“In a cautionary tale to those who favor government-mandated backdoors to security systems, Microsoft accidentally leaked the key protecting its UEFI Secure boot feature.” This keeps happening, when will people learn that any backdoor is a step in the wrong direction when it comes to security? https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2016/08/microsoft_accid.html
When visiting Australia and hitting a coffee location like the hotel lobby,you may be presented with a menu like the one below: Now, if you’re like me, you may be wondering, how do I just get a cup of coffee? Well, that would be a Long Black. Although I do have to say Aussies do…
This is like Cold War stuff. When do we reach mutually assured destruction? For the record, I use an ad blocker. Not because I don’t appreciate that many of the tools and sites I enjoy need to make money somehow, but because in the process of doing so, too many are making use of insecure…
In other words, VW created a backdoor, and assumed that it would remain hidden. But it did not. Backdoors are bad, and anyone who thinks they should be required to allow law enforcement access should be forced to take personal responsibility when something like this happens. https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160812/10515435227/volkswagen-created-backdoor-to-basically-all-cars-now-hackers-can-open-all-them.shtml
“With the Anniversary Update of Windows 10, you can finally abandon the 260 character maximum path limit in Windows. You just need to make a minor edit to the Windows Registry or Group Policy. Here’s how to make it happen.” And long time Litigation Support folks who’ve had to deal with client data structured in…
Saw it for myself this past weekend, the walkway that connects Terminal 4 to the Tom Bradley International Terminal at LAX. It’s really less than a 10 minute walk, and is so, so much nicer than either taking the Qantas bus if you’re connecting from American to Qantas, or having to actually exit the airport,…