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The Cloud's My-Mom-Cleaned-My-Room Problem - Alexis Madrigal - Technology - The Atlantic
"We get so upset with Facebook changes because they spark cognitive dissonance: I believe I do not trust Facebook but I act as if I trust Facebook by giving them my data." Brings to mind Zittrain's "The Future of the Internet (and how to stop it)"
privacy  security  socialmedia 
september 2011 by epersonae
rc3.org - Managing my mistrust of Facebook
This is where I'm at, generally speaking.
facebook  privacy  security  personal 
september 2011 by epersonae
Bruce Schneier’s Telepathic Takeover of the TSA | Danger Room | Wired.com
"Bruce Schneier is a telepath of unimaginable power. That’s the only possible explanation for the stunning reversal at the top of the Transportation Security Administration."
security  politics 
august 2011 by epersonae
xkcd: Password Strength
In conclusion: "Through 20 years of effort, we've successfully trained everyone to use passwords that are hard for humans to remember, but easy for computers to guess."
security  funny 
august 2011 by epersonae
Two-factor Authentication Made Easy: Phone Call, SMS, Mobile App, Token · Duo Security
fascinating.
security  webdev 
july 2011 by epersonae
Lifetimes of cryptographic hash functions
security  php  webdev 
june 2011 by epersonae
Simple Password Meter | jQuery Plugins
works just right!
jquery  security  javascripty 
june 2011 by epersonae
How Hackers Stole 200,000+ Citi Accounts Just By Changing Numbers In The URL - The Consumerist
quote from linked NYT article: “It would have been hard to prepare for this type of vulnerability” - really?! URL spoofing seems like a pretty straightforward thing to check for. (Unless there's an aspect that we're not hearing about.)
security  webdev 
june 2011 by epersonae
TiGr: Titanium Lock as Cool as your Bike by John Loughlin — Kickstarter
intriguing!
bicycling  security 
may 2011 by epersonae
Don't Make Me Steal
some of the pricing particulars are odd, but in general, I'm with this. I'm more than happy to pay (a little) or use the library if it's easier and better.
security  arts  library  misctech 
february 2011 by epersonae
Writing on the high seas at Tobias Buckell Online
"economics can be tricksy, and I don’t think that gut response is necessarily the right one" - on book piracy
writing  library  finance  security 
january 2011 by epersonae
Why You Should Never Search For Free WordPress Themes in Google or Anywhere Else - WordPress, Multisite and BuddyPress plugins, themes, news and help – WPMU.org
Problems with free theme sites. (Tho alternatives are recommended at the
end)
Wordpress  theming  security 
january 2011 by epersonae
Free Mobile Security for Smartphones - Lookout
recommended by K. the privacy panel provided by the premium version (say that five times fast!) looks intriguing.
android  security  privacy 
december 2010 by epersonae
Excerpts From CRS Analysis Of Publication Of Classified Information - Kathy Gill's posterous
"[W]e are aware of no case in which a publisher of information obtained through unauthorized disclosure by a government employee has been prosecuted for publishing it." there. that's all there is to say.
wikileaks  security  politics 
december 2010 by epersonae
Why WikiLeaks Is Good for America | Threat Level | Wired.com
"The greatest threat we face right now from Wikileaks is not the information it has spilled and may spill in the future, but the reactionary response to it that’s building in the United States that promises to repudiate the rule of law and our free speech traditions, if left unchecked."
politics  security  wikileaks 
december 2010 by epersonae
The Weakest Link: What Wikileaks Has Taught Us About the Open Internet
"Despite the arguments that Amazon, PayPal, and others make about the illegality of the leaked documents, it's not clear that Wikileaks has broken any law."
politics  security  wikileaks 
december 2010 by epersonae
Wikileaks and the Long Haul « Clay Shirky
interesting stuff.
politics  security 
december 2010 by epersonae
Julian Assange, defending our democracies (despite their owners' wishes) - Charlie's Diary
interesting analysis. (and easier to read than the "read this now" linked in the post, honestly.)
politics  security  weird 
december 2010 by epersonae
A Waste of Money and Time - Room for Debate - NYTimes.com
I <3 Bruce Schneier.
security 
november 2010 by epersonae
Anatomy of a journalistic smear job - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com
counterpoint, specifically about Tyner's story.
politics  security 
november 2010 by epersonae
TSAstroturf: The Washington Lobbyists and Koch-Funded Libertarians Behind the TSA Scandal | The Nation
I did find it strange that commentary kept turning up about people wanting airports to "ditch the TSA" -- as if private contractors would do any better -- rather than just changing the specific techniques.
politics  security 
november 2010 by epersonae
Schneier on Security: Changing Passwords
"So in general: you don't need to regularly change the password to your computer or online financial accounts (including the accounts at retail sites); definitely not for low-security accounts. You should change your corporate login password occasionally, and you need to take a good hard look at your friends, relatives, and paparazzi before deciding how often to change your Facebook password. But if you break up with someone you've shared a computer with, change them all."
security 
november 2010 by epersonae
The Atlantic’s 150 Year Anniversary Issue – David Foster Wallace asks how much our security should cost | Good News
"Are you up for a thought experiment? What if we chose to regard the 2,973 innocents killed in the atrocities of 9/11 not as victims but as democratic martyrs, “sacrifices on the altar of freedom”?*" interesting essay.
politics  security  history  philosophizing 
november 2010 by epersonae
How to Diagnose and Remove the WordPress Pharma Hack
security  wordpress 
october 2010 by epersonae
Web snooping is a dangerous move - CNN.com
"It's bad civic hygiene to build technologies that could someday be used to facilitate a police state."
politics  security  privacy 
september 2010 by epersonae
Is Project Vigilant A Hoax? | Techdirt
that would be the best option, honestly.
politics  security  privacy 
august 2010 by epersonae
Google Admits to WiFi Snooping
"Would Google have admitted the privacy breach if it weren’t for the DPA audit?" why regulation matters.
privacy  google  security  politics 
may 2010 by epersonae
Schneier on Security: Privacy and Control
"If we believe privacy is a social good, something necessary for democracy, liberty and human dignity, then we can't rely on market forces to maintain it." and the 1st comment sums it up nicely.
privacy  security  society  politics 
april 2010 by epersonae
Posting information online could preempt FOIA requests (3/18/10) -- GovExec.com
"EPA has reduced its pending requests by about 96 percent, in part by creating databases of popular information."
politics  local  security  webdev 
march 2010 by epersonae
The Easy, Any-Browser, Any-OS Password Solution - Security - Lifehacker
browsers  security  to-do 
march 2010 by epersonae
Why DRM Doesn’t Work
"Or, how to download an audio book from the Cleveland Public Library" ugh.
library  security  misctech 
march 2010 by epersonae
The role for vigilantes: A little duct tape and plastic sheeting and all's right with the world | Psychology Today
"We want order and we want it badly. So badly, in fact, that we are willing to be a morally flexible and embrace Dexter's methods of achieving it."
security  politics  psychology 
march 2010 by epersonae
The Government Can Monitor Your Location All Day Every Day Without Implicating Your Fourth Amendment Rights
continuing disappointments... "If you have a mobile phone, that’s the upshot of an argument being put forward by the government in a case being argued before the Third Circuit Court of Appeals tomorrow."
privacy  security  mobileweb  politics  misctech 
february 2010 by epersonae
SSRN-'I've Got Nothing to Hide' and Other Misunderstandings of Privacy by Daniel Solove
kinda dry, but interesting. there's a paragraph on p769 that I might want to write more about.
politics  privacy  security  google  facebook 
february 2010 by epersonae
Terrorism Derangement Syndrome: The GOP's scare tactics work so well because the public is already so afraid. - By Dahlia Lithwick - Slate Magazine
I believe it's called "moving the overton window"
politics  security  psychology 
february 2010 by epersonae
Google Buzz: Not fit for purpose
"Being curious, I accepted Google’s invitation to try it out, but fairly rapidly started to think that perhaps it was a bad idea." Suw articulates things that have bothered me, and other stuff I didn't know about!
google  privacy  security 
february 2010 by epersonae
Preadolescent Panopticon
"the implications of encasing our children in the physical and emotional bubble-wrap of good intentions are both profound and vastly under-appreciated"
society  kids  security 
february 2010 by epersonae
News.com Prevents Falsely Accused Grandmother Of Getting Kicked Off The Internet By The MPAA | Techdirt
society  security  misctech 
february 2010 by epersonae
Schneier on Security: TSA Logo Contest
"I'm announcing the TSA Logo Contest. Rules are simple: create a TSA logo."
security  arts  design  weird 
january 2010 by epersonae
Schneier on Security: Post-Underwear-Bomber Airport Security
"The real security failure on Christmas Day was in our reaction. We're reacting out of fear, wasting money on the story rather than securing ourselves against the threat." Bruce Schneier is full of AWESOME. (even if I can't remember how to spell his name.)
psychology  security  politics 
january 2010 by epersonae
TSA Threatens Blogger Who Posted New Screening Directive | Threat Level | Wired.com
“To go into this one reporter’s house and copy his computer files and threaten him, it strikes me that they’re more aggressive with this reporter than with the guy who got on this flight.”
security  politics 
december 2009 by epersonae
Schneier on Security: Intercepting Predator Video
"Sometimes mediocre encryption is better than strong encryption, and sometimes no encryption is better still." I was sort of waiting for Schneier's take on this.
security  politics 
december 2009 by epersonae
What Does Facebook's Privacy Transition Mean for You? | ACLUNC dotRights
reasonably clear explanation of the new settings. now there's no "only FB users" setting? "everyone" really does equal EVERYONE.
facebook  security  privacy  blogosphere  society 
december 2009 by epersonae
Why Facebook Changed Its Privacy Strategy
basically to get more ads. sometimes I f'ing hate Facebook.
blogosphere  security  facebook 
december 2009 by epersonae
Facebook's New Privacy Changes: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly | Electronic Frontier Foundation
"the company has sent a clear message: if you don't want to share your personal data with hundreds or even thousands of nameless, faceless Facebook app developers — some of whom are obviously far from honest — then you shouldn't use Facebook"
facebook  security  privacy  blogosphere  society 
december 2009 by epersonae
Schneier on Security: My Reaction to Eric Schmidt
Schmidt: "If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place." Schneier: "We do nothing wrong when we make love or go to the bathroom." (that para, btw, best summation of the argument for privacy that I think I've ever read.)
google  security  politics  psychology 
december 2009 by epersonae
Seven Psychological Principles Con Artists Exploit » Lone Gunman
security  psychology 
december 2009 by epersonae
Stop Paying for Windows Security; Microsoft's Security Tools Are Good Enough - Security - Lifehacker
windows  security 
november 2009 by epersonae
Verified by Visa is training people to get phished
security  finance 
november 2009 by epersonae
Informed Comment: Mueller on the Zazi Case: "This is It?"
"However, even with the material at hand, Zazi still apparently couldn't figure it out, and he frantically contacted an unidentified person for help several times. Each of these communications was "more urgent in tone than the last," according to court documents."
war  politics  security 
november 2009 by epersonae
Ultimate Guide to Upgrade WordPress [Infograph]
Does someone have a graphic like this for Drupal? I have notes that I follow for updating, but it'd be nice to have something not-ugly. :)
wordpress  drupal  security 
october 2009 by epersonae
Adactio: Journal—Password unmasking
"Meanwhile, back in the real world, Apple take a more empathetic approach, acknowledging that there often very good reasons for masking passwords. But that doesn’t mean you can’t offer the user the option to disable password masking if they choose." includes some wacky JS to do that on web pages.
security  browsers  javascripty  webdev 
october 2009 by epersonae
CSSquirrel : Comic Update: The Dangers of Intentional Vulnerability (AKA Password Unmasking): Kyle Weems
This says pretty much everything I wanted to say.
creditunion  finance  security  funny  webdev 
june 2009 by epersonae
HOW TO: Take Your Data Back From Google's Claws
really shd be doing some of this. my backup processes suck.
personal  it@home  google  security  to-do  misctech 
february 2009 by epersonae
Bad Behavior
alternative to akismet?
wordpress  drupal  php  security 
february 2009 by epersonae
XSS (Cross Site Scripting) Prevention Cheat Sheet - OWASP
"RULE #0 - Never Insert Untrusted Data Except in Allowed Locations" also: escape, escape, escape!
security  javascripty  php  webdev 
january 2009 by epersonae
Nelson's Weblog: tech / wow-blizzard-authenticator
"My World of Warcraft account is now more secure than my bank account." I find the business model interesting, too; they're selling the fobs for $6.50.
security  creditunion  misctech 
december 2008 by epersonae
Hive Five: Five Best Windows Firewalls
I hadn't heard of Comodo before.
windows  security 
october 2008 by epersonae
Security questions [dive into mark]
"In the process of convincing one of these [financial] firms to send me the requisite paperwork, a customer service rep challenged me to answer a custom security question that I had set up when I opened the account (close to 10 years ago now). This is a *good* thing, in theory." indeed.
creditunion  security  psychology 
september 2008 by epersonae
FatBusinessman.com : On Authentication
OAuth & the password anti-pattern. (I love how Flickr handles 3rd-party services.)
security  webdev 
september 2008 by epersonae
Anti-Phishing Phil
cute online security game.
security  creditunion 
september 2008 by epersonae
Preventing paranoia: when does Google Chrome talk to Google.com?
I wish he wouldn't spin it as "paranoia", but it's useful information.
google  browsers  security 
september 2008 by epersonae
Facebook and the Social Dynamics of Privacy
"This Article provides the first comprehensive analysis of the law and policy of privacy on social network sites, using Facebook as its principal example. It explains how Facebook users socialize on the site, why they misunderstand the risks involved, and how their privacy suffers as a result. Facebook offers a socially compelling platform that also facilitates peer-to-peer privacy violations: users harming each others’ privacy interests." via jessamyn. have downloaded, but not yet read.
blogosphere  society  security 
september 2008 by epersonae
Patti Davis: Botched Home Raid a Sign of the Times | Newsweek National News | Newsweek.com
"Calvo, the mayor of Berwyn Heights since 2004, heard the shots just before he was grabbed and forced to walk down the stairs backward in his boxer shorts and socks into the waiting bloodbath. His mother-in-law was handcuffed on the bloody kitchen floor next to the body of one of their dogs." good god. (I hope C doesn't see this; anything about animals being hurt sends him into a bit of a frenzy.)
society  security  politics 
august 2008 by epersonae
Digital Domain - Goodbye, Passwords. You Aren’t a Good Defense. - NYTimes.com
interesting. but how would it work with public (library, cafe, etc) computers?!
security 
august 2008 by epersonae
Switzerland Network Testing Tool | Electronic Frontier Foundation
"It will spot IP packets which are forged or modified between clients, inform you, and give you copies of the modified packets." command-line only at the moment. via tiffany brown.
security  opensource  reference 
august 2008 by epersonae
Extended Validation Certificate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
this is what gives the green security icon in FF3.
browsers  security  to-do  creditunion 
july 2008 by epersonae
Understanding the Web browser threat by Stefan Frei
as might be imagined, Opera & Firefox users are most up to date, while IE users are way behind. OTOH, I don't know that people trust an update to IE not to break something else on their computer.
browsers  security 
july 2008 by epersonae
Security flaws in online banking sites found to be widespread
OTOH, "536 cases of computer intrusion" in Q2 2007. (compare with check fraud, for example) but definitely some good points to review!
creditunion  security  webdev 
july 2008 by epersonae
Web site design flaws make banking riskier - Security- msnbc.com
"If users aren't notified that they are being taken to another site — [for example] online bill-paying — then it is hard to determine if the new site is trustworthy, because the [...] certificate carries a different company's name." a pervasive proble
security  creditunion 
july 2008 by epersonae
Freedom to Tinker » Blog Archive » Vendor misinformation in the e-voting world
"At this point, the scientific evidence is in, it’s overwhelming, and it’s indisputable. The current generation of DRE voting systems have a wide variety of dangerous security flaws." sigh.
security  politics 
july 2008 by epersonae
Bruce Schneier and the King of the Crabs
"Old Bruce stepped over to the hole, and picked up the stick, and he had to be amazed again – because it wasn't a stick, it was a sword, and its hilt was formed to the crab's claw!" impressively weird tiny short story.
funny  security  writing 
june 2008 by epersonae
Congressman Brian Baird Representing Washington's 3rd Congressional District - Newsroom Section
"Congressman Baird Joins Bipartisan Coalition" oh, duuuuuude. WTF? so. not. happy. isn't somebody challenging him this year?
politics  local  security 
june 2008 by epersonae
Dems Agree to Expand Domestic Spying, Grant Telecoms Amnesty | Threat Level from Wired.com
you are f-ing kidding me. I need to go find out if Baird is planning to vote for this crap. (via diveintomark)
politics  security 
june 2008 by epersonae
Beyond CAPTCHA: No Bots Allowed! [Privacy and Trust]
IOW, we are totally screwed.
security  accessibility  usability  society  webdev 
june 2008 by epersonae
The day the music died [dive into mark]
"In this case, the left hand knows exactly what the right hand is doing: they’re both giving you the finger." heh. Mark at his snarky best.
ipod  funny  security  misctech 
may 2008 by epersonae
Schneier on Security: Overestimating Threats Against Children
"This is like, 'Boy boils egg.' He did something that any 9-year-old could do." -- no kidding. includes link to that map. also, love the Sherlock reference in the comments, and note the "if this were a black or Latino kid on welfare, would anyone have not
psychology  kids  society  security 
april 2008 by epersonae
THE NATIONAL DATA CENTER AND PERSONAL PRIVACY
"congressional action is necessary to establish the appropriate balance between the needs of the national government in accumulating, processing, and disseminating information and the right of individual privacy" 1968 article in The Atlantic magazine.
history  politics  security  misctech 
april 2008 by epersonae
Password Strength Checker
almost more than I'm looking for.
security  checkback 
march 2008 by epersonae
Lorem Ipsum: Playmobil Security Check Point
ye gods & little fishes.
security  weird 
march 2008 by epersonae
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