The TSA is like a mall rent-a-cop, the power has gone to their head. All both of them are a security theater to make people feel better about a threat that is not there. Continue Reading »
Freakonomics Interviews Bruce Schneier
Bruce Schneier is arguably the top security and privacy expert in the world. The man is simply a genius when it comes to security. This is not just network security, but real world security as well. In this interview he answers the questions plaguing most people’s minds when it comes to security and privacy.
Q: How do you remember all of your passwords?
Defcon Q&A with Bruce Schneier
Bruce Schneier is a security genius. In the past he has created crypto algorithm blowfish and now he is focused on how security works in the real world.
Below is a speech at Defcon 15 which was a pure questions and answers session. If you have even the slightest interest in security this will be interesting for you. He covers many topics from crypto to TSA to voting systems.
China Blocks all RSS Feeds
In recent years people have been able to bypass the great firewall by using RSS feeds. China has recently blocked all rss feeds rather than blocking just certain ones. I am not quite sure why the government spends as much time as they do trying to protect their residents. All they are doing is creating smarter users. Continue Reading »
Ah yes, Patents
While browsing Slashdot this afternoon I saw something that truly amazed me, IBM was able to get a patent on switching checkboxes. To basically sum up the patent, they patented the ability to change the content of a page of program based on what you checked. Continue Reading »
Mint, what a Crock
One of the latest huge web 2.0 services out there is Mint. They provide a service to collect your banking information; that’s what I call smart phishing. They get willing users to provide their banking information without a second thought. They provided quite a few policies to say that they will not use this information for evil. The thing is if I was to try to hack any site this would be the one. Continue Reading »
Captchas… Ugh.
I hate captchas and think they should be kicked off the internet.
To understand my hatred of these one will have to know the definition of a captcha. They are those little images that one has to type in to prove they are a human. Everyone knows them, but most do not have a name for them. Continue Reading »
DRM and Why You Should Hate it
One of the most popular topics of geeks today is this little thing called Digital Rights Management or better known as DRM. In a nutshell DRM is a way for copyright owners to protect their content, which is good in theory. In practice its another story. Continue Reading »
Apple Updates Safari for Windows
In an un-Apple like fashion they have released an updated version of Safari rather quickly. The description in the software updater: Continue Reading »
