Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Watch Out Guys, We're Dealing With A Security Hipster Over Here

from here

Sometimes, security people get so deep into themselves they become legends in their own minds.

Don't Fool Yourself

found on the meta picture

It's always nice to see someone else saying it. It's not hacking. It's not even cracking. It's just being a dick.

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Tyler Durden Approves Of This Policy

from here (source article)

It's one thing when the intelligence community is being run like something out of George Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four", but when you start running it like Fight Club (which, if you recall from the movie, was the product of a man in the process of losing his mind) then ... Wow. I'm afraid of what that future holds.

I’m Not Falling For That Again Mr. Facehugger

found on the meta picture

It's not always that something is too good to be true (are free hugs too good to be true? that would be sad), sometimes it's just that we don't know about or understand the consequences or hidden costs.

I'm sorry to hear about H. R. Giger's passing, but even that isn't enough to make me accept a free hug from one of those guys.

Monday, May 12, 2014

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.

Friday, May 9, 2014

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.

Thursday, May 8, 2014

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.


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.