What Could Possibly Go Wrong With Balconies?

from here (source image)

I guess it must have been a very trusting architect.

The Digital Freedom Manifesto

We all need and deserve freedom in our day to day lives and in our use of the technologies that connect us and bring us together. Find out more about this effort to influence policy from F-Secure's blog.

I'd Regret That Too

from here (source image and caption)

Thanks to B.J. Mendelson for tweeting the screenshot and quite a good accompanying caption.

'Once Upon A Time Skido Life' by @MalwareMustDie

found on bitstrips

Thanks to @MalwareMustDie for creating and tweeting this comic. Listen to this infosec dad and get a legit job instead of trying to game the system. You'll spend less time in jail or on the run that way.

I am the one who dox (merchandise)

store item & store section

The terrific idea for this shirt came from a tweet by @Transpanik. If you're uncovering people's secrets and exposing the truth, this might just be up your alley. As usual for things I put up on CafePress, the mark-up is 0%. I don't want your money, I just want you to wear things that raise awareness of security/privacy concepts (and then you can explain doxing to people).

Update: Since CafePress has seen fit to take that design down, I once again have turned to Zazzle. They won't let me set the mark-up lower than 5%, but hopefully they'll at least leave the design up and not make nonsense claims about intellectual property infringement.

I am the one who dox - Women's T-Shirts by secmeme
View more Dox T-Shirts at zazzle.com

I am the one who dox - Men's T-Shirts by secmeme
See more Dox T-Shirts at zazzle.com

Update2: Now it appears that Zazzle thinks the design violates copyright as well. For the time being they've simply rejected the batch products I tried to create (but which never actually appeared). They may at some point make the connection between those and the single products I created (shown above) but for now those at least still seem to be available.

There's a limit to how much intellectual property bullshit I'm willing to tolerate, however. The text is not a quote from the TV show Breaking Bad, and the graphic was not copied, borrowed, or spliced together (I used GIMP's path tool and fill tool to make it). As such, here's the PNG file I uploaded to both services, so if you can't buy the Zazzle shirts anymore (or maybe you can find a cheaper place) you can upload the graphic and have your shirt made to order. Also, here's the XCF file for anyone who wants to modify it in GIMP to make something new (I'm considering changing the hat to a jester's cap and the text to "I am the one who mocks"). Consider it my parting "fuck you" to services who seem to think copyright extends beyond copying and apply it to such things as simply making reference to pop culture icons.

A Flaw In Internet Explorer

found on the meta picture

There's some truthiness, right there.

George Orwell Vs. Big Brother: Guess Who Wins

Thanks to @pharmagossip for tweeting the original photo of a surveillance camera at the home of the late great George Orwell, author of the dystopian novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four" about a totalitarian surveillance state.

(There's no link to cheezeburger here because their automatic resizing was making it difficult to read the memorial, so I made this manually with GIMP. This image has been resized to fit the screen, but the full-sized image is available.)

Heartbleed? Ehh...

found on memebase

I hope this isn't your reaction to Heartbleed, but I'd understand if it was. To be honest, it seems to me that a lot of organizations were too lazy to send out alerts to advise people to change their passwords. I only got 1 notification, and I'm sure there were more that patched their systems.

Have You Heard The Latest 'Chadder'?

from here (source image)

I don't know if McAfee is going for irony points or what, but naming a secure messaging technology "Chadder" seems a little weird.

Dogs And Cats Guarding Together. Which Is Scarier?

found on the zooom

I actually think mentioning the cat here sabotage's the effectiveness of the dog as a deterrent (the dog might not be good enough so we've also got a cat). But if you happen to have a big cat (a lion, or tiger or something) then I suppose anyone who breaks in can't say they weren't warned.