Thursday, 25 February 2016

What's in a name?

The FBI v. privacy on your phone row rumbles on, with Tim Cook (boss of Apple) stating that allowing the FBI into your phone would be dangerous from a public safety point of view and gives the example of parents that track their children on the phone, implying that this information would be readily available to child molesters.  I would have thought low tech methods such as 'where's the nearest school' would be more likely to be used.

The new underground line across London has been officially named the Elizabeth Line by the Queen, with some commentators speculating on how odd it is that the person who named it is least likely to use it.  I'm not sure this is really noteworthy given the number of other public infrastructure items names after members of the royal family.  e.g. I don't know how many Princess of Wales hospitals there are in the UK, but I know of 3 that have never been frequented by a Priness of Wales.

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