Tag Archives: Security

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

The EFF has announced the end of life for their HTTPS Everywhere program. This might seems like a bad thing but it isn’t. The EFF says that their browser extension is no longer needed because all the major browsers now … Continue reading →

For many years, we’ve been living in a sort of golden age of digital encryption. This is no longer of interest just to the military or other federal agencies that want to secure their data. Indeed, our economy depends upon … Continue reading →

Eight years ago, I wrote about FIDO, a proposal to replace passwords with a secure way of signing onto sites and applications. Of course, anyone can propose a new, better protocol for a security problem but implementing it and getting … Continue reading →