This morning's 'WTF?' moment - I've just been asked by a solicitor to provide my name, DOB, NI number, address, telephone numbers, bank account details (name, sort code and number) and facsimile of my signature ... BY PLAIN TEXT EMAIL.
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Solicitor has confirmed that they believe plain text e-mail is secure and that they have no other secure channel for communication.
They did suggest that I fax them.
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NAB ๐ฌ๐ง๐ช๐บ๐ถ:marmite: (nab@mastodon.me.uk)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jan-2024 19:12:19 JST NAB ๐ฌ๐ง๐ช๐บ๐ถ:marmite:
So The Sunday Times are reporting that universities are offering much lower grades for admittance to foreign students willing to pay ยฃยฃยฃยฃs than they are to UK students.
Well now, who'd have thought that turning universities into businesses would see them start to behave like... businesses?