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November 27th, 2005, by Rich, in Security.
Last week I received a replacement credit card. Attached to the card was a sticker, telling me that I had to call the company so that they could register it’s safe arrival and enable it for my use.
I called them immediately and we went through the usual security shenanigens (inside leg measurement, favourite adverb, etc) and the card was activated. More…
September 17th, 2005, by Rich, in Security, Society.
My local convenience store is typical of any corner store; there’s perhaps 100 square meters of shop space, with security cameras at the end of each aisle and (as featured on every smash-and-grab TV show) extra cameras focused on the checkout. The cameras curtail shoplifting, and the new Chip and PIN payment system reduces fraud. The shopkeepers are happy because their livelyhood is better protected, however, as I was buying milk this morning, I realised that these two security measures may have an unwanted overlap that could leave the customer less protected. More…
September 17th, 2005, by Rich, in Security, Society, Spam, WordPress.
Hopefully I just spoiled a spammer’s whole week. How? I bought the domain that he’s trying to promote (MyNiceMailAt.com) before he did. More…
March 23rd, 2005, by Rich, in Security.
Reverse engineering of a real world object like the Eiffel Tower, would require a few theodolites, perhaps a tape measure or two and a big sheet of paper, in order to create a set of blueprints from which an identical tower could be built. More…
