New GPG Key

I'm assuming everybody (everybody who cares, that is) has heard about the attack against SHA-1. Part of what this means is that [1024-bit DSA GnuPG...

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Ridiculous *and* Invasive

It's not often you see something that manages to perpetuate stupid beliefs about gender at the same time as demonstrating yet another way to invade...

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Various Rants

Okay, a few things that I've heard about recently have pissed me off. First, Bruce Schneier talks about security versus privacy__, making the point that...

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Why do GNU/Linux users need firewalls?

I'm puzzled as to why any GNU/Linux distribution (for desktops, at least) would bother installing a firewall. It's trivial to just stop services listening on...

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Utter, Utter Idiocy

Okay, let's go over the reasons that having world-writable files is a bad thing. Say you're a UPSU society. Say you have a website, hoste...

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