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Category: Security | c: 25 Dec 2011 11:27 | m: 25 Dec 2011 12:06

Y'know things that are all the rage? Blogs. Everyone has one; or at least had one before Facebook, Twitter and Google+ diluted the realtime pool.

Since I'm nu-old skool — and watching endless streams of people pretending they are the centre of the universe has no long-term value — I figured why not make a blog? The main difference here compared with other people's blogs is that instead of being limited to one topic, you get a little slice of everything all mashed up. Now Im dahn wiv da yoof.

Customs 25 December 2011 · 332 words (eats up about 2 mins)

I pity people coming through the UK’s so-called security system. It’s nonsensical, farcical, and utterly corruptible. And that’s it’s good points.

Virus protection no no no no no 07 December 2011 · 1476 words (vacuums up about 7 mins)

How effective is your virus/malware/rootkit protection? Do you think the software’s doing its job properly? I think otherwise.

The bank security myth 09 November 2011 · 399 words (laps up about 2 mins)

Don’t get me started on the “security” offered by systems like RBS Secure when buying things online. Can anyone spell snake oil?

Craptcha [3 comments] 23 February 2011 · 505 words (wastes about 3 mins)

CAPTCHA allegedly stands for “Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart”. What it actually stands for is “Chuffing Awful Process That Completely Humiliates Anyone”.

Rootkit ramblings 05 February 2011 · 671 words (kills about 3 mins)

Given the media furore these days, you’d think that aside from porn there was nothing but phishing, scams, viruses, trojans, worms and malware on the Interweb. Actually, there’s something far worse than these amateurish exploits.

Trial of convenience 07 December 2010 · 690 words (sucks up about 4 mins)

It’s 2010 and the world looks set to be party to a Nazi-style People’s Court show trial of Julian Assange from WikiLeaks. Have things really changed in seventy years?

Stef Toblerone face

Is that a chunk of Giant Toblerone or are you just pleased to see me?