Tag Archives: Security

Here’s a good idea. Apple laptops with the T2 security chip have a hardware interlock that turns off the microphone when the cover is closed. Apple stresses that the interlock is hardware based and can not be disabled by software. … Continue reading →

François Marier has a cute trick to make using long and secure passwords on your WiFi router a little less painful. Setting a, say, 64 random character password isn’t too much trouble if you’re the only one using the router … Continue reading →

Those of you who liked the suggestion from Monday’s post to get rid of your Gmail account may be wondering how to do that. Realistically, if you want an account that isn’t harvesting your data, you’re going to have to … Continue reading →

There’s a mini-scandal roiling the Internet making the claim that Google is blocking some Linux browsers. It apparently started when onedoer complained on the KDE subreddit that he could no longer log in to Google services with Falkon or Konqueror. … Continue reading →

I have no—because there are no—words to describe what a stupid idea this is: FinecoBank: “Verify the security of your passwords. Insert it on Google: if it returns less than 10 results it means it’s a good password.” (When you … Continue reading →

Yesterday, I wrote about stupid password rules and why they don’t matter for banks. Serendipitously, right after I published that post I came across an old Coding Horror post on stupid password rules. It’s a long and righteous rant on … Continue reading →

Over the years, I’ve done a lot of huffing and puffing about passwords, most recently in my post on Bad Password Policies. Troy Hunt has a slightly different take on things, at least as far as banks are concerned. It … Continue reading →