Posts tagged “security”
Password Schmassword
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
Save, Backup, Trust No One
When you are doing something on your computer, save it.
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 8.0
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How To Fly Without ID
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
Catch-22
Airport Security
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
Q. Is there any way to work around the Outlook security update? A. Way One Way Two Way Three
Protect Yourself
Here is a must-read: 7 ways to protect your home PC link via What’s On It For Me?
Passwords
I recently changed my SHELL / FTP passwords at DreamHost because of the little Blogger security breach. (I don’t use Blogger any longer, but I thought I’d be on the safe side.) Customer Support sent me the following message: After looking further into your account it was discovered that you only changed one character between
A Bear Suit
To some, Hurtubise is a cult hero. He’s burned through more than $100,000 and gone bankrupt building a 150-pound protective suit of titanium, plastic, chain mail, galvanized steel, rubber and thousands of feet of duct tape. To test his invention, Hurtubise has been run over by a truck, hit by a moving car, smashed in