Find out if your email accout has been compromised on PwnedList
PwnedList provides a free service to check your email addresses against their database of (currently) over 12M pwned credentials. You can also subscribe to get notification if any of up …
Happy birthday, MIME! (it’s 20 years old as of March 11)
Nobody quite notices MIME anymore, but I remember when it was a really big deal to be able to send email attachments in a standardized way. A bit of history …
Choosing a good antivirus scanner for your Android device
Pick a GOOD antivirus for your Android device. In a recent test of 41 virus scanners, AV-TEST found that close to 2/3 of them were not reliable. Details: AV-TEST – …
Information Security Technologies and Market Mind Map
An interesting crowd-sourced mindmap on Information Security Technologies.
An Overview of Cryptography
A handy reference: An Overview of Cryptography.
U.S. Federal Court Rules that it is Unconstitutional for the Police to Force Someone to Decrypt their Laptop
From Schneier’s blog: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2012/02/us_federal_cour.html Additional report from EFF: https://www.eff.org/press/releases/appeals-court-upholds-constitutional-right-against-forced-decryption
‘They use you up’: Hall of Famer Dorsett suing NFL
In honor of the upcoming Super Bowl… ‘They use you up’: Hall of Famer Dorsett suing NFL – San Jose Mercury News.
Social media: The Next Big Thing… 500 years ago.
But is Zuckerberg more like Martin Luther or Pope Leo X? (Hint: Neither! I just wanted to get your attention. But one could draw an interesting parallel between Zuckerberg and …
Steve Jobs to Receive a Grammy – WTF?
Jobs, whose fluffy, walled-garden approach to digital music distribution (among other things) made an indelible impact on the music industry, by: Commodifying music as sterile $0.99 tracks, All but eliminating …
Facebook shoves your face into creepy ‘sponsored stories’ in 2012
Yet another reason why I am hesitant to share things, “like” things, or link any web accounts with FB. It’s not just your privacy (and dignity) that FB sells, it’s …