Dropsafe

by Alec Muffett

  • “SEO is a Security Issue…” #unscrewingsecurity @computerworlduk

    SEO is a Security Issue… SEO leads to verbosity, verbosity leads to redirection, and redirection leads to risk The acronym URL is so common today that we may have forgotten that it stands for Uniform Resource Locator. There are other words – URI, IRI – which web geeks deploy to show that they are deeply

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  • “It’s ‘Computer MOT’ Time Again, Everyone!” #unscrewingsecurity @computerworlduk

    It’s “Computer MOT” Time Again, Everyone! Microsoft’s Trusted Computing Veep suggests vetting anything and everything which touches the ‘Net. Perhaps this is not such a good idea? Security wonks can generally be placed on a 3D – or perhaps more-D – spectrum: on one axis there are those who are naturally better suited towards defence

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  • “Blackberry Suffering Blight” #unscrewingsecurity @computerworlduk

    Blackberry Suffering Blight Yet another security threat to the platform beloved of Enterprise users Cooking, like security, is both art and craft; you must understand both what to do and what not to do in order to create something that is fit for purpose. Consider a turnip: boil one, mince it in a food-processor and

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  • Twitter Updates for 2010-10-13

    @r4today Is it fair that the definition of fairness should be handed-down by an enquiry from on high? # Excellent day, Peter Neumann lecturing in Cambridge on trustworthy computing, and #rdggeek # @mount_knowledge So what are you doing replying, then? in reply to mount_knowledge # @DaveLevy do they reduce your cost of living too? in

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  • Twitter Updates for 2010-10-12

    @BristolLock @r4today "…where 'match' is in respect of current market conditions" in reply to BristolLock # A friend bought iPad, but is trying to live without a "real" computer. What functions are missing without a "master" PC/iTunes? Has Dropbox. # OMG: Tricycle in the Himalays, anyone? http://bit.ly/bHQUDo ( via http://bit.ly/9Sdxiv ) # @adriana872 not sure,

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  • In case you’re wondering why it’s so quiet here…

    …the answer is that I’ve been sitting on a trio of postings waiting for a big announcement to happen; unfortunately the logistics surrounding the announcement are 1) not under my control and 2) taking rather longer that the 4 or 5 days which I originally thought… but it’ll all get posted here RSN, I hope.

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  • Twitter Updates for 2010-10-11

    Anyone coming to town for #rsaeurope Beer? # http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2b0QT3lXOw&feature=player_embedded <- how many movies match this ? # Practical Neology: "Chavbushka": a denizen of Surrejevo ; "Surrejevo" – Virginia Water on a sunday afternoon. # ( HT: Orbited Virginia Water with @cthreeo3 this arvo. The terminology drew naturally from the environment ) # Scotch Malt Whisky

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  • Twitter Updates for 2010-10-10

    Boy it's coming to something when I am getting relevant news background information from EncyclopediaDramatica # I just installed the new Twidroyd for Twitter on my Android phone – it's free – and the new LivePreview of embedded links is bloody awful! # Incidentally new rev of #Twidroyd tries to force you to send a

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  • Twitter Updates for 2010-10-09

    "Don't Post Pictures of an FBI Tracking Device You Find on a Car to the Internet" http://bit.ly/dhHtEA # no, sell it on eBay? # Nom. # @altepper "Trackers" / Lojack are similar sized. Lotsa metalwork in a car to have to work around. in reply to altepper # @altepper You've been watching Spooks, mate. Yeah,

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  • Twitter Updates for 2010-10-08

    Anyone doing #CycleShow in Earls Court, next 3 days? # @CliveMKing Which of several ? The support one? in reply to CliveMKing # @mathiasbaert Woo- only thing comparable I know is O.H.M.S.S. by Propellerheads; yours is worse. I know one other but forget the title… in reply to mathiasbaert # Trying to remember a track

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  • What I think about my Ridgeback Quest 29er MTB

    A friend asked for my opinion, and I could paste it into FB or I could put it here. Hence… Basically I got the Ridgeback Dual-Track Quest “29er” because I wanted to explore the local countryside off-road – heath, gravel, tank ranges – and it’s good for that. I’m not going to attack serious mountains

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  • Twitter Updates for 2010-10-07

    http://xkcd.com/802_large/ – find diaspora 🙂 # Also I like the subliminal aspect of 4chan island. # @ramtopsrac It's all very well calling them God's blessing until they crap fishy poo all over you when bolting overhead on the riverside. in reply to ramtopsrac # Midnight. Hard alcohol. It must be writing time… # "a packet

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