Wednesday, September 7, 2016

If Only I Could Lift That Sandwich Board

from here (source image)

I imagine someone who has just awoken from years in a coma might have some difficulty stealing the bike also.

That's Not How Password Security Works At All

found on 909sickle

There are as many ways of interpreting requirements as there are people who must fulfill them. Don't be surprised when (not if) someone says something like this to you.

Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Alone Time Ruined - Brazzers

from here and here

On the one hand it was just the Brazzers forums that were breached, but on the other hand that contains people's very personal thoughts and feelings, not just the fact that they're interested in porn.

The Many Faces Of "There Is No Cloud"

"There is no cloud, just other people's computers" was a catch phrase I proposed 2 years ago in response to Graham Cluley's assertion that the reality of cloud computing was getting lost in the terminology and we might be better off if we replaced "the cloud" with "somebody else's computer". As you might expect, I take great interest in seeing where the meme goes. I stumbled across one set of stickers with the exact wording I used and later another sticker with a variation on the phrase that merges Graham's and my wording.

Recently I saw a tweet with a photo of someone wearing a shirt with that latter design on it and it was pretty neat, but the tweet got deleted, so I went to Google and guess what I found - nearly a dozen different designs. I couldn't be more pleased to share them
found on Zazzle

found on Free Software Foundation Europe

found on Society6


found on Amazon

found on Amazon

found on Spreadshirt

found on Spreadshirt

found on Red Bubble

found on Chummy Tees

found on Sexy Hackers

found on Cafe Press

Have I missed anything? Let me know, I'm always interested in seeing how far this meme has spread.

Monday, September 5, 2016

You Made An Antivirus That False Alarms On Winlogon.exe?

from here and here

Thanks to Graham Cluley for bringing to my attention what is, frankly, an inexcusable cock-up in this day and age. In 2016 it shouldn't be possible for an antivirus to false alarm on a critical system binary like winlogon.exe and cause the system to crash, but apparently that is what Sophos has done.

Ever Felt Not Quite Safe In Your Hotel Room?


Watch on YouTube

It's not just that such a thing exists that concerns me, but that I could probably make one with a baking sheet and scissors.

Friday, September 2, 2016

These Fashion Police Are A Riot

from here (source image)

Obviously, if the woman feels safe enough to re-apply her make-up, then there isn't really any riot going on for those riot police to deal with.

Choose Your Battles Carefully

found on Meme Base

If you're going to face threats head on, make sure you don't bite off more than you can chew.

Thursday, September 1, 2016

How Else Can They Get The Cookies?

from here and here

I have a feeling that granny's browsing could be identified without browser fingerprinting.

The Computer Ate My Homework

found on Erin Davis' blog

I'm surprised this isn't a bigger problem for technology in the classroom.