ST Professional Plumbing And Heating responds to security concern with “blah blah”.

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Suppose you are concerned about your fancy internet-connected home appliance. You might have seen that film in 1995 called “Hackers”. Therefore, you voice your concerns to the supplier. If your supplier was a professional, the supplier might say that every precaution is taken to reduce and mitigate the risks. The supplier might even say there is a report available from an independent tester which shows the security of the system.

On the other hand, I present the example shown here where the supplier (that’s ST Professional Plumbing And Heating of Flookburgh, Cumbria) say “blah blah” to your concerns. They seem to think that you must ‘take their word for it’ in their arrogance. I wonder if they are suggesting that the average man on Clapham Common is unable to understand and consider the risks.

I will not be employing them, ever. I ask you to consider the nature of the company you are considering employing in the future. It’s not national security at risk. It’s your personal security, and when you are in your own home it is your castle. I believe that when you are in your own home, you need to put the security of your family and yourself first.

As a side-note, I would expect that the people in charge of national security have probably got it sussed by now.

Optical Express ignores Information Commissioner’s Office warning about spam texts.

After this:

High Street optician Optical Express has been admonished by Britain’s data watchdog after thousands of customers complained that the company was sending them nuisance text messages.

Guess what landed in my mobile phone box today?

So that has been reported to my mobile provider’s spam-reporting service.
I can not see any reason for me to ever use Optical Express, ever. I’ve never agreed to receive junk mail from them in any format.