A Message From The Church Of The Flying Spaghetti Monster
OPEN LETTER TO KANSAS SCHOOL BOARD My new greeting will have to be: “May you be forever touched by His Noodly Appendage” Since a judge in washington today just ruled that it is okay to …
Security reading list
A book that I am reading right now: Between Silk and Cyanide A true story of cryptography in the field during WWII. A free 900 page eBook from Microsoft Press: Improving Web Application Security: …
Security books to check out
https://www.wiley.com/legacy/compbooks/mcnamara/ Secrets of Computer Espionage: Tactics and Countermeasures by Joel McNamara Covers electronic and wireless eavesdropping, computer surveillance, …
Rss Feed For Traffic Conditions Data And Maps
The technical details of how to find your local traffic feed are at https://ejohn.org/blog/traffic-conditions-data/ It’s pretty easy to set up your own URL. Here’s one for Seattle that …
New Research Cats Can'T Taste Sweets
Very interesting. Genetic flaw leaves felines without sweet tooth Now, there’s a scientific theory explaining, at least in part, why cats have such snobby eating habits: genetics. Researchers at …
Geocentrist Challenge
Catholic Apologetics International is challenging people to provide proof that the earth revolves around the sun. CAI will write a check for $1,000 to the first person who can prove that the earth …
Evidence Of The Expanding Us Totalitarian State
From John Gilmore to the cryptography list: > one that is all too relevant today. The pertinent question is no longer > whether Americans spied, but rather how highly educated, intelligent men …
Who's fault is ID theft and financial fraud? Ask your bank.
Repeat after me: Identifiers are not Authenticators. SSN: Identifies you, does not prove your identity. This is a claimed identity on its own. Credit/debit Card Number: Identifies your credit card …
Several stories that prove the world is going crazy
First out of the gate: Fedex sued a loyal customer for posting photos of furniture he made for himself out of Fedex boxes on the web. Get this, they used many…er…novel…legal …
Using threat modeling featured in new OWASP WAPT
This will be something to look forward to. I have not seen much of the theory of threat modeling end-to-end put into practice effectively or completely. And much of what I have seen of threat modeling …