Mikko @ F-Secure made a post on their blog about whether or not law enforcement organizations should be permitted to utilize security tools and hacking techniques in investigations that got me thinking. To me the answer to this question is very clear — NO WAY JOSE! — not unless proper oversight can be implemented and […]

And the post of the day goes to Mike Rothman, and his comments on Javelin’s research survey that claims 77% of 2750 consumers said they would not shop at stores that suffered data breaches.
I think this number is crap. Why? The analogy I’ll use is drinking, which is something I can relate to. If you […]

ITT was fined $100 million for illegally exporting classified technical data relating to night vision equipment overseas. In addition to being fined, they must “invest $50 million over five years to accelerate development of night vision technology, and the government will maintain rights to all technology that is developed under the agreement.”
This incident should raise […]

I have been getting just as furious as paperghost lately over the whole Julie Amero case. By now you’ve all heard about it, a substitute teacher was surfing the internet and then bombarded with porn advertisements she couldn’t get away. People debate her initial reactors and the woulda/coulda/shoulda’s. I think she just paniced and didn’t […]