Friday, January 11, 2019

Pay no attention to the abandoned building they're taking you to

from here

Trading situational awareness for entertainment in an environment you inherently can't trust is a terrible idea.

Lock pick earrings

product page

For the gal who doesn't quite have everything yet. It's a great design. Aside from the appearance, with a tension wrench on each one you won't have to take anything apart to use them.

Too bad I can't accessorize like that.

Thursday, January 10, 2019

Facebook, meet percussive privacy

from here

The Facebook app is undeleteable you say? I can fix that with a simple hammer.

Trolling the TSA

found on the Art of Trolling

"Look out! He's got a 'weapon' and it's fully 'loaded'."

It may be satire, but if there's anyone who deserves to be made uncomfortable like that it's the TSA.

Wednesday, January 9, 2019

Plaintext isn't any kind of data protection I ever heard of

from here

Hundreds of millions of passport numbers breached, and it turns out they were not encrypted. At some point we really have to start considering these monumental lapses a form of negligence that businesses and other organizations can be held accountable for.

You can ask but that doesn't mean you get

found on Izismile

The first step in remaining anonymous is not telling your name to people who don't appear to understand what anonymous means.

Tuesday, January 8, 2019

Revenge of the Nerds: Swirlie Edition

from here (source article)

The more engaging a smart device is, the more valuable the data that can be mined from it. I can only suppose the folks at Kohler were so focused on mining the shit out of your shitter and plumbing the depths of your doodie that it never occurred to them that being immersed in a toilet might not seem as enjoyable as they intended.

Camouflage can't protect you from everything

found on Funny Junk

Camouflage certainly won't protect you if you hold up a big target inviting people to attack you.

Monday, January 7, 2019

Cutting off your nose to spite your face

from here

If you value security, you need to pay the people who carry out security work. If they don't get paid, they eventually stop working, just as hundreds of TSA personnel are transitioning towards. Virtually no one can afford to work unpaid long term.

A good disguise makes the infiltration go quackly

found on Imgur

And a bad disguise is pure quackery.

Would the ducks buy it? They are bird brains, after all.