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Reading The Economist after dinner and this article made me think of the unsecured cashless system being forced down our throats, that and the eftpos went down again late this afternoon. I had to reboot the service, same thing happened last week at roughly the same time.

The lesson is two-fold. One is that old technology has an enduring role in the internet age. Radio is more resilient than software. The other is that there is no substitute for tradecraft. “Remember this story next time someone tries to sell you their super-secure one-time-pad-based crypto scheme,” says Mr Blaze. “If actual Russian spies can’t use it securely, chances are neither can you.”