Entries Tagged as 'security'
Microsoft, why do you do it?
I just read this piece about how Microsoft just pushed out an update to XP and Vista users, whether or not they wanted it. That is to say, even if their preferences were set to not update, they got the update - but beyond that there was no notice that the files were updated at [...]
Olympic Security! To the highest bidder…
So I was perusing Schneier’s blog the other day and he put up two posts. The first I read was about some clever crooks who called in a bomb threat in Belfast - the tenants of the 8 or so homes were evacuated and while the cops were busy blowing up the alleged car bomb, [...]
Categories: security
Fly Clear
Apparently there’s a new service, Clear, that lets you pay $100 per year to get special service at the airports. Once you sign up you get some biometric card and you get access to the “Clear Lane” at particular terminals that support them. Right now there aren’t many, but they’ve got one at JFK and [...]
Review: Clipperz
UPDATE: So, I just got word in the comments that I misunderstood things. In fact the javascript encryption libraries are licensed under the open source approved BSD license. I had read that the javascript that runs their website was under a reference license and made the mistake of believing that all their licenses were the [...]
