Friday, March 5, 2021

Specializes in escaping the sandbox

from here and here (image source)

They say cyber security is a game of cant and mouse. In the game of cat and mouse, it's better to be the cat.

Get 'em accustomed to surveillance while they're young

found on Izismile

Actually, don't do this. Don't make your children numb to surveillance and privacy invasion. The privacy landscape is in bad enough shape as it is.

Thursday, March 4, 2021

A little fuzzy on the details

from here (image source)

This is almost enough to make me wish I didn't shave my head. Almost. I would love to have a built-in face covering like this to foil face recognition, but the best I've got is an elbow I can stick my face in and pretend I'm a vampire or something. I guess as long as the pandemic is on I can still wear the face mask.

You better be wearing the brown pants if you go porch pirating here


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So just in case you thought the glitter bomb was too festive (or too complicated), this theft deterrent is just a couple of shotgun blanks to make the would-be thief soil themselves as they run away.

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

You know what you have to do

from here (image source 1 and 2)

Inspired by a tweet from Martijn Grooten. I guess I should have worked on this sooner.

Who watches when the watchmen are on break?

found on Instagram

I need a healthier FBI agent

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Maybe Gab can pray the breach away

from here and here (image source)

This has got to be one of the more colourful reactions to suffering a data breach, but I don't think it's a productive one.

Passwords Are Like Underwear shirt

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... And they shouldn't stick to the wall!

I wonder if there are actually underwear somewhere with this joke on them.

Monday, March 1, 2021

The state says gimme gimme

from here

There's some strange logic going on in this bitcoin mining malware case in Germany. The state is laying claim to the bitcoins under the argument that the bitcoins weren't stolen. No of course not, electricity and computing resources were stolen and converted into bitcoins. If I steal a car and convert it into cash does the state keep the cash? Shouldn't the money go back to the victims to compensate them for what was taken?

Privacy Hack

found on Izismile

It won't stop the person who has it from viewing it, so it's not perfect privacy protection, but it will definitely make it harder for them to distribute it.