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Cyber bill has too much bite
News, Editorial, Published on 18/10/2018
» This year, the world has been looking out for evolving and more sophisticated cyber attacks, such as ransomware in the cloud and the weaponisation of artificial intelligence.
Unreliable bank apps
News, Editorial, Published on 04/09/2018
» The second failure this year of the bank transfer system once again came out of the blue, and once again came with assurances it can't happen again.
Get e-waste under control
News, Editorial, Published on 25/06/2018
» The fast-emerging scandal of the dumping of electronic waste illustrates just how far behind, and how out of touch authorities are in battling corruption. Of course the e-waste story involves flaunting of the law. But it shows just how simple it is to ignore laws, bypass regulations and fool government. The days of furtive corruption involving suitcases full of cash are gone. Some call the new-style corruption more sophisticated but it is actually more thuggish.
Beware the cyber warriors
News, Editorial, Published on 17/05/2018
» Recently, our authorities have admitted that Thailand needs to improve cyber security standards against hackers. Yet the government over the past four years has mainly hunted down other groups of "violators" -- political dissidents and lese majeste offenders.
Update the computer law
News, Editorial, Published on 18/04/2018
» If events over the past two weeks do not convince the government to write an actual law covering computer fraud, maybe nothing will. The first unfortunate event was to threaten a Chiang Mai magazine editor with a computer crime charge over something that had nothing to do with computers (or crime, come to that). The second was the reluctant admission by the country's second mobile phone company of security misbehaviour, putting tens of thousands of customers at risk. That is not a crime.
Walls close in on free press
News, Editorial, Published on 06/04/2018
» With news reports and commentaries swapping between praising and criticising the ruling regime, most mainstream media staff survive direct state intimidation. But two senior journalists recently ran foul of the junta.
Asean media under attack
News, Editorial, Published on 22/01/2018
» A free press is the key test of whether a nation has true freedom of speech. Across the region, every country is failing the test. In communist Vietnam and all the way to the resurgent army controllers in Myanmar, governments are arresting, imprisoning and strongly intimidating the media.
Lowest bid isn't best bid
News, Editorial, Published on 05/10/2017
» Thai travellers had a legitimate complaint recently when they found themselves standing in front of useless passport scanning machines at the two main Bangkok airports. Hundreds of passengers on dozens of flights had to submit their documents "the old-fashioned way" to immigration officers. Of course there were a tiny number of them. The point of automated passport control is to reduce or eliminate the familiar officer armed with stamps, pens and a stern attitude towards fake travel documents.
Export high owes itself to good luck
News, Editorial, Published on 25/06/2017
» Although Thai exports rose to a four-year high last month, it's still too early to pop the champagne. There remain many challenges ahead for the market. After all, it wouldn't be a stretch to say that exports rose largely due to luck.
Stamp out the forgeries
News, Editorial, Published on 12/04/2017
» A pat on the back is in order for the government and police for a successful start to another campaign against counterfeit degrees, certificates and assorted identification. The Metropolitan Police Bureau on Sunday announced the arrest of four people from two provinces in the Northeast. The three men and a woman are charged with producing fake academic credentials on a commercial scale. At a media conference, they appeared to admit it.