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Why making a call-centre worker say “poopsy-poo” will strengthen your security » The Privacy Surgeon # HT @owenblacker
Having become heartily sick of arguing the toss over who should provide information first I discussed the dilemma with a helpful call centre manager and we figured a solution. It turns out that nearly all call centre systems have a “special instructions” field that allows operators to add useful comments about calling times, payment instructions…
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The first nuclear-propelled manmade object in space?
During the Pascal-B nuclear test, a heavy (900 kg) (approx 1,984 pounds) steel plate cap (a piece of armor plate) was blasted off the top of a test shaft at a speed of more than 66 km/s (41 miles per second). Before the test, experimental designer Dr. Brownlee had performed a highly approximate calculation that…
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This is what the 3D Inspection of www.whitehouse.gov/cybersecurity looks like
update: Tools > Web Developer > Inspect. Then hit 3D Click to embiggen. Note the floating elements top-right. And the highlighted blue element with its details in the toolbar at the bottom. This is going to be really useful…
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Oh My God How Did I Not Hear About Firefox 3D Page Inspector Until Now?
Been doing too much security and Chrome and not enough Mozilla hacking. Update: Tools > Web Developer > Inspect. Then hit 3D THIS:
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decyber-tools – tools to aid translation of cybersecurity hype to plain english – Google Project Hosting # source code FTW
decyber-tools – tools to aid translation of cybersecurity hype to plain english – Google Project Hosting See also the chrome extension.
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Decyber – An extension for Google Chrome. Removes most Cybersecurity hype with a single click.
Decyber: Rewriting Cybersecurity for Human Beings See also the original CGI version; they should produce the same results. Try it on www.whitehouse.gov/cybersecurity – install the extension, do a “Select All” and then right-click and pull down to “decyber this!”. Update: source code This morning I’d barely ever written Javascript. I now know how to walk…
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Video: Cycle without lights in Amsterdam and the Cycle-Light Fairy may visit you…
Do the same in London and the taxis will squash you flat. Because they can.
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[exim-announce] Exim 4.80.1 Security Release # Laudable speed, clarity and process for handling a vulnerability.
I apologise for the impact of releasing this on a Friday. I do not consider there to be an acceptable alternative. This issue, which is known by the CVE ID of CVE-2012-5671, was found during internal code review of an area of the Exim codebase relevant to another issue, DKIM signing and verification, which has…
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Can someone please explain to me where this new “trigger warning” meme has come from?
Example: NYPD officer planned to kidnap and eat women [trigger warning] – Boing Boing. …I think I get the concept, a sort of: “This may gross you out but it’s not traditional NSFW nor NSFL” However the phrase and annotation comes across either a bit nannyish and/or “consider yourself warned so don’t sue us if…
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Being wary of handing over personal details to websites isn’t ‘outrageous’ | @JoannaGeary | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk #CabinetOffice
Being wary of handing over personal details to websites isn’t ‘outrageous’ A Whitehall adviser has been slammed for telling people to make up data. But less anonymity doesn’t equal more security Poor Andy Smith. As a digital security adviser at the Cabinet Office, you’d think he’d be safe offering up a bit digital security advice…
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Andy Smith of the #CabinetOffice is a Epic Fucking #Security Hero – #socialmedia #cyberbullying #dailyfail
I’ll keep this brief: Yesterday I attended the Parliament and Internet conference in Westminster. In one of the sessions a lady asked a question about why she had her identity used by fraudsters when so little of her personal information was on the internet. Video of the session is here – fast forward the slider…