mobile app security

found on dilbert.com of course

"we upload the data but we don't store it" sounds suspiciously like "i tried some weed but didn't inhale".

rememeber remember the 12th of december?

found on someone's facebook wall

choosing passwords is never ideal, but if you are going to go with a chosen one instead of a generated one, don't let someone else choose it for you.

well something seems broken

from here (source image)

the earlier post about spam-related memes inspired me to make one of my own.

it also gave me an opportunity to learn why i should do google image searches for "walleyed" instead of "cockeyed" (unless, perhaps, i wanted to make fun of enlargement spam).

all spammed up memes

found on the all spammed up blog

so, the all spammed up blog had a post a while back about a variety of macro image memes (egads, i'm starting to sound like that know your meme guy) about spam and other assorted junk email concepts. go ahead and check it out. it's always nice to have a laugh at the bad guys' expense.

failword

from here

i wonder how the cheezburger folks will feel about me using their comix builder for something that's all text.

the word failword was inspired by nick owen insisting once again that passwords are bad and 2 factor authentication is good

privacy: please think of the children

found on failbook

i think we can all agree that there are some things that just shouldn't be shared online.

the more things change the more they stay the same

from here (source image)

inspired by terry zink's shifting of the dates on the original comic. i realized that the truth that the original comic really expressed was not that the tables had turned, but that the problems of the past always seem minor in comparison to our current problems. it's a kind of relativity that makes us see the past through rose coloured glasses. yes, our problems are increasing but so is our ability to deal with them - that's the only way the past can look so rosy.

hide yo' coat hooks..

from here (image source)

it's not a bad idea, when you're in a bathroom stall, to hang your belongings up rather than leave them on the floor where someone can reach under and take the thing without you ever seeing who it was. however, clearly the thieves have come up with an easy countermeasure.

who says passwords are hard?

from here (source caveman image)

honestly, the password advice people give out is way more complicated than it needs to be. just use a password manager, it's that simple.

password monster

from here (source image)

inspired by

eHarmony, LinkedIn, last.fm ... NEED MOAR BREACHES THIS WEEK

— attrition.org (@attritionorg) June 7, 2012

and of course, if a new password breach really is revealed today, i think we can safely say it was brought to you by the letters F, A, I, and L.