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Tresor-not

Posted on April 13, 2013 by

Over at the Personal Clouds list, the topic of Tresorit came up.  The service provides “completely secure cloud storage” and offers USD$10k to anyone who can hack the client-side encryption.  The word Tresor is either an encryption method designed to … Continue reading →

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VRM as root of sovereignty

Posted on April 4, 2013 by

A VRM-y system would presumably alert you if you didn’t meet the age requirements for some web site you wished to join or subscribe to.  Considering that under the CFAA doing so would be a felony in the US, you’d … Continue reading →

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Spam origin experiment

Posted on April 1, 2013 by

One of the first things I did when I registered t-rob.net was to set up my new email address.  The second thing I did was to delete the spam email that arrived a moment later. Spam is the scourge of … Continue reading →

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Do you consider your digital identity a separate self or is it identical to your real-world self?

Posted on March 29, 2013 by

Meanwhile, in a parallel universe, Margaret writes: Do you consider your digital identity a separate self or is it identical to your real-world self #edcmooc. I think the question is not whether the digital self is the same as the … Continue reading →

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Imp no wimp

Posted on March 28, 2013 by

Hours after posting on-boarding for real people I ran across the Electric Imp web site.  I hate the architecture, love almost everything else about it, especially the on-boarding.  Take a look: (Note that the Electric Imp isn’t the thing you see … Continue reading →

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IoT Device on-boarding for real people

Posted on March 28, 2013 by

Did your grandmother walk 5 miles to school?  Uphill?  Both ways? Each generation has their hardship stories.  I remember telling my kids “When I was your age, I had to walk all the way across the living room to change … Continue reading →

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