(Lightly edited version of an e-mail sent to RISKS and published on Volume 31, Issue 48.)

My landlady send me the other day this news article:

From encrypted passwords to padlocked doors, Canadians will go to extreme lengths to avoid scammers.

Now it may not be safe to pick up …

Privacy comes at a price, but it doesn't have to.

I couldn't find any easier way. I don't think there is any.

People leave work too late, I can see that from here.

On the articles I like and how I share them now

They can hack you. Or they can fool you. Or they might try to fool someone else.

DuckDuckGo, you are my search engine in my efforts to not contribute to the monopoly of the let's-pretend-we-are-not-evil juggernaut. I can accept results that are, sometimes, less than optimal, though in general I'm happy with your performance.

But less than optimal is not bullshit:

It wasn't the best way to accomplish that anyway. Have you ever heard of tulips?

My last academic paper.

In this issue: so long, and thanks for the fish.