Monthly Archives: February 2007

I don’t give a damn about my bad reputation

No. No. Not me. I was meditating on reputation risk the other day, and behold, the Daily Dave belches forth the documents I sought. (I remembered something on Emergent Chaos on this topic, but hadn’t dug deep enough into their … Continue reading

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Stupid, powerless, uneducated.

Infoworld on a session at RSA: The Cybercrime Blame Game. Although a conference center ballroom may not be conducive to rational discourse (see: US Political Party Conventions), this discussion appears a bit over the top: More people complaining about identity … Continue reading

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Safe Internet Day

I find few concepts as boring as “Safe Internet Day.” Except maybe “Is Open Source as Secure as Closed Source?” I mean good grief. If it weren’t for my incredibly uncomfortable shoes digging trenches into my Achilles tendon, I would … Continue reading

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Testing the User or Phunk’d

The Harvard/MIT study of Bank of America’s web site security, including SiteKey system and SSL certificate verification (see New York Times and Slashdot), tackles the problem of real users using real websites to see how they respond to the authentication … Continue reading

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Harry Potter and the Hacking the 1098

A couple brief notes.From Pogo Was Right, a link to the Boston Globe op-ed on privacy, security and Harry Potter hackers. The nut of the argument of Mr. Peters, CISSP: People take to the streets to protest the Patriot Act … Continue reading

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