That was my point. No level of encryption will protect you from stupidity, plants, rubber hose decryption etc. compromising the security of your choice of IT communications channel.

Yes. I’m on really bad internet so post quickly. Hence the errors.

Nice. A new term that will be filed next to ‘the beatings will continue until morale improves’ in the ‘acerbic wit’ category.

I know you didn’t say this. I’m just waiting to hear how they did it but also guess it was old school ‘hand over your phone’ stuff.

For me the old ‘if you want to see it in print don’t write it down’ remains the best advice.

Oh let me present: www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Eric Lipton says it’s only corruption if there’s a direct payment so having whole bot armies do your bidding doesn’t count and who are we smelly mortals to doubt him?

No, don’t hang up on me you foul fellow! After that call I dearly wish to order 650 bottles of the Chateau Rondin, yes the one that was recovered from the officers mess on HMS Prince of Wales as my old friend Jancis how is she by the way noted last week. The one with the long cork.

Hullo, is that the FT weekend desk?

Yeeeeessss?

Splendid! Put me through to your finest purveyor of 300 foot yachts with helicopter pads and be quick about it.

Still reeling from the hunting with eagles weekend trip to Mongolia article 15 years ago or so. I haven’t gone near that section since. PTSD is real.

Is this in How to Spend it?

@stephenkb.bsky.social please talk to your colleagues before more harm is done, they are in a very bad way.

Meanwhile, 4 NZ Bde tried to seize DAK rear elements at Gambur airfield, but Captain Briel was having none of this and in 2.5 hr-long ding dong convinced the Kiwis of the error of their ways.