Monday, April 8, 2019

Electronically exposed breasts

from here

It seems RFID tags in breast implants (and other medical implants) have become fairly mainstream, but while we protect RFID-enabled cards and passports with RFID-blocking technology we don't seem to as interested as controlling the access to data from RFID implants. Surely broadcasting a unique identifier that's useful for tracking purposes has some kind of privacy implication.

Talk about the pot calling the kettle black

found on Meme Center

Imagine being told by the company that leaked all 3 billion of their user accounts that your password isn't strong enough. Who are you to judge other people's security, Yahoo!?

Friday, April 5, 2019

Don't even ask about cookies

from here

Even after all these years, it still bugs me that the meaning of the word "hacker" was corrupted to replace the word "cracker". I wish we could bring the word "cracker" back so that "hacker could shed the cracker-related stigma.

Don't leave yourself exposed

found on Memedroid

Thursday, April 4, 2019

And CRC32 is great for digital signatures

from here

The stupid, it burns!

But seriously, there are real developers out there using BASE64 encoding as though it were encryption, and it is cringe-inducing.

Physical security is only half the battle

found on Reddit

There's plenty of security lessons in the various Star Wars movies, and if you think about it the stories would be a lot less interesting if everyone were doing security properly.

Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Welcome to Phishbook

from here

How abusive of users can Facebook get and still maintain it's dominance? At what point do we collectively say enough is enough? I mean demanding credentials for your email account will probably be blamed on some underling but it's completely on brand for Mr. "They trust me, dumb fucks" himself. This is the corporate equivalent of the abusive romantic partner who always says they'll change but they never do. 

Cat-ouflage

found on I Can Has Cheezburger Animals


Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Wile E. Coyote would be proud

from here

Sanitizing your inputs is important, even (especially) when you're making a self-driving car.

Some things just don't follow the rules

found on I Can Has Cheezburger

Don't be too proud of the technological marvel you've constructed in your firewall rules. The ability to block a packet is insignificant next the power of the fire.