Today (8 June 2021), many high profile websites were unavailable for around an hour because they were all relying on a Content Delivery Network (CDN) called Fastly that became unavailable. Some headlines said that this was a cautionary tale about the fragility of the web. But is this true? What exactly happened? And what isContinue reading “Is the web so fragile that one company can take it down?”
Monthly Archives: June 2021
Should you be concerned about a government ‘data grab’ of your medical records?
The digital world is a bit like the American Old West. There are big opportunities, relatively few regulations and huge resources to be mined. One of these golden data nuggets is your set of medical records. There has recently been a wave of protest from privacy campaigners and GPs themselves about an imminent UK governmentContinue reading “Should you be concerned about a government ‘data grab’ of your medical records?”
Andy Worsley 