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Terence Eden | 7 months ago (raw) | full thread | reply | flag 
 Bad news! A financial institution has just CC'd me and about 100 other customers.

Good news! I now know how many people use [name-of-service]@[their-domain.tld] as a contact address!

Thoughts and prayers for the poor admin assistant who is going to have to do the GDPR walk of shame.

And sleepless nights for the IT team who didn't set up rules to prevent a mass CC.
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Terence Eden | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I was *very* polite in my email back to them.

And I was *very* restrained in not CC'ing all my fellow breachers.
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Terence Eden | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Oh, and while I'm ranting about financial institutions…

"In order to get you up as a supplier, please provide a redacted copy of your bank statement. Screenshots are not acceptable."

After a bit of back and forth, they accepted that modern business banks don't provide paper statements. Nor paying-in books. Nor cheque books.  So, yes, they would have to accept a screenshot of a statement.

Clownshoes everywhere today!
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Terence Eden | 7 months ago (raw) | full thread | reply | flag 
 Electronics nerds! I need your wisdom, advice, and admonishment.

I have a small circuit board with a large USB-A plug.

I want to remove the USB-A and replace it with a USB-C plug.

Is that possible? If so, what would I need?

I have a soldering iron that I've used at least twice!

(The connection needs data and power - although not a lot of either. I don't have space to add an A-to-C converter dongle to it.)

THANKS GANG!
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Terence Eden | 7 months ago (raw) | full thread | reply | flag 
 If you run a small business in the UK, what are your *must have* subscriptions?

Boosts very welcome!