I see Cuddy have these little gizmos, and they're quite cheap. Really useful for people who travel or need a remote VPN.

Curious to see what projects people have been working on this year. Share below (if it's NDA type stuff then rather done, but tell us it's top secret anyway). I'll go first.

Where do you go for tech content? Podcasts, YouTube, Newsletters? And who do you follow the most? LTT? MKBHD?

So, in the ongoing battle to make email trustworthy again (you can catch-up here), a new player has "broken cover"***. Please meet BIMI (Brand Indicators for Message Identification). Beep-beep. The BIMI project is being managed by an industry working group, with members Fastmail, Google, MailChimp, Proofpoint, SendGrid, Validity, ValiMail and Yahoo! The project began TEN YEARS ago, in 2014, and so far, the display of BIMI logo icons is supported by Apple, Cloudmark, Fastmail, Google, Yahoo! And Zoho. So, what's a BIMI, you might cleverly ask? Many/most/almost all email clients display a icon/avatar beside the email in the listings. Systems like Gravatar might provide that icon, or it might just be initials in a coloured circle. Idea! Let's make that icon a trust-anchor, like a verified checkmark for email, but way (comically WAY) more stringent. Imagine if Twitter's blue checkmark process involved a full corporate audit, legal reviews, Home Affairs, FICA, RICA and trademark verification... that's BIMI. Here's what it takes: First, you need perfect email security (SPF, DKIM, DMARC) with the strictest settings. Then you need your logo in a arcane SVG format that's so specific and locked-down that most companies need specialized help to create it. Then you need a "Verified Mark Certificate" (VMC) which is like a super-charged version of a website security certificate. And, right now, the only two CA's who can issue these VMCs (atm) are.. Digicert and Entrust** The certification process is thorough. Requirements are: Corporate documentation proving you are who you say you are. Brabys, Dun & Bradstreet, people calling your company phone number. NSA Mega Extended Validation certificate process stuff. Legal proof you own the trademark for the logo. Verification that you have the rights to use the logo in every country you operate in.

Let’s start Friday stories. What’s the wildest tech request you’ve ever had from a client? I’ll go first…