Monday, March 7, 2022

Who wants to go first?

from here and here (image source)

Something has to be done about our insatiable need to stick computers into things that don't need them. They just wind up spying on us and I don't know about you but that is one place I would rather not be spied upon. 

Hi, my name is Unknown Subject, and I'm an alcoholic

found on Reddit

So it's not really anonymous, even if you are just giving your first name - or even if you're giving a false name, it's still technically pseudonymous. That being said, in practice anonymity doesn't have to be entirely binary - something can be relatively anonymous and still give you many of the benefits of anonymity. For example one might feel anonymous in a crowd, even if everyone in the crowd is known.

Friday, March 4, 2022

Safe OR Secure?

from here and here (image source)

Usually you don't have to choose between the two, unless someone does something really ill-advised like this.

How not to get your stolen contraband back

found on Reddit

Of course it's a Florida man. Isn't it always?

I wonder what would happen if criminals formed their own police force to deal with criminal on criminal crime, so that people like this gentleman would have some place to turn that wouldn't arrest them.

Thursday, March 3, 2022

It doesn't always pay to be first

from here and here

I wonder if it was some kind of karmic retribution that the ransomware gang known as Karma had their ransom operation interrupted by another ransomware gang.

Locked Door Is Not Secure


Watch on YouTube

Another example of why it's important to understand how a lock works before you install it. Otherwise it may do absolutely nothing.

Wednesday, March 2, 2022

You'll have to pull a lot harder this time

from here and here

I know it's a stretch, but... the Internet ruins everyone eventually. The question you have to ask yourself, though, is did it ruin the photographer as well?

Silence Of The VMs sticker

Product Page

InfoSec, Silence Of The Lambs, and do I detect a hint of Dr. Seuss in the execution? Seems like a great sticker to put on your laptop, honestly. I'm not sure why they always use a water bottle to present stickers. 

Tuesday, March 1, 2022

What's good for the victim is good for the attacker

from here and here

It never gets old watching those who victimize others become victims themselves. It's like it almost makes you believe the universe is fair and just when bad things happen to bad people. Of course then bad things happen to good people and the illusion is shattered. Hopefully this breach of the chat logs for the Conti ransomware group will lead to more meaningful consequences for them.

Stealth level 100

found on eBaum's World

When I was that age I would not have had the balls to try to hide out in the open like this. I did win a game of hide and seek by hiding underneath a couch, but this little chameleon figured out how to blend in right in plain sight.