There are tons of VPN options out there, and the field is confusing enough that I did a post on the topic a while back to help people pick one of the better ones and avoid the scams. But if you look at the considerations for making a good choice, they mostly reduce to the following: Privacy Log…
What If Corporations Provided For Their Customers?
I was talking about books with my friend Jon Robinson the other day, and he said something offhand that I’ve not been able to chase out of my brain. It sounds like a silly idea until you realize that what we’re doing now is not likely to work for much longer. Corporations are becoming more powerful. They’re buying…
Entropy and Security
I’ve been obsessed with entropy since I learned about it in high school. It’s highly depressing, but it’s awesome at the same time given how inevitable it is, and how it’s happening all the time and all around us. I was just reading The Most Human Human, by Brian Christian, and it reminded me that I’ve wanted to…
Falling Testosterone, Poverty, and Violence, and How That Will Combine With Rising Inequality
It’s interesting to think about all the different trends happening at the same time right now: This is obviously not a complete list. Testosterone has been falling in men for decades Link Global violence is at an all-time low Link Global poverty is at an all-time low Link Income inequality is the worst it’s been in over a…
The Cybersecurity Hiring Gap is Due to The Lack of Entry-level Positions
If you haven’t heard yet—which is unlikely—there’s a problem with hiring in cybersecurity. The issue is we’re not sure of the nature of that problem. A number of studies are talking about there being 3.5 million unfilled cybersecurity positions by 2021. But many are in that same market looking for work and are unable to find any. So…
On the History of Watches
Some friends just commented about a video on Twitter where a watch guy basically described why real watches are real watches, and technology-based watches like the Apple Watch don’t qualify. You should take a moment to watch the video. I agree with many of his points, and I’ve recently consumed a number of similar opinions from similar people.…
Preparing to Release the OWASP IoT Top 10 2018
Please give your feedback on the list here. The OWASP Internet of Things Top 10 has not been updated since 2014, for a number of reasons. First of which was the fact that we released the new umbrella project that removed focus from the Top 10 format. This, in retrospect, seems to have been a mistake. The idea…
Humanity’s Ultimate Red Pill
Man can do what he wants, but he cannot will what he wills. Arthur Schopenhauer One of the most powerful concepts in the Matrix was the idea that people were separated into two groups: those who could only see the world as it appeared, and those who could see its true form. I am saying 5% because of…
How I Reduced My Spam Phone Calls by 90%
Many of the calls are actually in Mandarin, which I don’t speak. Over the last few months I’ve seen my spam phone calls go from around one a week to like ten a day, and it’s been infuriating. After a good bit of Googling, I ended up coming up with two solutions that reduced the problem by around…
Stop Trying to Violently Separate Privacy and Security
I just stumbled upon an article by Mark R. Heckman, Ph.D, CISSP, CISA that—like so many others in the industry—wildly contorts himself to make a distinction between security and privacy. He writes: I argued here why I don’t think this difference matters as much as people think. Without a clear understanding of the difference, data security and privacy…
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