Category Archives: Security

Testing Your Internet Connection To See If Your ISP Is Interfering

Image from here Everyone else is writing about network neutrality today (here, here, and here), so I’m jumping on the bandwagon.   Actually I meant ot write this last night, so since I’m slow and lazy the others beat me to the punch.   Late last night I saw the first posts about Google’s MeasurementLabs sneak across …

January 29, 2009 – 10:12 am | By Creeva | Posted in Security, Technology | Comments (3)

Free Software on Craig’s List – Should You Trust It?

Image from here The other day I was browsing Craig’s List and noticed a listing for some free software.   It wasn’t anything I was interested in, but I did stop an think about it.   We talk about all the time about verifying where you download software from.   We hear all the time about pirated software …

January 24, 2009 – 1:49 pm | By Creeva | Posted in Security, Technology | Tagged | Comments (8)

NYPD Wants To Disable Cell Phone Service During a Terrorist Attack

Image from here While I don’t really blame NYPD from wanting to evolve and learn from other terrorists attacks, I think they are very short sighted in the idea of  blocking cell phone service in a terrorist attack.   I first read about this story on a Wired.com blog entry, I thought how asinine an idea …

January 11, 2009 – 7:26 pm | By Creeva | Posted in Security, Technology | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Twitter Phishing Scam – Proves There is Value To Twitter – Implications For the Attack

The recent twitter phishing scam had non twitter users scratching their heads on why this service would be targeted for a phishing scam at all.. Most people view little or no monetary value to twitter accounts. For most people this may actually be true. For people like Scoble or companies that promote themselves over twitter, …

January 5, 2009 – 11:38 am | By Creeva | Posted in Personal Writing, Security, Technology | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Browser Security Book Released By Google

Picture from here Though I don’t think it’s related to the search engine privacy story, Google has just released a web book for free titled Browser Security Handbook.   Some people are relating to this as Google’s answer to the security (and privacy) issues raised by Chrome.  Others belive it’s a way of giving back to …

January 2, 2009 – 9:56 am | By Creeva | Posted in Security, Technology | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (3)

India Discovers That Search Engines Save Data On You – OMG

Picture from here Techtree.com in India is reporting that there are privacy concerns with search engines saving your browsing information.   Really?  This was news a few years ago in the US, we know what we are giving them and respect that they will use the information to make their products more marketable.  In turn they …

January 2, 2009 – 9:44 am | By Creeva | Posted in Security, Technology | Tagged , , | Comments (3)

Palin Hacker is now Indicted

Two weeks ago I wrote that the suspect in that compromised Palin’s Yahoo Mail account was not indicted.   Today Wired is reporting that he has been indicted.  Currently he is facing five years in prison and a $250,000 fine Read the whole story at Wired News – AP News.

October 8, 2008 – 9:07 am | By Creeva | Posted in Security, Technology | Tagged | Comments (0)