• Twitter Updates for 2011-08-13

    Peter Day / @BBCRadio4 "In Business" is in @TechHub interviewing folk; I swear the man should have read for Jackanory #favouriteunclevoice # Whoever redesigned #GoogleCalendar evidently only tested it on a large screen. On a MacBookAir 1/3rd of screen is unscrollable titlebar # @j0ni There is a Classic Look setting #

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  • Twitter Updates for 2011-08-12

    Since when is there a cat TLD ? http://nyan.cat/ # @LouiseMensch send the H Sec to LINX in London and get them to find the big red switch marked 'Twitter' and flip it. Problem solved. #not # Rehabilit. Woot. #bbcqt # @mjrobbins because they did something against the law 😛 # RT @darkmewolf Blaming social

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  • Twitter Updates for 2011-08-11

    new personal password standard: 14 character alphanumeric; have migrated all the key accounts, need to review a bunch more. # @lolunix just got one too. # .@metadaddy Previous pws were generated from output of trad crypt() – 13 char b64; going 14-b62 gives me 41x keyspace boost & easier typing # Is there actually any

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  • Twitter Updates for 2011-08-10

    #londonriots #cuttheirgooliesoff #notthenineoclocknews #sameoldsameold # Someone please tell me when the UK adopted US-style 15/25MPH road signs? @bbcnews #londonriots #hoax ? http://twitpic.com/63g6ax # . @jimfinnis @mmusante @cherryblack @DrJennyWoods OK – I stand corrected – they are Croydon tram signs. # Key #DefCon takeaway – one of the security goons carried a pedometer, racked up 68

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  • “Riot” (at Computerworld)

    “Riot” Riot … and Communication This evening at a barnstormingly good Reading Geek Night I was chatting with a somewhat older “ICT” chap and told him that I do security. We spoke of privacy, we spoke of secrecy, and the subsequent conversation went somewhat like this: …read more, or comment at Unscrewing Security

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  • Twitter Updates for 2011-08-09

    @IamFunball scrumpy # How are the TSA optout queues at McCarran Las Vegas Airport at the moment? #defcon # @KinkyNinja fake photo. those are american roadsigns. you have been hoaxed. #

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  • Twitter Updates for 2011-08-08

    Has anyone doing the #Defcon badge contest yet managed to decode the QR-code in the background of the rotunda's video loop? Is it relevant? # How much energy is released by annihilation of a single proton/antiproton pair? # Seems that p/P annihilation is a bit more complex than the obvious http://t.co/FqpwsK9 but nice to have

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  • Twitter Updates for 2011-08-07

    It's saturday morning at #defcon the IHR desk is quiet, and there's a subdued, post-hangover air – except for me #eighthourssleep # @securitae Depends – my laptop is hardened. My phone is not. Hubris is stupidity in an environment such as this. # kevin who? # @securitae I take your point, but there is a

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  • Twitter Updates for 2011-08-06

    @sec_prof Because #defcon is open attendance, not tech industry speaking to itself. # #Defcon very romantic. Many couples walking around. Some of them are actually married. Some portion of those, to each other. # @tqbf I am gooning at IHR. # Anyone wanting to meet up at #Defcon can generally find me around the 'Inhuman

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  • Twitter Updates for 2011-08-04

    watching @runasand fume # Much higher F/M ratio at #defcon than at your average corporate IT conference #

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  • Twitter Updates for 2011-08-03

    Waiting to sync up with an anonymous trollpixie. # @gravax The Trollenpixie deals in anonymity but can be identified by the faint scent of onions. # ENOFIRSTOFFICERONPLANE # @gravax yes. and they smell of onions and get SSSSS boarding cards # @ronski what are you doing in vegas ¿ # ttfn. #

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  • Twitter Updates for 2011-08-02

    Do security? Go do Dilbert, now. http://bit.ly/qkCnmf # Further: if you do security you should also do #xkcd http://bit.ly/qqQTcj as well as #dilbert http://bit.ly/qkCnmf # @DavidFCox Yes. Read up on the lack-of-leadership aspect. Compare to hashtags. The BBC get to suggest, not define. # @chrisgerhard two pentesters walk into a bar… # @DavidFCox Actionable? Feh.

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