Money sure doesn't go as far as it used to

from here

Once upon a time a bit was 1/8th of a dollar (it seems like more than just a coincidence that it's also 1/8th of a byte) and 2 bits was a 25 cents. I imagine it must be slightly confusing to seniors when they encounter ransomware and the demand for hundreds of "bit coins" (although actual coins that were worth 1 bit haven't been in fashion within living memory, the term was still used in media within my lifetime).

Tech support cat is not amused

found on Meme Center

If a cat tells you not to install every toolbar you see, listen to that cat.

Also, give the cat lots of treats because it's a really good cat.

It is in the name, after all

from here

Getting accosted by security just before boarding a plane seems ridiculous to me, Security had their chance to find a problem with the guy at the security checkpoint. If someone has gotten past the checkpoint without a problem they shouldn't be subjected to additional checks. That seems like the TSA version of double jeopardy.

(And a big shout out to the brainiac who reports this image macro whenever they see it because they feel it's inherently a death threat)

Why not both?

found on Meme Guy

There's so much in updates these days, there could easily be both legitimate security updates and backdoors, and frankly even more than that.

Nothing Facebook does surprises me anymore

from here

Well, these are some pretty profound privacy violations on Facebook's part. Just remember Zuckerberg's maxim:

"They 'trust me'. Dumb fucks"

She stole his iPhone and his heart

found on Izismile

Definitely a different reaction to a stolen phone than what we're accustomed to seeing. I guess that's one of the perks of being beautiful, you can get away with more.

Never reuse password predictions

from here

It's that time of year again. Time for people to make predictions, and one of the predictions that seems to have the most staying power is the end of passwords. The prediction never comes true, though, and it probably never will.

It's probably not just for one laptop

found on Meme XYZ

What do you think? Does each display device have a different password or is it more likely that they're all the same? I suspect the latter.

But at least they say they're sorry

from here

Facebook basically proves they can't be entrusted with the sensitive information they ask for, time and time again.

Thanks to Paul Watson for drawing the connection.

You're teaching who what now?

found on Meme Generator

"Educational" malware has always been a questionable idea. People try to justify it under the banner of "think like an attacker", but if you look at how things went down with rootkits it's more like a way to make a problem worse (by putting knowledge in the hands of people who would misuse it) while cultivating a reputation of expertise that you can use to get people to pay you to help deal with the problem you made worse in the first place.