Friday, October 13, 2017

Everyone is their parents' tech support

from here

It doesn't matter how successful you are, you could be the CEO of your own tech company, but when it comes to your parents, you are the first line help desk and they want their computers fixed.

Maybe you should just get an iPad instead

found on Meme Center

They used to advise people to get Apple computers in order to get a computer without having to worry about viruses. Some people still do give and/or follow that advice, but the Mac wasn't virus proof and as time has gone on it has become a bigger and bigger target. I think it's only a matter of time before the dominant advice shifts to "Get an iPad" because it's even more virus-resistant and it can do pretty much anything the average person would use a computer for these days.

Of course, with a large enough market share, the iPad will eventually succumb to the perils of malware as well. It may look different than the malware problem we're familiar with now, but one way or another if the money is there then the attackers will try to find ways to take it.

Thursday, October 12, 2017

At least remembering it shouldn't be a problem

from here

People find all kinds of ways of getting around the complexity requirements in password policies.

I ... may have known a guy in university who used this technique.

The most unfortunate truth in the security world

found on the Archer Security Group website

The fact is that we're faced with situations that involve security fairly often, but most people don't think about security nearly as often, which means they're taking actions with security implications without thinking about what they're doing. You can't expect that to turn out well in the long run.

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Are you trying to fix a problem or cause one?

from here

I remember dealing with this sort of thing in the past and I wondered what kind of headaches this caused normal people who don't have sacrificial computers specifically prepared for exposure to malware.

Say "Jeez"

found on the Security Checks Matter blog

Taking a picture of personnel doing classified work? What could possibly go wrong?

Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Then I turned my computer off and on again and the Internet came back

from here

Whenever any loudmouthed child challenges you to give them your IP address, always give them that one and then have a hearty chuckle at the ensuing silence.

The More You Know

found on Imgflip

Did you ever think that "firewall" was kind of a weird term and wondered where it came from? Well, this seems like a pretty good explanation.

Monday, October 9, 2017

And I'd have done a better job of it, too

from here

I'm not against computers. I think computers are great. I even like the idea of having computers conveniently available where ever you go. Putting computers in everything under the sun is a bit much, though.

Making things hard for the TSA

found on Endless Origami

I've never heard of this webcomic before, but I love the name, and the comics are pretty good too.