Security
State to ‘spy’ on every phone call, email and web search
This is some pretty scary stuff. I don’t plan on visiting the UK any time soon or in the future. What the hell is going on over there. Just because you have the technical ability to do something, doesn’t mean you should. Geeeezzzz!!! State to ‘spy’ on every phone call, email and web searchEvery phone [...]
Retailer resells computer drive full of personal files
I find these accusations disturbing and placing the responsibility of wiping data on the reseller is wrong. All individuals need to take responsibility for THEIR data. If I was to return a Hard Drive, or any media for that matter, I would make darn sure said data was eradicated. Its not that technical [...]
Revealed: The Internet’s Biggest Security Hole | Threat Level from Wired.com
Ooooff, this one is ugly! Unfortunately, the Internet was originally built by some trusting people. This issue, which by the way is how the internet works, is much worse than the recent DNS issue. For those of you less technical, buy me a beer and I can explain Revealed: The Internet’s Biggest Security Hole | [...]
A Flashy Facebook Page, at a Cost to Privacy
This is the primary reason why I have removed all of the “widgets” in my Facebook profile. Seems all those pesky applications loaded up on your Facebook profile provides information you have deemed private in your profile to third party developers. Facebook recently opened up their APIs so that the public can develop apps for [...]
Inside the Attack that Crippled Revision3
If you were not aware, Revision 3, has great content such at Techzilla, Diggnation and some other fine shows and was recently the subject of a DoS attack that lasted through the Memorial Day Weekend. I had no idea that MediaDefender would stoop to such tactics when Rev 3 clearly uses Bittorrent for legal media [...]