Category Archives: security
Is your internet provider cheating you?
The FCC has a tool you can use to find out if your broadband provider is advertising better speeds than they provide.Check it out over at Broadband.gov. This seems like a nice crowdsourced way to catch cheats. It will work better the more people participate, so go over and take the test. Also of interest [...]
How to snag images that someone doesn’t want you to get in 4 steps.
Sometimes on the web people think that they can deliver images or music to your computer for you to look at or listen to, but somehow keep you from possessing. They can’t.
An explosive tale about airport security
I really really dug this post about carrying gunpowder through airport security. You can’t create a secure airport that is worth traveling through. The solution isn’t to figure out every possible way that people can attack airports and prevent those… That’s an insolvable problem. A better way is to find people who are trying to [...]
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