security | Ain't Complicated

“Carry a Tracking Device”

How would you respond to such a requirement?

If governments, churches, parents, or employers mandated that, most of us would object. Read it all

(More and Better) Secure Passwords

Long and simple is better and more effective...even than sentence-based with symbols and numbers

So hackers and attackers have been on the loose against self-hosted WordPress installations.

This post applies to you…even if you do not use WordPress!

I’m here with a message for you…not about WordPress…but about practicing safe passwords.

Four years ago I wrote about Pitching Pitiful Passwords.

This morning I was reminded of a simpler, yet more effective, password tactic: Read it all

WordPress 3.5

Thank you, WordPress, for not releasing a faulty product, no matter what the production schedule!

As I understood, WordPress aimed to release version 3.5 three days ago.

Nothing yet.

Something must have come up since RC3.

And they’re fixing it.

Good!

Thank you, WordPress, for not releasing a faulty product, no matter what the production schedule!

Privacy: No Longer in Control

“It seems like people are no longer in control of their own privacy.”

No. Kidding. 🙄

Mr. Zhang sounds shocked. Please. Of course people have lost control of their privacy.

And most don’t care. 😯

Besides, haven’t we known for years that “Google is your friend”? Read it all

Tech Forecast: A Bad Cloud?

I am not a fan of The Cloud.

I think cloud computing is handy, but dumb. Well, unwise, anyway. 😯

I think storing personal data in The Cloud is an invitation for all manner of security and privacy problems.

I also think saying such stuff is too much like spitting into the wind. And invites ridicule and there-there-you-old-fashioned-kook condescension. 🙄 Read it all