Tag Archives: Security

Google Loses Its Users’ Data

Some Google Drive users are reporting that they’ve lost up to 6 or more months of data. I know I should feel sorry for these people. If I were a better person, I would but all I can do is … Continue reading

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Red Meat Friday: Politicians and Mathematics

Irreal doesn’t do politics but it’s no secret that we hold politicians in low esteem. It’s always a battle between politicians and journalists for the rank of the least respectable profession. I was reminded of all this by an article … Continue reading

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Tech Journalists Are The Worst

That headline is a cleaned up version of my original attempt. Irreal has a long history of documenting the silliness and failings of the Tech Press but even so I am always surprised at their cluelessness and dishonesty. If there’s … Continue reading

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A Short Rant on Passwords

It’s been a while since I’ve grumped about the dumb password rules you find on some sites. They have limits on password length, insist on some custom requirement concerning the number of digits, capital letters, and special characters, or, worst … Continue reading

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Some Good Advice From Brian Krebs

Brian Krebs over at Krebs on Security has a post on the latest T-Mobile breach in which 10 million users in Australia had their account details stolen by cybercriminals. There aren’t many details about the exploit other than it “abused” … Continue reading

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Router Security

Apple has a useful page on how to set up your routers securely. They don’t currently have a router product so this isn’t about how to configure an Apple product. The advice applies to any router. The page is advertised … Continue reading

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D. J.Bernstein on the NSA Corrupting Crypto Standards

J. Bernsein is my type of guy. He’s opinionated, crabby, curmudgeonly, and brilliant. He’s particularly brilliant when it comes to matters of cryptography. One of the things about being curmudgeonly is that you have little tolerance for lies and nonsense … Continue reading

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Google and Your Data

I’ve told you, and told you, and told you but some people aren’t listening. Here’s a tweet from a graduate student who, as part of a Digital Archiving class, had a list of people running in a local election and … Continue reading

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Paper Receipts at Drive-Thrus

You may have noticed those signs at your local fast food store offering cash or a free meal if you fail to get a receipt after you pay. Once they’re pointed out, you see them everywhere. Of course, this has … Continue reading

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Red Meat Friday: Duck Duck Go and Microsoft

There’s been a huge number of hot takes—mostly on twitter, of course, but elsewhere as well—about Duck Duck Go (DDG) not blocking Microsoft tracking scripts. The hot takes all treat the matter as a betrayal of DDG’s users and express … Continue reading

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