I was recently trying to renew my car’s registration. I was given the option of using the “Classic Online Renewal” or the new “Texas by Texas (TxT)” system.
The old system is probably over two decades old and appears to be using Java servlets.…
Read the rest “A Note About Security Questions”
I got bit again by the “attwifi – Passpoint” policy/bug/feature again. I was sitting in the airport terminal trying to use my phone but was not able to get any Internet connection. I know AT&T coverage can be spotty in places where there are people but this was no data at all even though I had a few bars.…
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I found myself this morning in a public location with my laptop and needing to do a bit of work. Typically I use my hotspot but the signal was not good. I checked for available wifi and found the guest network that matched my current waiting room.…
Read the rest “Facebook WiFi”
The whole fabric of the Internet is based on trust. When you type in a domain name like Facebook.com, your computer or phone magically gets you to the right web site. If you use an app, the same thing happens behind the scenes.…
Read the rest “Is Your Domain Protected with DNSSEC?”
Last month, Google sent out this message:
“Starting October 2017, Chrome (version 62) will show a “NOT SECURE” warning when users enter text in a form on an HTTP page, and for all HTTP pages in Incognito mode.
The following URLs on your site include text input fields (such as <input type=”text”> or <input type=”email”>) that will trigger the new Chrome warning.…
Read the rest “Is Your Website Ready for the New Secure Web?”
Late last night I received a flurry of email messages from Google welcoming me and asking me to verify my email address. The problem was that I did not create this Google account using my email address and the messages were in Portuguese.…
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Within a few minutes I received three messages of attempts to access my Apple ID and Facebook accounts.
[box type=”shadow”] The first notification was from Apple. Someone had tried to log into my Apple ID enough times that the account had been locked out.…
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Stop trying to remembers your passwords. Just get Lastpass. Install it on your phone and computer. Pay the annual fee ($12). Done. Let Lastpass generate and remember crazy safe passwords for you. Have a unique safe password for every site. Store secure notes as well.…
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The new version of Adobe Acrobat Reader is out. Unlike its Windows counterpart it does not have the Sandboxing option. They are calling this version “Reader X”. I assume the ‘X’ is to be pronounced “ten” since it follows Reader 9.…
Read the rest “How to Install Adobe Reader X Safely on Mac OS X”
AT&T just sent me a nice email about the theft of my private data last week. I find it interesting that this message was sent at 9:45PM on Sunday night.
June 13, 2010
Dear Valued AT&T Customer,
Recently there was an issue that affected some of our customers with AT&T 3G service for iPad resulting in the release of their customer email addresses.…
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Steve Gibson of GRC would be proud
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Yesterday I was doing a search on Google for a person. One of the search results was a link for Facebook. When I clicked on the link I was take to a page that looked like Facebook but actually wasn’t. When I click again I was asked to login.…
Read the rest “Bogus Proxy Site Shows Up in Google Results” 
