More in sadness than anger I am reflecting on the week's events, having received a phone message two days ago to say that my email had been hacked. There is naturally a bit of anger, and a bit of sadness because the email provider I have moved to doesn't use a very clear design layout. But, after many years' worry about what happens when email collapses, I have found that it isn't so bad. I may, of course, be the unwitting victim of having my identity stolen and tossed round cyberspace like litter in the wind, in which case expect in the near future notices of outrage more than anger.
In the meantime, here's a choice morsel from Gideon Harvey's The Family Physician and the House Apothecary (1676), with my sentiments towards the perpetrators of cybercrime everywhere:
‘Take a Beet root, or a Cabbage root, cut it according to
the length and shape of your fore-finger, that is, Taper; only a little
pointed at one end; dust it about with a little Salt powdered fine, and put it
up your Fundament.’
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