i'z in ur facebook...

source and inspiration from the naked security blog. is america's dumbest criminals still on the air?

not-so-private dressing room

from failblog

i don't even have to go into this dressing room to see how nice it is inside... oh wait.

you may already be a 'winner'

from failblog

be careful of those contests you don't remember entering. even if you aren't wanted by the cops, someone else might be trying to fool you (someone who themselves might be wanted by the cops).

above the law

via failblog

at first you might think the lesson here is to be careful your own tools and capabilities aren't used against you, but this vehicle is parked in a fire zone. just as the police cannot be above the law, security people should not be above the security policy. they need to set an example for everyone else, not operate on a "do as i say, not as i do" basis.

you use that password how many places?

from the wonderful mind of randall monroe at xkcd

don't let this fictional attacker's lack of action lull you into a false sense of safety. reusing your password does in fact open you up to attacks just as is described here and there are plenty of people out there willing to compromise your banking and other accounts for profit (though not all attackers will bother to set up a webservice to capture your credentials; phishing, malware, and user database compromises do an adequate job of capturing those as is).

immodest proposal

found source image on boingboing but the true source is here

well they don't call it security theatre for nothing, though we may never know what the plot of this play was.

zzzzzzzzzecurity

from failblog

it's funny because it's true. after all, how else do you think the graffiti could get there?

close the iron curtain please, i'm trying to pee

from very demotivational

so all those times i mentioned following people into the washroom with a camera (because they had outrageous philosophies on privacy that included things like "if you don't have anything to hide ..."), apparently the russians didn't get the joke.

sorry russia, i didn't mean to give anyone ideas.

new old meme: the joke

ah, the venerable joke. a funny story told and retold, passed on from one person to another. a classic meme if ever there was one.

this satirical story about a traveler having a 'happy ending' during an enhanced pat-down inspired me to come up with an actual honest to goodness joke. i honestly don't come up with my own jokes very often, but when inspiration strikes you gotta play the cards you're dealt.

virgin airways

a young man goes to the airport in order to catch a flight, but because of privacy and health concerns he elects to 'opt out' of the full body imaging machine. when the TSA agent takes him aside for alternative screening he says to the agent

young man: "so did you hear about that guy who ejaculated during an 'enhanced' pat down?"

TSA agent: "excuse me?"

young man: "yeah, apparently the agent wasn't familiar with what piercings would feel like and wound up spending a little too much time 'down there'."

TSA agent: "i see. so, uhh... do you have any piercings i should know about?"

young man: "no, but i am a virgin, and i'd like to still be one when i finally get through security."

(inspiration)