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For when you need to exorcise the evil spirit of java from a computer. The power of security compels you!

This is, of course, taken from a rage comic I made in response to a tweet from Lysa Myers a while back.

I don't know if CafePress or Zazzle will allow this design to stay in their stores, but we'll never know unless we try. If both stores ban the design I'll just include the actual images here for people to make their own items ad-hoc. I don't think either store prevents that. As always, the CafePress mark-up is 0% and the Zazzle mark-up is 5% (because it won't let me go any lower).

It's Easy To Remember But Not Hard To Guess

found on Dan Kaminsky's blog

"I am Groot" is really more of a passphrase than a password, but despite that it's still not very strong because it's basically the only thing he says. What else would you guess if you were trying to crack his password?

If You Hate The NSA Shouldn't You Hate The Leaker Too?

from here

What's this? The same topic 4 days in a row? Well, this is the story that just keeps on giving, and apparently respecting the privacy of those celebrities is going to be good for your computer's health.

The Celebrity Nudes Hacker Gets Hacked

So now even Conan O'Brien has covered the hack-back concept. An eye for an eye may seem like a tantalizing option, but just keep in mind that in order to give a criminal a taste of their own medicine you kind of have to break the law and become a criminal yourself, and in the process you turn the bad guy into a victim which may make a jury sympathize with him more. I'd advise against it, frankly. It just creates too many problems.

Technologically Impaired Technology Analyst

from here

It seems like everybody is talking about the technology analyst who thinks 4Chan is a person. Xavier Ashe even wondered if it had become a security meme yet. Well, I aim to please, so...

Finally Someone Who Can Answer The Question "Who Is This 4Chan Person Or Website?"

link to tweet

Thanks to Sean Bonner for this joke at the expense of CNN, whose technology analyst apparently thought the website known as 4Chan was actually an individual.

What, Like An Actual Camera?

from here

Doing a little double duty here, offering a bit of advice and proposing a new catch phrase:

The problem with smartphones is they're smart enough to betray you

Hopefully people take them both to heart, but definitely the part about being more wary of smartphones.

The Lengths Some People Will Go To

found on the meta picture

Who says privacy is dead? Clearly it's still very important to some people. One wonders if maybe the ends could have been achieved a little easier, though - like perhaps simply swallowing the SIM card or something.

Pervs Everywhere Rejoice

from here

Here's what I learned from living in apartments with thin walls: When it comes to privacy, you get what you give. We can't expect others to respect our privacy if we don't respect the privacy of others.

We All Have A Right To A Secret Identity

tweeted by The Electronic Frontier Foundation

This is one of the more clever privacy fan-signs being held up by cosplayers at DragonCon in support of Project Secret Identity - an effort to raise awareness of how important privacy and anonymity are for free expression. They're still looking for people to participate, either online or in person at DragonCon. Check the site for details.