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Iphone Being Closed Makes It Less Secure
I was thinking recently about developers wanting to be able to exploit future bugs in systems like the iPhone (and even in windows media player and the like) to gain access to locked content, features …
Timely: Emergency Radio test in West Seattle
I made the west seattle blog! West Seattle Blog… » Non-snow news: Neighborhood radio test - talk about timely! That’s myself and some other neighbors from the nearby west seattle neighborhood …
Security issue dulls "Chrome"'s luster
Actually, lots of browsers get poor marks overall for how the password management systems function and protect you against malicious attacks. I’m still floored that Firefox does not have the …
Movie Plot Comes True
Funny, especially in light of watching the season premiere of “24” where Jack shoots out a video camera, which draws the people out to check on it, leaving them vulnerable to attack. Add …
Tracking (and evading) the trackers
A very interesting research paper to read up on. I’m most curious how they baited the RIAA/MPAA into thinking that printers had been downloading files over bittorrent. Tracking the Trackers As …
Ripped From Informercials Spam
So, I’m listening to this story on NPR yesterday and the CEO of the company that brings you the Sham-Wow, Pedi-Paws, Ped Egg, and other cruft for $19.95 was on. I rarely watch commercials …
Md5 Demonstrated Very Broken But Worse Some Cas Were Still Using It
Now, a proof-of-concept showing that the long-known MD5 vulnerabilities can be actually used to fake a CA certificate. This could be really bad if done by a bad guy. And it has long been known that to …
Bpa Safety In Plastics For Your Baby
I’ve heard lots of information about BPA in plastics (aka Bisphenol-A), and a little misinformation. So I figured that it was time to crosscheck these concerns against the other …
Trouble selling your home? St. Joseph to the rescue!
But you have to be a believer or it won’t work. Well, even then it won’t work. I wonder what kind of anti-scientific process that lead someone to postulate that it isn’t enough to …
Quackery In Seattle
I often listen to AM 1090 Seattle (upstart progressive talk radio station and Air America / Nova M radio affiliate). What irks me are the many fringe/quack commercials and infomercials that air on the …