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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...
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De-regulatory compliance?
Over the course of any given week I typically receive several inquiries about compliance with Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard and several more about one of the non-card regulatory regimes...
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Research Center responds
My last post described my experience on discovering that a state-run University’s policy is to disclose the home address and phone numbers of all its students by default on its online directory. I was...
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Futurist’s Groundhog Day
It’s deja vu all over again One aspect of intentcasting that fascinates me is how recursive it is. VRM is the manifestation of a desire for intentcasting in an environment which lacks a framework for...
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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...
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Do you consider your digital identity a separate self or is it identical to...
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...
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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...
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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...
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The multiple personalities of AllClear ID
On leaving IBM, I initiated the process to roll my 401K over to my IRA. The fund manager sent the requisite forms – already filled out with my SSN, contact info and the account numbers to effect the...
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Latest revelations concerning the NSA
BREAKING NEWS! It was revealed today in secret documents leaked to this reporter that the US National Security Agency (NSA) is actually a division of Claus Industries, LLC, a company synonymous with...
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Small business frozen in Carbonite
Email from Carbonite. Again. Dear Carbonite, I originally purchased the Carbonite Business service based on the strong recommendation of Leo LaPorte and the product’s ability to let me manage my own...
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Dear @Klout – A note about #security
Dear Klout, Just because it’s on Schneier’s blog doesn’t mean it’s about security. At least not directly. You see, every Friday, Bruce links to something about squid. The actual squishy kind that...
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No ads!
Over at my IoPT blog I’ve written occasionally about how online ad networks are co-opted by cyber criminals and used to deliver malware. It is one reason why I’ve never carried ads on T-Rob.net,...
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