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Guns to save laptops?
25 September 06 05:25 PM | alexholy | 0 Comments   

Cryptography and security experts bruce Schneier dug up this little gem: Photographer Matt Brandon was posting a worried blog entry about the future outlook of transporting valuable goods in airplanes. Think expensive photo equipment or laptops. Being Read More...

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On the Internet, everyone knows you're a dog
22 August 06 12:26 PM | alexholy | 3 Comments   

According to a famous "New Yorker" cartoon by Peter Steiner, " On the Internet, Nobody Knows You're a Dog ". That's no longer true. In fact, today we can tell you're a scotch terrier, live north of London, enjoy chewing up your owner's shoes (including Read More...

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Rest in pieces, WEP: Retire your WEP based WLAN equipment today
07 August 06 01:58 PM | alexholy | 11 Comments   

I've always had this uneasy feeling about WEP secured wireless networks, so when I moved to my current apartment a year ago I purchased WPA enabled devices. Unfortunately this means I cannot use and will not buy a number of nice devices (such as digital Read More...

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Into the Lions Den: Vista @ Black Hat 2006
12 June 06 09:39 AM | alexholy | 1 Comments   

I almost overlooked it: Stephen Toulouse posted it last week in the Microsoft Security Response Center Blog : As part of our ongoing security efforts, several talks have been submitted for the Black Hat Security Conference 2006 , and a total of 5 have Read More...

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Follow the dots...
05 June 06 03:24 PM | alexholy | 1 Comments   

I’ve tested my recently purchased a Nikon Coolpix S5 compact digital camera. I’ve played with the Macro /Close Up feature and for testing I took a photo of a printout (done on a HP Color Laserjet 3700 ). To my astonishment, the photo cleary shows the Read More...

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