If Houdini had a backpack

from here and here (image source)

Maybe if Newt Scamander had employed something like this his fantastic beasts wouldn't have kept getting away.

You'll never look at a chain lock the same way again

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If your home is protected by a chain lock like this one, you better make sure there isn't enough room for someone with skinny arms to reach in with a rubber band and adhesive tape.

The unintended costs of mass surveillance

from here

So Singapore is letting police access contact tracing data and people are concerned, and perhaps rightfully so. Over and over again, governments have proven they can't be trusted not to use the data they collect for purposes other than the data was intended. The United States exemplifies this and as a result they are unlikely to ever be able to do meaningful contact tracing because people don't trust that the data won't be used for other purposes - and that lack of trust is costing lives. There are other factors also costing lives, but even without those factors, contact tracing would still be a problem and without contact tracing it's impossible to get ahead of an outbreak.

Can't a guy rest in peace?

found on Acid Cow

I suppose the argument could be made that there are no more outcomes for him to worry about, but privacy is still privacy, and if people really didn't care about what happened after they were gone they wouldn't make wills.

How do you "accidentally" add hard-coded credentials?

from here and here

Believe me, I can imagine how this backdoor got added to the Zyxel firmware. In theory they may be developing the firmware with the built-in account for testing purposes and then they remove or disable that code in the final build that they intend for release. But if that's what they're doing then this mistake begs to happen over and over again.

Maybe they should make a product that's testable in it's final releasable form instead.

My Parents Went On The Internet And All I Got Was Some Lousy Malware shirt

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For when the malware your family finds for you (one way or another) doesn't quite measure up to your expectations.

IoT's security disadvantage

from here and here

The Internet of Things is always going to have security problems and updates and other device maintenance tasks are a big part of the reason

Hopefully it's just for deterrent purposes

found on Acid Cow

I've heard it said that some guys don't take a hint. I've even heard that some guys point blank won't take no for an answer. I hope things don't escalate much further

It's finally dead...ish

from here and here

It may be EOL for Flash but that doesn't mean people won't do plenty of inadvisable things trying to keep it alive. Expect to see cyber-criminals capitalizing on the situation in 3...2...1...

Revenge on a IRS Phone Scamming Company - Call Flooder

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Making scammers angry enough to curse at you? Yes please, I want more of that. Interferring with their business of exploiting others is just icing on the cake.