Friday, February 28, 2014

Goatse Cam HQ - No Such Thing As 'Undesirable Nudity'

from here and here

I don't know why anyone thinks the nudity that GCHQ has collected as part of it's Optic Nerve operation is "unwanted". I'm pretty sure the content will draw the type of people who want to see it.

Priorities - You're Doing It Wrong!

tweeted by The Intercept

The thing about corruption is the halls of power is that when enough people start revealing that corruption, the corrupt no longer have time to pretend to serve the interests of their constituents.

Thursday, February 27, 2014

Creepiest Alternative Ever To Using Boothbabes?

from here (source image)

Thanks to Alex Gantman for tweeting this photo. I gather miss Wolf actually wants to help raise awareness of online safety, and that's great, but I definitely wouldn't want any part in parading a teenage victim around a marketing venue.

RSA hearts NSA

tweeted by @CODEPINK

This was displayed at the RSA conference this year to protest RSA's accepting money from the NSA to weaken encryption (thereby weakening a tool people use to protect themselves and making it easier for the NSA to read their data). RSA denies knowing that was what would happen, but ignorance doesn't inspire anymore trust than intentional collusion.

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

The reason they call it dope

from here (source image)

It's got to make the authorities' job easier when the criminals present themselves like that instead of trying to remain unseen/unknown. If only all crooks were so obliging.

CISSP != Hacker

tweeted by Wim Remes

Unless being able to rattle off physical, administrative, and technical controls makes you a hacker (rather than, you know, hacking) then no, getting a CISSP won't make you a hacker. It might make you appealing to HR, though.

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

There's A Flaw In Your Plan

from here

I have zero faith in the encryption offered by service providers (like secure email providers or encrypted file vault providers) because their control over the encryption means they can bypass it, even if they (supposedly) never have the key.

Coding is hard

found at shirtstarter (courtesy of Ashkan Soltani)

It looks like someone has already immortalized Apple's now famous bug as a t-shirt. Wish I'd thought of that.

Monday, February 24, 2014

A Fail So Nice They Did It Twice

from here (source page)

If you use Apple products, it might interest you to know that pretty much anyone (including your Starbucks barrista) can read your supposedly secure traffic. More info at the ImperialViolet blog including a link to see if you're vulnerable.

Mistreating women? There's an app for that


found on seriously, for real?

A bra that responds to commands from an iPhone app? What could possibly go wrong?

Just in case money and fame aren't enough motivation for those who break into technologically protected things, now you can add lust to the list of potential motivators.