Secret ballots on public ledgers

from here

I should be surprised that anyone thinks blockchains and elections are a good fit, but I'm not. There are people who think blockchains are good for everything.

They've got the car theft problem licked

found on I Can Has Cheezburger

It doesn't so much deter as it disorients. I could see it help to slow thieves down so they don't make a quick get away.

Except in Kentucky

from here

Gosh, I sure home nothing bad happens as a consequence of intentionally leaving an election-related server wide open like that.

Is there something about Kentucky that Americans know but the rest of us don't?

Typing blind

found on Imgur

The longer the password, the greater the fear typos - because, when you can't see what you typed, you don't know how far back you have to go to fix it.

These "secret" websites sure are convenient

from here (source article, source image)

Here's a quick tip for those old folks who run intelligence agencies: get someone who understands how the Internet works to come up with online communications channels, not someone who just used an online site building wizard to set up a web site for their uncle.

This may take a while

found on Reddit

Brute forcing good encryption, without the benefit of anything that could help you take shortcuts, is one of those things where the sun will burn out before it happens.

Not exactly a good hiding place

from here

On the one hand, the chef that killed, cooked, and served a person to people expecting vegetarian cuisine is clearly a dangerous person - but on the other hand, he's clearly also a moron. No reasonable person would think they could trick vegetarians into eating long pork unnoticed.

When you use a password manager

found on Meme Guy

I don't know most of my passwords. I let a password manager remember those details for me.

So that's why people like it so much

from here

I've worked in open, highly collaborative environments for my entire professional career and I'm very team-oriented - so it took me an entire month of working from home to realize the privacy benefits.

If someone had just told me to look at it from a privacy perspective I never would have hesitated.

Don't leave home without it

found on Miss Techy

Is a VPN right for you? If primary school kids are installing VPNs on their phones in order to get around website restrictions on their school's wifi, then maybe ask yourself why haven't you found a reason to use a VPN yet.