Matt Steadman
@mattsteadman.com
Technology and Media professional. Co-host of the food show on the mighty 3RRR-FM. Audio nerd. Bon vivant. Based in Melbourne / Naarm.
Oh OK so was it pager broadcasts he’d accessed on a scanner? Even then, you wouldn’t routinely send heaps of private medical data via pager I wouldn’t have thought?
October 17, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Oh OK so was it pager broadcasts he’d accessed on a scanner? Even then, you wouldn’t routinely send heaps of private medical data via pager I wouldn’t have thought?
I’m more wondering why that data was being sent on a frequency in the first place… a data link? (They are normally secure out of the box)
Just curious to know what exactly he’d picked up with the scanner, at what frequency and how was it modulated… like, what WAS it
Just curious to know what exactly he’d picked up with the scanner, at what frequency and how was it modulated… like, what WAS it
October 17, 2025 at 7:10 AM
I’m more wondering why that data was being sent on a frequency in the first place… a data link? (They are normally secure out of the box)
Just curious to know what exactly he’d picked up with the scanner, at what frequency and how was it modulated… like, what WAS it
Just curious to know what exactly he’d picked up with the scanner, at what frequency and how was it modulated… like, what WAS it
The tech details aren’t really the point of the article but… how on earth do you use a radio scanner to receive patient data? Who was transmitting them and why?
Maybe he was physically in the middle of a private radio data link or something?
Maybe he was physically in the middle of a private radio data link or something?
October 17, 2025 at 5:12 AM
The tech details aren’t really the point of the article but… how on earth do you use a radio scanner to receive patient data? Who was transmitting them and why?
Maybe he was physically in the middle of a private radio data link or something?
Maybe he was physically in the middle of a private radio data link or something?
It also now has the same name as their hardware product. I own an Apple TV but I don’t subscribe to Apple TV. Genius.
October 14, 2025 at 5:08 AM
It also now has the same name as their hardware product. I own an Apple TV but I don’t subscribe to Apple TV. Genius.
Jon Stewart hosts The Daily Show, not JKL… that is hosted by Jimmy Kimmel with no other regular hosts
September 22, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Jon Stewart hosts The Daily Show, not JKL… that is hosted by Jimmy Kimmel with no other regular hosts
At the mighty South Melbourne Market, too 👍
September 12, 2025 at 8:01 AM
At the mighty South Melbourne Market, too 👍
Spending the proceeds of the mining boom on tax breaks for boomers and homeowners. We missed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to build a large scale sovereign wealth fund that would have set Australia up for generations.
Oh, and he put a flagpole in schools for some reason
Oh, and he put a flagpole in schools for some reason
September 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Spending the proceeds of the mining boom on tax breaks for boomers and homeowners. We missed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to build a large scale sovereign wealth fund that would have set Australia up for generations.
Oh, and he put a flagpole in schools for some reason
Oh, and he put a flagpole in schools for some reason
In the last few weeks I’ve tried my first ever velveting beef for stir fry and first ever brining chicken for a schnitzel… rather impressed with both results TBH
September 5, 2025 at 1:49 AM
In the last few weeks I’ve tried my first ever velveting beef for stir fry and first ever brining chicken for a schnitzel… rather impressed with both results TBH
I’m not a massive U2 fan but their version of Gloria at that gig is a deadset classic
August 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
I’m not a massive U2 fan but their version of Gloria at that gig is a deadset classic
I would totally not support a no confidence motion in you 👊
August 19, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I would totally not support a no confidence motion in you 👊
Hah you inspired me - I had a test sitting in the cupboard for a few weeks and your reminder meant I got it done ✅
August 14, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Hah you inspired me - I had a test sitting in the cupboard for a few weeks and your reminder meant I got it done ✅
Totally… and the lack of support for venues, a few good ones have closed here in Melbs as they can’t afford the huge increases in insurance (when was the last time a live music venue actually had an incident needing insurance? Never happens)
August 14, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Totally… and the lack of support for venues, a few good ones have closed here in Melbs as they can’t afford the huge increases in insurance (when was the last time a live music venue actually had an incident needing insurance? Never happens)
Meanwhile, just up the Melbourne dial a little bit
August 14, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Meanwhile, just up the Melbourne dial a little bit
It fills me with rage. No-one can say we didn’t know, or weren’t aware of the scale of the disaster. And yet we still do nothing.
Thanks to @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social for the cartoon.
Thanks to @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social for the cartoon.
August 2, 2025 at 1:56 AM
It fills me with rage. No-one can say we didn’t know, or weren’t aware of the scale of the disaster. And yet we still do nothing.
Thanks to @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social for the cartoon.
Thanks to @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social for the cartoon.
I would start with some straight lines
July 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I would start with some straight lines