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Tresor-not
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
Posted in Clue train, Rant, Tech
Tagged computer, fail, hacking, infosec, network logins, rant, security, software, technology
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VRM as root of sovereignty
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
Posted in Clue train, PClouds, Rant, Social issues, Tech, VRM
Tagged fail, future, internet, marketing, network logins, power, technology, technology advances, vrm
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Spam origin experiment
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
Posted in Clue train, PClouds, Rant, Social issues, Tech, VRM
Tagged advertising, email, fail, fraud, hacking, infosec, internet, life, marketing, network logins, rant, security, spam, technology, vrm
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Do you consider your digital identity a separate self or is it identical to your real-world self?
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
Posted in Clue train, PClouds, Social issues, Tech, VRM
Tagged IMHO, infosec, internet, life, network logins, rant, security, technology, vrm
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Imp no wimp
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
Posted in PClouds, Tech, VRM
Tagged future, internet, network logins, technology, technology advances, UI, vrm
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IoT Device on-boarding for real people
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
Posted in Clue train, PClouds, Tech, VRM
Tagged future, hacking, infosec, internet, network logins, security, technology, technology advances, UI, vrm
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OK Hilton, gloves are off
As some of you know, I’ve been trying for several years to get Hilton to fix a security flaw in their web site. I’ve tried reporting it to them via the web site, through customer service, and by tracking down … Continue reading
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Tagged facebook, fail, hilton, hilton executives, hilton hhonors, infosec, internet, login credentials, network logins, password, security, ssl, technology, tls
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