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Category Archives: privacy
Conducting open source intelligence gathering
There’s an excellent article, The Subtle Art of OSINT, that details gathering intelligence from freely available sources. Some of the sources discussed include: Google hacking Wayback machine Social media WHOIS / Robtex Maltego
A Guide to Defending Privacy at U.S. Border
Take a look at the EFF’s latest article “Defending Privacy at the U.S. Border: A Guide for Travelers Carrying Digital Devices” Account Passwords vs. Full Disk Encryption: This distinction makes a major practical difference. Bypassing an account password is a … Continue reading
Uncrackable Passwords
The H has an interesting article on storing passwords to prevent unauthorized access and identity theft. The article discusses the following methods and downfalls associated with each: Plaintext Hashing Hashing with salt Key stretching Hashing with multiple rounds Determining cipher … Continue reading
Stallman: Still an eccentric?
There’s an interesting article at OSNews about Richard Stallman and his FSF principles. His philosophy rings especially true in these times with the recent passing of the NDAA, SOPA discussions, and the growing threat of increased monitoring and restrictions. To … Continue reading
Future of the Global Positioning System (GPS)
There’s an interesting read from the Congressional Budget Office (USA) on cost estimates for the next generation GPS system. This is particularly of interest now due to reports that Iran may have jammed the captured US drone’s GPS receiver in … Continue reading
Dropbox’s new ToS, Privacy Policy and Security Overview
I received an email from Dropbox stating they’ve updated their terms of service and privacy policy. I took a look at the update page and I really like the new layout. Take a look here and see for yourself. I’d … Continue reading
Cloud Computing Security Considerations
Cloud computing offers potential benefits including cost savings and improved business outcomes for government and private industry. However, there are a variety of information security risks that need to be carefully considered. Risks will vary depending on the sensitivity of … Continue reading
pandaflux’s list o’ recommended browser plugins
Firefox googlesharing: encrypts your google traffic and routes it through a proxy where it is combined with many other people. https-everywhere: Automatically enables a secure connection for websites that supports it. better privacy: Among other things, Better Privacy will delete “flash … Continue reading
List of 2010 Annual Security Reports
As the 2010 Annual Security reports are released from the various security firms I’ll keep our security report page updated as well as a summary of what everyone is highlighting. So far, the main issue is “borderless security” and the … Continue reading
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Limit Your Information Sharing via Credit Lenders
Privacy policies are a pain to read and interpret. However, they’re crucial to understand in order to protect your privacy. Hopefully the work being done at Carnegie Mellon University to create a standard privacy policy template similar to the nutritional … Continue reading
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