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The WiKID Blog, musings on two-factor authentication, information security and some other stuff.

transparency

Here's a good idea:

Sens. Tom Coburn (R-OK) and Barack Obama's (D-IL) bill creating a "google" for government spending was just voted out of committee and heads to the Senate floor. The new government feature, courtesy of the OMB, creates a single searchable database that lists the amount of taxpayer dollars received in the past 10 fiscal years and an itemized breakdown of each spending project (thanks to Rightmarch.com for the email pointing this out). Five words: What took them so long?

isp-movement

We've switched ISPs for some of our servers. If you have issues with the extranet and the various pages we have set up for testing the software tokens, that is why. We are still working out some of the kinks.

interesting-graphing-technique

How fun is this: US Home prices adjusted for inflation plotted as a roller coaster.

creative-triangulation-for-mobile-payment-systems

Now, this is interesting. A mobile payment system that supports an existing paper-based system. (more from Daniel today, he's on fire ;). Most ticketing systems now support UPC code reading for tickets purchased and printed at home. Now you can buy your tickets on your cell phone and have the UPC scanned from your phone.

same-old-song-and-dance

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