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Social Networky
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PSA: Heartbleed Secure Web Vulnerability
Please Share Around: So, you may or may not have heard about "Heartbleed". A significant proportion[1], possibly 2/3rds of all "secure" web servers out there are currently essentially insecure (could be snooped on by anyone on the Internet), and this may have been the case since Mar 2012. The bug was publically announced on 7th of April 2014 ( Read more... ) -
O Noes, the Instagram Sky Is Falling...
O Noes, the Instagram Sky Is Falling...
So, the latest buzz about the traps is that Instagram is about add this (text from the iOS app) to it's Terms of Service :
"Some or all of the Service may be supported by advertising revenue. To help us deliver interesting paid or sponsored content or promotions, you agree that a business or other entity may ( Read more... ) -
iPhone 5 (and other iOS devices) FAQ - 2012
So, I finally got around to picking up the iPhone 5, and my iPhone related posts, whilst still relevant (a surprising number of apps are still existent and updated, and the security tips are still good), need a bit of updating. This is pretty much just going to be a random collection of new stuff that I happen to have opinions about. Some of it is ( Read more... ) -
Wot I Did On The Weekend - by thorfi, age mumblety something
Just a super quick drop in - I'll make a more substantial post in the next few days I suspect. :-)
In the meantime, here's a link to one of the two Swing dancing routines I performed on the weekend:
Swing Patrol North Melbourne Level 3 Performance Ball 2011Not a perfect performance, but I'm dancing partnered with a teacher I've been learning from ( Read more... ) -
Open Letter: Asylum Seekers - Let them arrive, instead of treating them like criminals.
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Quick Hit: Privacy Helpers
Presented without much comment:- DuckDuckGo - Privacy enabled search engine
- Duck Duck Go's explanation and list of other privacy helpers
- Ghostery - Anti Cookie tracking plugin
- Adblock plugin (search link so you can find your browser(s), as there's no single website
- Disconnect.me - A different anti-tracking plugin
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Migrating from LJ to DW
Migrating from Livejournal.com to Dreamwidth.org (if you want to) Why you might want to migrate (an incomplete list of possible reasons)
- 2010-09-19: Thorfinn's post: Meme: Ace things about Dreamwidth.org
- 2010-09-10: Thorfinn's post: LiveJournal: FB Connect + Pingbacks - Why you might care or not, and why you can't comment on my LJ
- 2010-08-31: More ( Read more... )
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Why Anonymous Electronic Voting has Security Issues
In Australian Greens MP Adam Bandt's post "Do you think should people be able to enrol to vote online?", a number of people in the post also wanted to actually vote online (or electronically).
My response to that is that electronic voting is currently not possible to secure because of the requirement to preserve anonymity of voting.
With most ( Read more... )
