Domain Hijacking is defined by Wikipedia as "the process by which Internet domain names are stolen from the rightful registrant." This sort of crime is not limited to large organizations. An unfortunate example of domain hijacking is described by the victim himself, David Airey. David describes the crime in detail on his post "WARNING: Google’s [...]
The “Open URL” function does not work with the default settings for KeePassX in Ubuntu Linux. To make it work, go to Extras/Settings/Other tab and change the “Browser command” to firefox %1
Now when you highlight an entry and press CTRL + U, it will open a new Firefox window or tab.
Via KeePassX forum [...]
As if there weren’t enough reasons not to use AOL already. Now someone has figured out that AOL’s password system completely disregards any characters after the first 8. This makes it much easier to guess people’s passwords, which is an obvious security concern.
AOL’s Password Puzzler – Via Reddit
Many websites have the option of using an SSL-encrypted version of their site. Google applications have this option, but HTTPS is not used by default. To use it you would normally have to manually correct the URL, which is very tedious.
To ensure that you are always using the HTTPS version of a site, [...]
Here’s a great post by Business Intelligence Lowdown that lists the worst 10 consumer privacy infringers. I’m very disappointed to see many of the names on the list, although I’m not at all surprised. The lack of ethics and respect for privacy is very disheartening.
Top 10 Big Brother Companies: Ranking the Worst Consumer [...]
Someone at the Electronic Privacy Information Center figured out that this clip aired on October 30, 1967.
Via EFFector 20.05
Update 29Nov2009: Thanks to @jimjon for pointing out that new versions of KeePass support importing of passcards from RoboForm. This eliminates the need to go through the tedious steps below. KeePass continues to improve. Show some support!
RoboForm is a fantastic program, but the fact that it doesn’t run on Linux is a major problem for [...]
It is a good idea to upgrade the firmware on your router to take advantage of new features and bug fixes. Firmware is the software that runs the router. Most people are not aware that the firmware can be upgraded and don’t know why they should do so. It is likely that [...]
Ted Kaczynski’s secret code has finally been cracked – a decade after he was arrested. The most memorable quote in the article comes from Bruce Schneier:
“it would not surprise me if this was the most complex cipher the FBI has seen since World War II.”
The irony is that Kaczynski was against technology and targeted [...]
27BStroke6 is a blog by Wired that covers privacy issues. Their top 10 list of 2006 is worth reading. Ted Stevens, NSA Surveillance, and fake boarding-pass generators are all on the list.
