tracking every computer on the Internet
Every web browser has a unique “fingerprint” as it surfs the Internet (1). Visit panopticlick.eff.org, click the “TEST ME” button and read the results. A unique fingerprint means every web browser can...
View ArticleBeware of Firesheep! It can hijack your Facebook!
Firesheep is a way to hijack your identity on popular social networks. It targets users on unsecured wireless networks like in coffee shops. For example, if you are using unencrypted WiFi access in a...
View ArticleInternet email and reading message headers
Email has the familiar header information - From: To: CC: Bcc: Date: Subject: Turns out there is a lot more information in the email header of each email that is not shown. This additional information...
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Shockwave Flash Madness
Flash is very cool for Internet multimedia content delivery. Video! Music! Games! Interactive content! Flash is madness for security and tech support. This post talks about how to find out if Flash...
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Privacy in the USA. Some resources.
Privacy is changing for citizens of the world, ever faster with technology. I live in the USA (but you knew that). Here are some resources that I have found interesting. They include Internet web...
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Big data is tracking me and my cat
My cat buddy Horus coughs and sneezes a lot so I typed the symptoms into google.com. I learned that heartworms are a possible cause of coughing. So I visited several web sites about cats and heartworms...
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Email insecurity
Email was invented 50 years ago at a time when security and privacy were not major concerns. Times have changed. Now every government, business, hacker and vandal wants to mess with your email. Now...
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ransomeware and WannaCry (WanaDecrypt0r, Wanna Decryptor)
Ransomeware holds your data for ransom by encrypting it then demanding a payment to unencrypt it. If you don’t have a backup of your data or pay the ransom, you loose your data. Your data includes...
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Face Recognition with OpenCV and Raspberry Pi
After seeing a cool video of face recognition in action on a Raspberry Pi I knew I had to make this project. This is how it went for me. I’ll show you the web site instructions that I followed, the...
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