PinnedCovid-19: Your Choice, Your Rights, Your ObligationsIf we lived under a totalitarian regime, Covid guidelines would be taken by a few bureaucrats in isolation and the population would be forced to follow the rules. If we lived in an anarchy, we would theoretically do whatever we wanted, but, in reality, this type of society benefits the…Antivaxx6 min readAntivaxx6 min read
Nov 11, 2021Not a Product Endorsement: VPNIf you are in the market for a VPN product look no further than ExpressVPN, NordVPN or Surfshark. Even though I use one of these products, the reason for mentioning them is that Zerodium is offering Windows security researchers up to $2.5m for zero-day vulnerabilities that relate to IP address…Zero Day5 min readZero Day5 min read
Aug 11, 2021The need for Proactive RegulatorsFinancial regulators need to improve how they handle topics raised by the general public against institutions they are expected to regulate. Their role shouldn’t be seen as simply transposing documents from the EU inbox to the Maltese outbox. As a regulator they need to be able to take a harsh…Mfsa5 min readMfsa5 min read
Jun 24, 2021Il-Ministru għall-Akkomodazzjoni Soċjali qed jisforza liċ-ċittadini privati biex jagħmlu xogħol id-dipartiment tiegħuDan l-artikolu jiddiskuti l-liġijiet tal-kera inġusti. Biex tiffamiljarizza ruħek mas-suġġett u tifhem kif grupp ta’ ċittadini qed jiġu immirati b’mod inġust mill-Gvern ta’ Malta, żuru l-paġna https://www.alanbonnici.com/2021/06/il-ligi-ingusta-tal-kera-fmalta.html. Fil-5 ta’ Ġunju l-Ministru għall-Akkomodazzjoni Soċjali, Roderick Galdes, ftaħar li mill-2017 sa dak inhar in-numru ta’ nies fuq talba ghal Akkomodazjoni Soċjali naqas…3 min read3 min read
Jun 17, 2021Why Minister for Social Housing should be ashamed of coercing private citizens to do his department’s jobThis article discusses the unfair rent laws. To familiarize yourself with the topic and understand how a group of citizens are being unfairly targeted by the Government of Malta head over to https://www.alanbonnici.com/2021/06/maltas-unjust-rent-laws.html On the 5th of June, Social Housing Minister Roderick Galdes proudly reported that since 2017 the number…Malta3 min readMalta3 min read
Jun 7, 2021Il-Ligi Inġusta tal-Kera f’MaltaIl-Gvern tar-Repubblika ta’ Malta, stat membru tal-Unjoni Ewropea, qed jikser id-drittijiet ta’ grupp żghir ta ‘ ċittadini billi jġegħelhom jikru l-proprjetajiet taghħom b ‘ rati ferm aktar baxxi minn dak li ċittadini oħra qegħdin jaqilgħu fis-suq. Il-Qorti Ewropea fil-Kaz ta’ Buttigieg et vs Malta; Applikazzjoni Nru 22456/15 (http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-188275) …Malta9 min readMalta9 min read
Jun 1, 2021Malta’s Unjust Rent LawsThe Government of the Republic of Malta, a member state of the European Union, is unfairly targeting a small group of citizens by forcing them to rent out their properties at below market rates. Below is the opinion of the European Court in the Case of Buttigieg and Others v…Malta8 min readMalta8 min read
May 28, 2021Understanding PowerShell’s ExecutionPolicy and Scope functionality — Part 2This article is a revision of Understanding PowerShell’s ExecutionPolicy and Scope functionality — Unblock-File approach. In this article additional code and other commands are explored — If you get the error below when you attempt to run a PowerShell script it is because PowerShell has a safety feature that is preventing your scripts from running At https://www.alanbonnici.com/2021/04/understanding-powershells.html is an article that explains how to manage PowerShell’s ExecutionPolicy functionality using the Set-Execution cmdlet. …Powershell4 min readPowershell4 min read
May 17, 2021Understanding PowerShell’s ExecutionPolicy and Scope functionality — Unblock-File approachIf you get the error below when you attempt to run a PowerShell script it is because PowerShell has a safety feature that is preventing your scripts from running At https://www.alanbonnici.com/2021/04/understanding-powershells.html is an article that explains how to manage PowerShell’s ExecutionPolicy functionality using the Set-Execution cmdlet. …Powershell3 min readPowershell3 min read
Apr 17, 2021Understanding PowerShell’s Execution_Policy and Scope functionalityWindows started life as a text-based OS that had graphical elements bundled on top. Today most of the interaction with the OS is done through the graphical interface although the underlying text-based interface still exists and is important to reach certain nooks and crannies that are not exposed graphically. The…Powershell6 min readPowershell6 min read
