A bug so nice they patched it twice

from here and here

If you have Zoom then you better get patching, again. The patch from earlier this week wasn't good enough but now they've got it for sure this time, honest. 

Always check to see if you can pull the faceplate off

found on Acid Cow

You often can pull the faceplate off if a skimmer has been installed, but they're usually much smaller than this. 

They had a doodie to protect their customers

from here and here

If you received the gift of poop and wondered who sent it, finding out may now be possible. Anonymity was necessary for a site like this because taking an action like this has consequences, and now those consequences can play out because the anonymity has been lost.

How not to lock a sliding door

Watch on YouTube

It may sound like a sliding lock and a sliding door should go well together, but they really really don't.

Because the name "Big Brother" was already taken

from here and here

Candid Camera and all the hidden camera shoes that came after it were always a little creepy when you think about them secretly recording people without their prior consent. That's pretty much the same thing that the new surveillance comedy show from Amazon will be as well, except this time the cameras will be everywhere, and it will give people yet another reason to participate in a surveillance state that feeds data directly to police without permission.

Don't let that be the chosen one

found on Reddit

You should definitely use an adblocker to protect you from malware served through ad networks, but maybe not that particular adblocker. It seems to have a conflict of interest.

Maybe backups would have been faster

from here and here

I've heard that one of the reasons victims pay is that it can be faster to pay the ransom and decrypt the data than to restore from backups, but if it can take hours for a bitcoin transaction to go through then maybe that argument isn't so clear-cut after all. 

Malware tuque

Product Page

A very simple design idea. I wonder if they also make a balaclava.

Anyway, it's a black hat, but if you find yourself identifying more with a white hat, they have those too.

Don't look him in the eye

from here (image source)

I know it's not that we don't value privacy, but there are certainly times when we don't act like we value it. Public washrooms a good example of that. For all the problems they have it seems like no one is trying to design them better and some people are obviously designing them worse. 

Passwords are like underwear - they shouldn't stick to things

found on Izismile

Look, I get it, passwords are hard to remember. However, if you have the sort of job where people visit you at your desk or worse where you give television interviews on TV, then this is not the memory aid you should be using. Put it in your wallet if you must, but not out in the open where anyone (everyone) can see.