Max Verstappen is a polarising character. He arrived in Formula One with more talent than his emotional state could handle. He is the poster-boy for why there should be a minimum age limit for putting a weapon like an F1 car into someone's hands. The driver that he has become is unrecognisable as that moody and sometimes dangerous brat. He deserved his 2021 title and now, far from the end of the season, bar a major incident, he's this year's champion, too. And no matter what his detractors say, it's entirely on merit.
The world, or universe, has a funny way of shaking things out in the style of "How I met your mother." Today, there is a perfect example of how it happens.
This spam-scam is remarkable. It's as if the sender thinks that by throwing everything at the wall, something will stick. But for the even slightly alert, it fails before the target even opens it.
There are those that think that Politically Exposed Persons are only those currently in office. That is a silly view because a) once a PEP, always a PEP. And once proceeds, always proceeds. And proceeds taint everything they touch. If you've been taught something different, then get some proper training. Here's a spam that proves why.
David Singh (profile here) and Dr Shffi Mohamad (here) say that the role of the board of directors in corporations is related to supervision and planning, in particular, governance, strategic direction, and accountability. But it's more complicated than it seems.
Yesterday we looked at how we got where we are. Today we look at how we deal with where we are as money from the cultivation and trade in marijuana becomes legal in Thailand.
The decision by Thailand to permit, indeed encourage, the cultivation and use of cannabis (within constraints) puts it at odds with all of its neighbours and all other members of ASEAN. And it raises serious concerns for banks, et al.
Advance fee fraud scams go round and round. It's been a while since the "I was in government and I have a huge secret profit from over-invoicing" fraud came around but it's back and it's libelling the head of a central bank. Or, it would be if she hadn't died last year.
As governments around the world ponder the possibility of making banks liable for losses suffered by customers who are the victims of e.g. phishing scams, there are companies that actively assist the fraudsters to get away with it. Let's start at the top: Google.
Clearview AI Inc. is a company that collects facial images from a disparate range of sources and makes them available to its customers.
The UK's data protection department, the Information Commissioner's Office, has banned the practice within the UK. The UK acted in concert with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner. The investigations focused on Clearview AI Inc’s use of people’s images, data scraping from the internet and the use of biometric data for facial recognition.
What effect might that have on remote verification?
