Posted on Mon 25 October 2010 in geek • Tagged with big brother, google, security, wifi
Google was on the news this morning for the latest piece of fall-out from their WiFi survey.
For the uninitiated for some time the Google Street View cars have been scraping WiFi data as they roam the streets. The intention has been to build a database of SSIDs as an …
Posted on Mon 12 July 2010 in general • Tagged with crime, house, security
On Sunday we headed down to the Shelford Feast to catch up with my parents and generally enjoy beer in the sunshine. However while we were out thieving scumbags attempted to break into our house. Apparently there is a bit of a spate of break-ins around fete times as it …
Posted on Mon 08 March 2010 in geek • Tagged with encryption, gpg, security
I've finally gotten around to updating my personal GPG key. At the same time I've plumbed in the various bits I need into my mail client so it's a little easier to sign, encrypt, and verify GPG enabled email. Of course the super paranoid will want to check the public …