Steve's Blog
Everything here is my opinion and not a statement from my employer.
Tuesday, 15 April 2025
Zigbeeifying Xiaomi LYWSD03MMC temperature sensors
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I asked for recommendations for good Zigbee temperature sensors, and lots of people recommended the Xiaomi LYWSD03MMC (which is Bluetooth ra...
Friday, 11 April 2025
Moving home with pets
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We've recently moved house, and have needed to do an outrageous number of address updates and things like banks, insurers, etc. Pets lik...
Friday, 15 March 2024
Another day in court (arguing against the ICO)
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Going to court is always an interesting and educational experience, and to some extent I quite like it because judges are generally methodic...
Friday, 27 October 2023
Reason 324873 why the ICO aren't worth the £62m they are paid
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The Information Commissioner's Office has an income of about £62m per year . I receive about 1000 spam emails a year - most are from an...
Monday, 17 April 2023
ICO Failings
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I have two significant examples showing why companies have basically no incentive to protect personal data. In both cases the companies hav...
Friday, 10 March 2023
Anti-spam in court
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As I've mentioned many times before, spamming is unlawful (except in some specific circumstances), but the Information Commissioner'...
Friday, 15 July 2022
Invoicing a spammer
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Maintaining control of my personal data is important, and companies who spam me usually end up on the receiving end of a nasty email exercis...
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