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Writer, quadriplegic, master automator of all the things, inveterate geek and trainee Security Monkey™.

I founded robotsandcake.org, co-founded Inventability.net and my personal blog lives at EscapologyBB.com.

I'm robotsandcake or escapologybb pretty much all over the Internet. Hit me up at hn@robotsandcake.org if you can think of something we could work on together, just want to say hello or maybe would like to have a conversation about spark plugs. Any of those is fine.

My public key: https://keybase.io/robotsandcake; My proof: https://keybase.io/robotsandcake/sigs/QEWWu6JI2x50Dta04Ofjt9qCh8CTXpgO8WR5HdnHFLs

  1. Ask HN: Alexa left me a creepy message for somebody else. Anybody else had this?

    Hi HN! So, I've just had the fright of my life when I tried to pick up some messages left on my Amazon Echo. There were indeed messages, couple of delivery notifications and a gem saying: "Hello, I can see you. Are you…

    23 points 10
  2. Apple and Other Tech Giants Condemn GCHQ Proposal Eavesdrop Encrypted Messages (macrumors.com)
    4 points 0
  3. Code as Documentation: New Strategies with CSS Grid – CSS-Tricks (css-tricks.com)
    1 points 0
  4. Russia’s Shotgun-Wielding Drone (foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com)
    2 points 1
  5. Russia plans to 'unplug' from internet (bbc.co.uk)
    8 points 3
  6. TalkTalk hack attack: Friends jailed for cyber crimes (bbc.co.uk)
    5 points 2
  7. Pittsburgh shooting: Gab drops offline after attack (bbc.co.uk)
    2 points 0
  8. Twitter bans Alex Jones and Infowars for abusive behaviour (bbc.co.uk)
    3 points 1
  9. Voices of millions of UK taxpayers stored by HMRC (bbc.com)
    1 points 0
  10. UK’s Dixons Carphone admits huge data breach (bbc.com)
    90 points 62
  11. The Case of the Phantom Caller (gimletmedia.com)
    27 points 5
  12. Ethical hackers to boost NHS cyber-defences (bbc.co.uk)
    1 points 0
  13. Ask HN: Video rearview mirror for a wheelchair?

    Hi HN, could you help me with a problem please? Problem: I'm quadriplegic and drive a powered wheelchair called the Permobil M400 3G[1] which is great. However, the streets are very narrow and when a vehicle is behind…

    2 points 2
  14. Ask HN: Can you help this quadriplegic organise their medical information?

    I recently submitted a [Subject Access Request][1] and as a result I've been given a copy of all of my medical records. This treasure trove includes every phone call I've ever made to my doctor, every PDF, every Word…

    4 points 1
  15. Microsoft chatbot is taught to swear on Twitter (bbc.co.uk)
    1 points 1
  16. Tor: 'Mystery' spike in hidden addresses (bbc.co.uk)
    66 points 20
  17. Virgin Atlantic flight back in UK after 'laser incident' (bbc.co.uk)
    2 points 0
  18. The resolution of the Bitcoin experiment (medium.com)
    2 points 1
  19. US state accuses tech support firm of scamming users (bbc.co.uk)
    2 points 0
  20. Cyber strike and robot weapons: Can the UK dominate the Fifth Domain of war? (arstechnica.co.uk)
    2 points 0
  21. Dell admits security flaw was built in to computers (bbc.co.uk)
    2 points 0
  22. Yahoo stops some users accessing emails in ad-blockers row (bbc.co.uk)
    2 points 0
  23. University says FBI payment reports 'inaccurate' (bbc.co.uk)
    4 points 4
  24. Underground Tradecraft: Operational Telegram (grugq.tumblr.com)
    3 points 0
  25. Justice officials fear nation's biggest wiretap operation may not be legal (usatoday.com)
    76 points 11