I was asked for help with someones iphone recently. It is amazing how many guides are out there and nearly all of them have a very specific instructions of what to do. If you don’t fit into their ideal situation, then you need to figure it out yourself.
Because I’ve spent a lot of time figuring [...]
Monthly Archives: December 2007
Unbricking/hacking the iPhone
December 23, 2007 – 4:48 am
Software liability
December 22, 2007 – 8:17 am
Another perennial topic that seems to come up whenever I am speaking to someone who is a consumer of technology. If they are one of the people that I actually bore with some of the details about what I do, it isn’t uncommon for me to talk about their individual concerns about internet security and [...]
Symantec and commercial spyware
December 21, 2007 – 5:39 pm
I have no sympathy for the consumers of Solid Oak as discussed, if that is the right word, in the well circulated Chloe Albanesius article dramatically entitled “Update: Symantec Screwup Is ‘Worse Than Any Virus.‘”
Yes. Let’s be as sensational as possible far beyond the point of legitimacy. Good plan, Chloe. I’m sure your frothing editors [...]
Politics in system security
December 19, 2007 – 8:20 am
I’m surprised that some of these behaviors that I mentioned a year ago haven’t changed.
Yesterday many Apple users were installing a system security update. Depending on what article you read, this was either a really huge deal involving “monsters” and giant failures or a snoozefest of local vulnerabilities and not much of an issue at [...]
Bruce Schneier Facts
December 6, 2007 – 9:54 am
It is always great when people make old memes new again. Like the Chuck Norris Facts morphing into a way more entertaining Bruce Schneier meme.
I guess someone noticed that the beard was a fit, so now some guys in the UK are selling these shirts and providing an endless amount of Bruce Schneier Facts.
These guys [...]
A new hobby of mine
December 5, 2007 – 12:43 pm
I’ve decided that I, as a relatively new resident of Washington State, will start filing formal complaints with the state Attorney General’s office (using this form here) for those companies who have harvested or purchased my contact information.
I’ve been doing some of my own work in email marketing on behalf of one of my clients. [...]
