess)

We totally got trounced by South Korea on Saturday https://liquipedia.net/overwatch/Overwatch_World_Cup/2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M0_E14wMDY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey79EOE7Zk4

Drones https://abc.net.au/news/2018-11-05/australian-teenager-takes-out-world-drone-racing-championships/10464902