y-bug Hyper-Threading considered harmful This is an interesting case where a hardware flaw can be used to subvert software security. I find it fun to ask vendors who create their own OS and processors …

So, like everyone, I get a LOT of spam. Over the past year (May 15 2004 - May 3 2005), I have received and processed a total of 120878 emails. Here is how the mail I received breaks down: notspam …

The Washington Monthly here’s a question: do you think the Italian computer whizzes will be any more competent than their American counterparts when they release their report? The U.S. report is …

Pat Robertson’s contradictory theology: God won … [Media Matters for America] So, God doesn’t control the natural world around us–that just works on its own volition, …

So, within the past week, my brand new car got crunched in a parking lot while I was attending a security conference. Here are some photos: I really did park straight… In the distance, you can …

rtfm.6o4.ca - Read The F***ing Manual Reference Library If you go directly to this link, you will be presented with a hilarious error message, complete with apropos image. I got a kick out of this. …

Daily Howler: Coulter makes ‘’errors’’ like other scribes breathe. But store-bought John Cloud couldn’t find them ERNSTEIN WATCHES THINGS FALL APART: Congratulations to …

Wired News: Surveillance Works Both Ways At this year’s Computers, Freedom and Privacy conference in Seattle, Steve Mann enlisted volunteers to film those who were filming them in local Seattle …

There is an article on ID theft causes that has a great summary of the fundamental factors in ID theft from entities entrusted with your private data They can’t steal data you don’t have …

Computer theft may expose data on 180,000 patients - Computerworld APRIL 08, 2005 (COMPUTERWORLD) - A San Jose-based medical practice has notified about 180,000 current and former patients about the …