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Posts tagged “security”

Password Schmassword

Password Schmassword February 2nd, 2010 @ 4:30 pm PST

Are you using the same password for everything? You probably are, aren’t you? “That’s okay,” you’re thinking, “It’s a really, really hard password. Nobody will ever get it.” Not so fast, fish-breath. A recent post on the Twitter Status blog details a new way that some crafty crackers are stealing passwords. It basically works like […]

Hacked Checking Account

Hacked Checking Account February 9th, 2009 @ 11:53 am PST

Well, it’s finally happened. After over a decade of using the Internet for 10+ hours/day, someone has attempted to steal my identity. I went to my Washington Mutual online checking account to review my balance this morning and discovered a dozen charges that were most certainly not made by me (or my wife). Someone using […]

Easy Passwords

Easy Passwords November 6th, 2008 @ 7:02 pm PST

I have a friend who has a ridiculously simple password that he uses for almost everything. Now, I’m not going to get into all the many reasons that this is a bad idea. You already know that you shouldn’t use the same password for everything, right? And that you shouldn’t use something really easy to […]

Save, Backup, Trust No One

Save, Backup, Trust No One August 8th, 2008 @ 1:28 pm PDT

For years now I’ve subscribed to Mark Hurst‘s Good Experience newsletter. This week he wrote A Warning Sign on the Way to Digital Utopia, which should be required reading for anyone that owns a computer. Less than twelve hours ago I sadly had to repeat a conversation I’ve had dozens — if not hundreds — […]

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AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 8.0 May 28th, 2008 @ 10:20 am PDT

Free Virus Scanner

whiskey-a-go go

Thursday Night in Los Angeles October 27th, 2006 @ 7:12 am PDT

A show at the Whisky-A-Go Go

How To Fly Without ID

How To Fly Without ID September 14th, 2006 @ 8:28 am PDT

I happen to be one of the (apparently very few) people in this country that has not only read the Constitution of the United States, but also understands it and — by gosh! — thinks it’s a pretty good way to run a country. So I tend to get really, really upset when presented with […]

WaMu Snafu

WaMu Snafu April 11th, 2006 @ 9:10 am PDT

How’s this for retarded? I recently moved. Yesterday I went to Washington Mutual’s website to change my address for my checking account. Today I realized that I am out of checks. That’s okay. I can order checks on-line and they get delivered in like three days. But when I went to the website to order […]

Airport Security

Airport Security April 12th, 2002 @ 10:24 am PDT

I can’t remember where I found this one, but Checking Out the Checkpoints – The curious irrationality of airport security is a great editorial.

Outlook Pain

Outlook Pain February 21st, 2002 @ 12:58 am PST

Q. Is there any way to work around the Outlook security update? A. Way One Way Two Way Three

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