Tom RitchfordThanks for the kind words: it's difficult to find good things in someone disagreeing with you, it…I should have been more polite: I reacted badly to this passage: "Your absolute certainly reminds me of my family's absolute certainty that…Sep 1Sep 1
Tom RitchfordOne can be completely, 100% certain of very little.But I don't believe that when you drop a light bulb on the ground, that there's some light bulb heaven where that bulb goes to shine again…Sep 11Sep 11
Tom RitchfordI read your article: did you read mine?All systems are insecure, but having to have access to two different pieces of hardware in order to get into an account instead of just one…Aug 241Aug 241
Tom RitchfordGood joke there from Liz 2!I repudiated the royals after Brexit when they did nothing (it's not like they haven't intervened a lot in other things) and now I'm not…Aug 241Aug 241
Tom RitchfordOh, oh, you really bring me back.I was a kid in London in the 1960s, living in Maida Vale, when I first found out about this. It just fascinated me.Aug 231Aug 231
Tom RitchfordI just read it again.Proper 2FA requires I have access to two separate devices, in this case, my phone, and my desktop. If the cleaning person (if we had one)…Aug 17Aug 17
Tom RitchfordThe trouble with the "Wow signal" is that the machinery detecting it was comparatively primitive…Don't get me wrong, it clearly detected something, but there isn't even enough information to tell even whether it was terrestrial or not.Aug 17Aug 17
Tom RitchfordThat is one-factor authentication, not two-factor. You're right to be angry.Proper 2FA is fine. I sign into a secure site, like my bank account; I get a notification on my phone and use that key on my machine.Aug 171Aug 171
Tom RitchfordMan, I feel bad for you, things have gotten worse and worse from your side.Hope things look up for you!Aug 17Aug 17