Bit of a departure from the usual subject matter. Let’s start with a little bit of history. RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire started construction in 1935. Originally the name was to be RAF Carterton af…

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Bit of a departure from the usual subject matter. Let’s start with a little bit of history. RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire started construction in 1935. Originally the name was to be RAF Carterton af…
It’s finally here. Welcome to the all-new Idency.com experience. Now with more clarity, shinier presentation, packing more punch with its content in a more eco-friendly and fragrant style (ok, I’m not…
Overhead smash When some friends of Idency at the RAF asked us if we’d like to sponsor their tennis tour for 2017, we were like ‘yeah, right’. The RAF is all about planes and stuff, right, not sport? …
What does what you do say about who you are?…
Your phone’s been stolen. But it’s still in your pocket. Sounds less like a blog about mobile security and more like the premise for some Derren Brown trickery, doesn’t it?…
I once had three televisions, two stereos and a sizeable CD collection stolen during the course of three ‘lapses in security’ on the same house within six months…
Are you troubled by strange noises in the middle of the night? Do you experience feelings of dread in your basement or attic? Have you or your family ever seen a spook, spectre or ghost?…
If I had a time machine, I’d go back to 1985 and get myself a job as a consultant with Robert Zemeckis to enhance the technological predictions for 2015 in Back to the Future Part II. And buy a load o…
Ugh. It’s that time of year again. Here I am, into my fifth decade on this planet and I still have that sinking feeling at the beginning of September. You know what I mean? Summer’s over: stop messing…
It’s been six months since our last website revamp and electronically-speaking we were feeling, well, jowly. Change of diet? More exercise? Extra sleep? All that takes too long and we like to move fas…
As the 2015 UK election heats up, the campaign managers and spinners for each of the parties – particularly the larger parties – have gone into overdrive. Their remit is complex: they need…
So, another hacking story has reared its head across the global media, as Sony’s November security nightmare hits the headlines again. In case you hadn’t heard, in November Sony Pictures was the victi…
Despite the fact that it has existed for years, facial recognition technology is still seen by most people as the stuff of the security services or government departments, using their scanners to loca…
If I were an unscrupulous, dastardly individual, I could have nicked two smartphones the other day and run off, laughing maniacally. Thinking about it, I would probably have done a factory reset and s…
I’m a big fan of Quentin Tarantino’s films. Since the massive controversy surrounding his first major hit, Reservoir Dogs, and all the hand-wringing its style, script and subject matter provoked, I ha…