Patrick Talmadge
From the monthly archives: January 2007
These two comics are a very good example of how people do not pick very good passwords.
Thank you Dilbert.com
An article in the Epoch Times (a Chinese newspaper) about a brilliant Chinese professor who has cracked her fifth encryption scheme in ten years. She and her team have cracked the SHA-1 scheme. As a result, the U.S. government and major corporations will cease using the scheme within the next few years.
Read the [...]
I am a huge Netflix fan. I watch and return my movies the same day most of the time. Now it gets even better. I found this video on hackingNetflix.com that shows how the new Netflix watch now system works. According to Netflix this new online movie download system will be spread out to [...]
This just made me laugh so I had I add it to my blog.
Hope you enjoy it.
I stummbled on this article from Peter Gutmann explaining the copy protection built into Windows Vista. The article states that Vista will down grade video and audio reproduction on protected media if Vista can not protect the media.
Vista also has built in tilt bits to help protect from hacked hardware. Vista checks its hardware regularly [...]
It has finally been released the Apple iPhone will be out in June for Cingular. The phone looks very cool and looks like it has a great user interface. I will have to play with one before I plop down my $599. I like several of the features in the iPhone: multi touch screen, random [...]
I found this article on SC Magazine that reminded me of Hackers the movie because in the movie the hackers hack into the street lights so they have all green lights. Here is the article that can be found at SC Magazine.
Ericka Chickowski Jan 9 2007 18:29
Two Los Angeles municipal [...]
Google was using javascript to store Gmail address books while the user was logged in. As a result if a user is logged into Gmail, a malicious website could request your Gmail addressbook.Google has resolved this flaw, but it does point out the danger of javascript.
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- Why is the Logitech Harmony software so painfully bad? 2012/02/05
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- RT @newsycombinator: Hackers have a twisted sense of humor. Watch this: if you laugh, you're one http://t.co/RdHxFVHq 2012/01/27
- RT @andrewchen: The Secret To Pinterest's Astounding Success: A Brilliant Sign-Up Process You Should Copy http://t.co/AsGi9pBx 2012/01/25
- 2 year old + Headlamp = nighttime play with out power #snowpocolypse #2012 2012/01/21
- Took a break from work to play in the snow with my son. #goodtimes #workingfromhome 2012/01/18
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