Tag: security
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My delicious.com bookmarks for January 27th through January 31st
Who Can Do Something About Those Blue Boxes? – "Used to be you could argue that Flash, whatever its merits, delivered content to the entire audience you cared about. That’s no longer true, and Adobe’s Flash penetration is shrinking with each iPhone OS device Apple sells." Penguins, Peaks and Penny-Farthings: Nat Geo Covers 1959-2000 –…
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My delicious.com bookmarks for January 11th through January 13th
Priori Acute – What if M.C. Escher had been a typographer? What "Nothing to Hide" is Hiding – Why "if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear" is a bad argument in favour of increased surveillance.
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My delicious.com bookmarks for December 22nd through December 27th
Separating Explosives from the Detonator – A sensible response to the pants bomber… Google ‘open’ memo betrays deep corporate delusion – "Aside from Apple, no tech outfit is more secretive about what goes on inside the company." Q: “Once in a blue moon” is a rare event. But what does “blue moon” really mean? –…
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My delicious.com bookmarks for August 7th through August 15th
Mind the staff – A photo of a member of staff at every London Underground station. Neat idea. The Pain of Being a Redhead – Green is not the only colour that it's not easy being… Government rubbishes ID card hack report – "This story is rubbish." A not very reassuring response to yesterdays story…
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My delicious.com bookmarks for August 3rd through August 6th
UK ID Card Technology Cloned… – "… in 12 minutes." Wonder when the government will get the message that ID cards are a bad idea. Oh, and there's no such thing as unforgeable. The hidden truth behind drug company profits – "The idea of ring-fencing life-saving medical knowledge so a few people can profit from…
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My delicious.com bookmarks for May 6th through May 8th
Apple drawing 3.0 line in the sand for iPhone developers – This can only mean that the release is getting pretty close. And, significantly, that the APIs are stabilising — I had to rewrite almost everything I did with the first beta when the latest version of the developer kit came out. DNA Database Doublecross…