Friday, December 30, 2016

The security of modern technology

from here (source image)

Whenever something says unbreakable, run the other way.

You can call me "Hunny" but not "Honeypot"

found on Pinhumour

There's more than one way to avoid an attack, and you should definitely think outside the box, but damn that is cold. I know they say you don't have to outrun the bear you only have to outrun the person beside you, but if you've got a gun you might want to try shooting the bear - even if you don't kill it you can at least you can shoot one of it's kneecaps. Better that than using it to turn your buddy into a decoy in order to get away easier.

Thursday, December 29, 2016

If stealing a man's beer isn't right I don't want to be wrong

from here (source image)

Typically corrections are the domain of the authorities (corrections officers working in a correctional facility, for example), but that doesn't mean folks don't try to take matters into their own hands.

Threat models

found on GIF Trunk

Whether this is good or bad really depends on your threat model. If you don't consider models a threat then their ability to bypass your security isn't a problem. On the other hand, if this is a model threat, then you've got problems.

Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Is it that Donkey Kong you kids are always playing?

from here (source image tweeted by @lawblob)

Oftentimes online you'll see people joking about grannies being unfamiliar with technology. This isn't that. This is joking about grannies not being familiar with Sonic the Hedgehog, while quite possibly everyone else is. So if your threat model is your grandma, then that seems like a perfectly reasonable security question to use - otherwise try something else.

Striking "Awwww" into the hearts of criminals

found on LOLPix

On the one hand you have increasingly militarized police forces using "shock and awe" (as well as too much force), and then on the other hand you have this kind of police force using a completely different kind of awwww and which is actually quite shocking when you're accustomed to the first kind.

Sunday, December 25, 2016

The song doesn't say anything about him knowing crypto

from here

Tor isn't just for naughty people, though. It also helps protect nice people from naughty people.

Be on the look out

found on Patch

I'm guessing the reward is being offered by someone who didn't get what they had hoped for.

Saturday, December 24, 2016

No cookies for you!

from here

Isn't it amazing that we not only revere a spymaster when we're little, we reward them with cookies.

And then we grow up and secretly become the spymaster for the next generation.

Haven't you learned your lesson yet?

found on The Columbus Dispatch
Y'know, if Obama would just dismantle the mass spying apparatus he wouldn't have to worry about things like this (or what Trump will do the apparatus).