You should read this!
An article about what Google keeps on YOU when you are surfing!
Identity and Privacy conference at LSE
I had a thought-provoking couple of days in London at the LSE (London School of Economics) on Monday and Tuesday this week when they ran a conference on Identity and Privacy. Watch this space, I will be writing about what I heard from key speakers and what my thoughts are on this over the next few days.
Guidelines for providing on-line services for kids
Thanks to Neil for bringing them to my attention 🙂
Here is the checklist.
Here is the guide.
BT bought Counterpane – October 2005
Wow I missed this -Bruce Schneier’s company. BT bought Counterpane. Listen to this interview, it is really interesting, Bruce Schneier and others! Thanks to Jeff for this!!
Good music and food in Geneva
Do you know that if you happen to be in the Geneva area sometime and wondering where to spend an evening, it is really worthwhile checking where Al Blatter is playing. I’ve spent many an enjoyable evening -when I lived in Geneva- listening to Al and his band normally whilst eating dinner in some of those bars/restaurants in Geneva that are definitely worth a visit.
Fish for breakfast in Sweden and Fish cyphers
I was having an interesting discussion with Mark Curphey who mentioned that it was very strange that the Swedish eat fish for breakfast! I am British myself living in Sweden, and have actually become quite accustomed to seeing fish on the breakfast tables. Anyhow it got me thinking if there was any link I could find between fish, Sweden and cryptography so it was worth for some mention in my blog. And here it is “Fish cyphers“. It is quite likely that Arne ate fish for breakfast too!
Changing Generational Notions of Privacy
Take a look at this article and related discussions in Bruce’s blog. I wasn’t surprised by this. I see big money-making opportunities in the future for those businesses that ‘clean’ information residue (linked to identities) as some of the younger generation become adults and realise that recruitment agencies are ‘googling’ them before they are considered for the most sought after jobs.
1-click Award
I bet you never realised what hard work it was for the guys that work the cursor on your computer. Make sure you have the sound on when you click the above link to really get a full appreciation of what’s involved here.
#//usr/local/bin/perl–export-a-crypto-system
Blocking Adware using the HOSTS file.
How I love seeing this message instead of adverts in my Yahoo Mailbox 😉
Check how I do this using the HOSTS file that I documented on an earlier posting.
For those of you that are interesting to understand more on how the HOSTS file works, listen to the Security Now podcast
.