Daily Mail - 03.03.2020

Daily Mail, Tuesday, March 3, 2020 Page 

Beware the spy in your baby

monitor and smart camera

are born with pain built in’

and that their ‘physical des -

t i n y ’ i s ‘ p e r i o d p a i n s , s o r e

boobs, childbirth’.

‘I’m super grateful to Phoebe

for articulating my own personal

frustration with the way women

are treated as they age,’ she said.

The actress, who was appointed

the honorary president of the

Women’s Economic Forum last

October, will star in Phedre at

the National Theatre this year

as well as taking on the sinister

housekeeper Mrs Danvers in an

upcoming Netflix adaptation

of Rebecca.

Dame Kristin said she started

to turn down roles after decades

of being expected to play ‘hard

but fragile’ on screen. Fellow

thespian Maxine Peake has also

lamented the limited roles avail-

able to women, and criticised

the assumption that ‘women act

personally, men act politically’.

Miss Peake, 45, has taken mat-

ters into her own hands to write

a play for BBC Radio 3, Only

Mountains, in which actress

Lyndsey Marshal plays Pearl, a

woman who joins an all-female

militia fighting in Syria. ‘Men

who go to fight for a cause are

seen as heroes, while women are

seen as naive and idealistic,’ she

told Radio Times.

‘And be it telly or film or thea-

tre or whatever, a woman only

does something because she’s

driven by some event in her life –

because she’s lost a child, or she

was raped, or her mother died –

but a man acts because he’s a

man... and that drives me mad.’

DAME Kristin Scott Thomas

refuses to say ‘thank you’ when

someone compliments her on

looking good for her age.

The 59-year-old actress, said she is

tired of the assumption that women

‘fade away’ after they reach 50.

‘I’m fed up of having to say “thank

you” when someone says I’ve still got

it,’ she told Radio Times.

‘Ageing is a quality for women. We

don’t just fade away. I don’t put up

with any bull**** any more. I’ve never

been happier.’

The celebrated star of The English

Patient and Four Weddings And A

‘We don’t just

fade away’

Fiona: How

women on TV

who don’t

use Botox can

‘look rough’

SHE has never resorted to a cosmetic

procedure but admits that TV present-

ers who do use Botox make those who

don’t look ‘pretty rough’.

However Fiona Bruce, pictured, said

she is keen to show people what a real

55-year-old looks like when she fronts

news bulletins and hosts Question Time

and Antiques Roadshow on the BBC.

‘I haven’t done Botox,’ she added.

‘Although there are a few women on

screen who do, and if you don’t do it,

which I don’t, you

look pretty rough by

comparison.

‘And now there is

high definition. And

ultra high definition

• just don’t watch
  yourself back, that’s
  the way to do it.’
  Presenters such as
  Loose Women’s And-
  rea McClean, 50, and
  ex-GMTV host Anthea
  Tur n e r, 5 , h a ve
  admitted to using Botox. Miss Bruce also
  told Radio Times how, despite 31 years in
  the industry, she still feels grateful for
  her career.
  ‘There is a thing about women, in par-
  ticular, being endlessly grateful for the
  opportunities in life, rather than saying,
  “I’m here because I’m good”,’ she said.
  ‘I never thought the BBC or any TV
  organisation would want me to work up
  until now. At some point, the BBC will
  decide it doesn’t want me to carry on
  [reading the news].’
  Miss Bruce, who has two children with
  husband Nigel Sharrocks, said she has
  ‘always been sanguine’ about this pros-
  pect. However, she added: ‘There’s
  nothing I can do to change that. I just
  enjoy it while it lasts.’

I’m fed up of

being told I

look good for

my age, says

Kristin, 59

By Emma Powell

Showbusiness Correspondent

By Larisa Brown

Defence and Security Editor

By Eleanor Sharples

TV & Radio Reporter

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But Dame

Kristin says

she’s never

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‘It’s the baby monitor saying if

we transfer $500 worth of

Bitcoin now it’ll stop crying’

BABY monitors and smart

security cameras used in

homes risk being hacked

by cyber criminals, security

chiefs warn today.

They fear weak passwords

can allow online attackers to

control wireless cameras and

spy on families in their homes.

These cameras, and baby moni-

tors linked to the internet, are

‘vulnerable’ to attack, said the

National Cyber Security Centre.

In an unprecedented warning,

chief executive Ciaran Martin

said: ‘We are bringing more of

these things into the home and

that brings new vulnerabilities.

‘People will be concerned about

privacy. If you take control of a

camera, you can do whatever that

camera can do. It can allow you

to look around the home.

‘If there are minors, they can be

seen.’ He added this did not mean

children could be physically

harmed: ‘It doesn’t turn into a

weapon, it just means the attacker

can control the camera.’

Advice to consumers to keep

their devices safe includes using

stronger passwords. ‘This is

about good housekeeping, it is

not about panicking about

a significant problem’,

added Mr Martin.

‘ We s e e s p o r a d i c

evidence on cyber crim-

i n a l s i n t e r e s t e d i n

exploiting this type of

vulnerability. We are not

saying this is happening

on a large scale.’

The rare warning follows

research by consumer

group Which? exposing

serious security flaws in devices

including wireless cameras and

toys such as walkie talkies.

Smart CCTV cameras in homes

use wi-fi to connect to the inter-

net so they can be operated

remotely. This means cyber

criminals could hack into the

cameras and look around the

h o m e i f , f o r e x a m p l e , t h e y

intended to burgle the property.

In a similar way, baby monitors,

like the one pictured, often

offer a function for parents

to monitor their child via

their phones using the

internet.

Dr Ian Levy, technical

director of the NCSC,

said: ‘Smart technology

such as cameras and

baby monitors are fantas-

tic innovations but without

the right security meas-

ures they can be vulner-

able to cyber attackers.

We want people to continue using

these devices safely which is why

we have produced new guidance.’

The NCSC advises consumers

to take three steps, starting with

changing the default password to

a secure one, such as three

random words.

It also recommends regularly

updating security software and

disabling the remote access fea-

ture if they are not using it.

New laws will ensure smart

devices sold in the UK adhere to

rigorous rules as part of the Gov-

ernment’s five-year £1.9billion

cyber security strategy.

Companies will have to supply

unique passwords, give shoppers

a contact for concerns and issue

guidance on security updates.

Funeral was last year praised for her

description of what it means to be a

woman during her cameo in Phoebe

Waller-Bridge’s Fleabag.

Her character Belinda was a busi-

nesswoman who said that ‘women