you wouldn't download a virus

from here (source image one, two, three)

probably not the best way to find what you really want online.

your browsing past can come back to haunt you

Cyanide & Happiness @ Explosm.net

it seems to me if we can have such a thing as security awareness then we ought to be able to talk about privacy awareness too. being aware of how your actions or inactions affect your privacy and your ability to exercise some measure control over social outcomes in your life seems like it could be pretty important.

is "legitimate work at home" an oxymoron?

from here

honestly, the concept of "work at home" just seems too good to be true so i generally assume they're all scams of some sort or another.

do you think a denial of service attack is a weapon?

the thing i like about the idea channel is that, whether you agree or disagree with what is said, a lot of thought clearly goes into the videos and a lot of thought is provoked as a result. in this case i wouldn't call an attack (of any kind) itself a weapon, but i would certainly say that an attack could be carried out using a weapon. obviously this is just a semantic/linguistic point.

no doubt in the subsequent video where he examines the feedback from this one someone will bring up the "digital sit-in" interpretation of DDoS attacks.

you are the weakest link

from here (source tweet)

security is only as strong as the weakest link, as the old saying goes, and in this case the weakest link appears to be the physical network link

hey TSA, let me play you the song of my people

found on boing boing

well, this is certainly a clever way to draw attention to the fact that the TSA is now accepting public comments about their pornoscanners. not sure those comments will go anywhere other than the trash, but still a good effort.

(update: well, surprisingly, this managed to get stuck in my head. enjoy the ear-worm and don't forget to pass it on)

alright, fork it over

from here (source tweet)

thanks to andrei zmievski for tweeting about this example of airport security theatre.

bypassing defenses by going over de-gate

found on failblog

sometimes it seems like the authorities go above and beyond the call of necessity or reason. proper application of authority calls for mindfulness not mindlessness.

all your cycles are belong to us?

from here

based on a reddit thread that brian krebs tweeted about it seems someone's been quite naughty and hopefully will get spanked in a court of law.

the golden rule of privacy

found on the art of trolling

there's nothing that says we have to respect each other's privacy, but we still (usually) do so. we show people that respect because we hope they will reciprocate in kind and respect our privacy.