While glancing at Google News tonight I saw something that concerns me, namely, this headline from the Washington Post: Supreme Court: Suspects must invoke right to remain silent in interrogations The meat of the article is summed up by this quote: “Today’s decision turns Miranda upside down,” wrote Sotomayor, who accused the majority of casting [...]
Archive of posts filed under the security category.
Real ID, in World of Warcraft.
There is a post over on wow.com that I think every World of Warcraft player should read. Real ID security concerns explains a little bit more of what most of us already know about the system that is going to be part of Blizzards signature battle.net system, which will tie together two very different game [...]
Don't talk to the police
While following some links and websites on the net, I ran across this video clip entitled “Don’t talk to the police”, everyone should watch this video.
Another Facebook privacy issue
Saw this posted by a friend on fb: FACEBOOK has agreed to let a third party advertisers use your posted pictures WITHOUT your permission. (also known as “opt-out”) Click on SETTINGS up at the top where you see the Log out link. Select Privacy. Then select NEWSFEEDS and WALL. Next select the tab that reads [...]
I got scammed.
I normally think of myself as pretty savvy and able to spot a scam from a long way off. Yesterday, I let my guard down. A kid showed up at the door, typical just out of high school type, drinking a NoS energy drink and talking at 100 miles per hour. He was going door [...]
How to Suck at Information Security, from SANS.org
How to Suck at Information Security Some of my favorites are: * Require your users to change passwords too frequently. * Expect your users to remember passwords without writing them down. * Don’t cross-train the IT and security staff. * Expect end-users to forgo convenience in place of security. * Lock down the infrastructure so [...]
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