It is in the name, after all

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Getting accosted by security just before boarding a plane seems ridiculous to me, Security had their chance to find a problem with the guy at the security checkpoint. If someone has gotten past the checkpoint without a problem they shouldn't be subjected to additional checks. That seems like the TSA version of double jeopardy.

(And a big shout out to the brainiac who reports this image macro whenever they see it because they feel it's inherently a death threat)

New privacy settings in 3... 2... 1...

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Asking for financial details seems profoundly tone-deaf on Facebook's part. I hope no banks are dumb enough to trust the poster-child of privacy violations with our account details.

Ex-employee seems more appropriate

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I mean, it's not at the same level as leaving the nuclear launch codes set to 00000000, but leaving nuclear material in the back seat of your rental car overnight in a bad neighborhood does seem especially stupid.

Now those with expensive tastes can enjoy a luxurious data breach

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At least these crooks have a better idea of where the money is than the ones who went after Target or Walmart.

Once more unto the data breach

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Adobe's track record with regards to security vulnerabilities is so bad there are jokes about it's very name representing insecurity (like this one here), so the news that there is yet another zero day vulnerability in one of their products isn't terribly surprising at all.

When is a smart safe not?

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If your smart safe can be opened this way, I don't think it should qualify as smart or safe:


It's hard to imagine any kind of quality control went into this, to be honest. Surely a safe has to pass rigorous tests, doesn't it?

Can you prove you're not a bot?

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I wonder if some day CAPTCHAs will exceed human ability to easily solve them. That seems like the logical outcome when we start having algorithms that are better at solving the current CAPTCHAs than we are

Ain't nobody got bandwidth for that

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It's one thing when your computer needs to update, or maybe an app on your phone needs an update, but when your refrigerator and television and light bulbs and toaster and oven and clothes washer&dryer and kettle and water bottle and salt&pepper shakers and toilet and bed and door lock and thermostat and bathroom mirror all need software updates ... that's just way too many things using what precious little bandwidth you have to try and find updates for themselves.

And that's not even counting the possibility of bad updates that brick the device.

What kind of crook victimizes hospitals?

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So am I the only one? Or is face-punching reserved exclusively for Nazis? Inquiring minds want to know.

To use AV or not to use AV, that is the question

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A few people make security-related internet memes. Fewer write song parodies. Fewer still limericks or poem parodies. Even fewer than that make animated videos, or clothing designs.

I see a lot of people doing security, but not so many making culture about it.

What Does The Government Think Front Doors Are For?

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You just know it won't be long before the government starts asking for "front doors" again. Those bad ideas never go away for good, they just take a vacation until the government can find more favourable circumstances. Someone ought to explain to them what front doors really are and make them own up to actually wanting back doors.

Let's See You Decrypt Deleted Or Overwritten Files

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It's a shame security companies are more interested in giving customer what they want instead of what they need. Decryption doesn't even cover all the ransomware possibilities, never mind the possibilities outside of ransomware.

Why Don't I Just Stick My Car Key To My Car?

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It's not as if Apple couldn't have chosen anything else. That high quality camera could easily have been used for facial or even iris recognition. Instead, Apple chose what is perhaps the weakest of all the biometric authentication techniques. Fingerprints - we leave that shit on everything.

Instead Of Catching Up, They Want Everyone Else To Slow Down

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The irony of the government's security efforts is that our security is a threat to their security.