Items tagged with security

invisible Fence

March 22, 2011 - 61 words
The New York Times has a paywall now. Sorta. If you don’t choose to ignore it.
Also tagged as: newyorktimes paywall

Pins and Needles

December 3, 2007 - 222 words , 2 comments
Vonage has a new security feature. And don’t you forget it.
Also tagged as: vonage

OAuth

October 8, 2007 - 283 words , 1 comment
How to give sites permission to use your web apps, without giving them permission to abuse them.
Also tagged as: apis oauth webservices

Spam forgery

April 12, 2007 - 119 words , 3 comments
Some spammers are going to great lengths to make some messages look like they come from me.
Also tagged as: forgery spam spoof

More silly credit card security

October 10, 2006 - 140 words , 1 comment
More pointless security for your credit card.
Also tagged as: creditcard gasstation

Credit Card Activation a security risk

October 10, 2006 - 267 words , 6 comments
Your new credit card can be activated by anyone at all.
Also tagged as: callerid creditcard telephone voip

Magic mirror

July 27, 2006 - 16 words
I have no idea what I’d connect it to, but I really want a magic...
Also tagged as: magic mirror products

Wells Fargo is stupid

March 3, 2006 - 386 words , 48 comments
Wells Fargo didn’t think things through very well.
Also tagged as: banking customerservice wellsfargo

Security notifications

October 7, 2004 - 220 words
Secunia’s apparent new practice of publicly announcing security exploits is dangerous.
Also tagged as: secunia wordpress

How Much Security is Needed?

January 21, 2004 - 662 words , 3 comments
Not all security measures are appropriate in all situations. You need to consider the value of the information being protected when designing a security system. Also, some novel approaches to preventing dictionary attacks.
Also tagged as: bruteforce dictionaryattack simonwillison