Archive for October, 2007
Hacker perceptions
As someone keeps saying at work, it’s all about perceptions. Perceptions you are actually doing work… etc
This security columnist seems to think there’s a few egos about. I don’t about egos but there are definitely some characters about.
IMHO Hackers are perceived on the whole in a slightly negative light. A bit awkward, a bit unfriendly [...]
SQL Powered Names
Great SQL Injection comic strip from the guys over at xkcd:
Original .
Ethical Midlife Crisis
Ethics are defined as:
Ethics (from the Ancient Greek ethikos, the adjective of ethos “custom, habit”), a major branch of philosophy, is the study of values and customs of a person or group. It covers the analysis and employment of concepts such as right and wrong, good and evil, and responsibility.
What is acceptable vulnerability disclosure? Is [...]
Google censoring sites
I was quietly minding my own business and encounter this whilst searching some stuff for one of my favourite shows.
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=tony+almeida+is+god
Underneath the first link, “ALMEIDA IS GOD [dot] COM // your first 24 fan resource”, there is a note.
It says “This site may harm your computer.”
What’s going on here? Previously (on 24), I was able to [...]
Facestalking
I picked up this thing about facestalking. You can view other people’s pictures and see what they are up to. However, it does require the person to be an "added friend". Or does it? It looks like you can view other people’s profiles without friending them. If you go to ‘privacy’ and then ‘poke, message [...]
