Friday, January 27, 2023

That's gonna be a no from me

from here and here

I've come to expect this kind of data sharing shenanigans from websites, but from brick-and-mortar stores? Why? Don't they save enough money by not printing a physical receipt to more than pay for the service of emailing the receipt?

Don't shoot! I surrender!

found on Reddit

There's probably a lot wrong with this idea, like the fact that it will make it unsafe for unarmed bystanders because everyone will have to be assumed to be armed with one of these and armed forces would have to shoot them as soon as they tried to raise their arms to surrender. It's never a good idea to make real surrender less safe.

Thursday, January 26, 2023

They get everywhere

from here and here

Keeping secrets is hard. It's even harder doing it on a large scale. If there was just a couple of them then it probably wouldn't be that difficult to keep track of them all, but thanks to overclassification there are millions of them. It's no wonder they get everywhere.

Dinner Fork Door Lock


Watch on YouTube

I wasn't sure about calling this a lock, but then I looked around and found there are all sorts of things called portable door locks that aren't really that much different than this, so I guess this qualifies.

Also, go to the YouTube page and check out the description and comments to see why this isn't just a waste of a perfectly good fork. You may not have the threat model that this applies to, but other people do.

Wednesday, January 25, 2023

The P in IoT stands for privacy

from here and here

I'm glad to hear that people aren't bothering to connect their smart appliances to the Internet. Good for them. Maybe the spy-appliance companies will take the hint and get out of the consumer surveillance game. People just want to wash their clothes and cool their food, they don't need devices that spy on you in your own home.

The only winning move is not to play

found on eBaum's World

You'll never be caught clicking on the wrong thing if you never click on anything.

Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Too much faith in technology

from here and here

A networking failure shouldn't cause lights to get stuck in the ON position, and not anticipating those kinds of failures in your design is a pretty good indication that you didn't anticipate malicious misuse either. A good engineer anticipates failure. A good security engineer also anticipates malicious misuse. There are probably a number of security vulnerabilities in the system in addition to this lighting control DoS.

I Play With Malware sticker

Product Page

Maybe it's just me, but this seems like the kind of sticker which, if it were on your laptop, could keep people away from it if you accidentally left it unattended in the coffee shop. Either that or someone would call the cops.

Monday, January 23, 2023

Don't let the computer feel insecure

from here and here

Computers with attachment issues is the main reason I dislike SSO.

Have you never heard of Incognito Mode?

found on Izismile

Stop giving your parents palpitations and start protecting your private browsing. Your browser should either have special Incognito windows or Private Browsing windows, depending on who makes the browser. Learn to use them automatically for everything. You might even be able to configure them as the default.