Tag: Security
Electronic Frontier Foundation – Sony v. Hotz: Sony Sends A Dangerous Message to Researchers — and Its Customers
Oh silly companies, let’s attack security researchers for finding exploitable holes in our software/hardware.
NYTimes.com – Climate of Hate
This is perhaps the larger point, there is a problem when violent rhetoric is used as a substitute for reasoned and rational debate.
Schneier on Security – Full Body Scanners: What’s Next?
Simply and beautifully put.
The Washington Post – One tip enough to put name on watch list
Another in a long list of stupid over-reactions that does really nothing but close the door after the horse is out.
Forbes – The Real Lessons Of Gawker’s Security Mess
Basically whatever bad/stupid thing Gawker could have done they did including ignoring the problem.
PEEBS.ORG – An Open Letter to Mint.com: Stop storing my bank credentials!
I know all this, that Mint is an obvious security hole in keeping my personal digital life secure but I keep using them.
Journal of Transportation Security – An evaluation of airport x-ray backscatter units based on image characteristics
Yet another reason for why the backscatter machines need to be independently tested.
David Walsh Blog – WebSocket Update
Remember this post about WebSockets, yeah now they are going to be disabled by default in Firefox.
NYTimes.com – Color-Coded Terror Alerts to Be Dropped by Homeland Security
It only took the Department of Homeland Security 8 years to realize what a stupid and useless metric this was.