Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Is it that Donkey Kong you kids are always playing?

from here (source image tweeted by @lawblob)

Oftentimes online you'll see people joking about grannies being unfamiliar with technology. This isn't that. This is joking about grannies not being familiar with Sonic the Hedgehog, while quite possibly everyone else is. So if your threat model is your grandma, then that seems like a perfectly reasonable security question to use - otherwise try something else.

Striking "Awwww" into the hearts of criminals

found on LOLPix

On the one hand you have increasingly militarized police forces using "shock and awe" (as well as too much force), and then on the other hand you have this kind of police force using a completely different kind of awwww and which is actually quite shocking when you're accustomed to the first kind.

Sunday, December 25, 2016

The song doesn't say anything about him knowing crypto

from here

Tor isn't just for naughty people, though. It also helps protect nice people from naughty people.

Be on the look out

found on Patch

I'm guessing the reward is being offered by someone who didn't get what they had hoped for.

Saturday, December 24, 2016

No cookies for you!

from here

Isn't it amazing that we not only revere a spymaster when we're little, we reward them with cookies.

And then we grow up and secretly become the spymaster for the next generation.

Haven't you learned your lesson yet?

found on The Columbus Dispatch
Y'know, if Obama would just dismantle the mass spying apparatus he wouldn't have to worry about things like this (or what Trump will do the apparatus).

Friday, December 23, 2016

V rira fcrnx va pbqr

from here

Can you guess what the title means? I'll give you 13 guesses and the first 12 don't count.

Crooked is as crooked does

found on Izismile

How drunk or high do you have to be to think that's a straight enough line when you're cutting out your counterfeit one dollar bills?

Thursday, December 22, 2016

What's in a name?

from here (source image)

A sourpuss by any other name might smell as sweet but certainly wouldn't be as big a target. You might think that only applies to criminals, but there are all sorts of scenarios where a poorly chosen name or alias can make one or ones company a target. I can't imagine an business called Unbreakable Security would get very far before falling prey to a tidal wave of scrutiny, for example.

You don't always get to pick names, but when you do, try not to choose one that puts a target on the entity that will bare that name.

The Not-So-Great Wall

found on Evil Milk

Who needs a boat? I'm pretty sure you could just swim around that - you might even be able to wade around it.