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is-this-how-it-starts

According to the WSJ Tech Alert I just got on my soon-to-be-a-brick Blackberry, Google shares dropped 19% after income 'surged' 82% to $372.2 million.

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.

Updates-on-the-blog-the-extranet-WiKID-etc

I have ended the experiment of using anonymous two-factor authentication as a turing test. I don't know for sure if it kept people from posting, but I did get at least one whiny email from a potential commenter saying he didn't have time to sign up for WiKID just to post to my lame blog. I won't say who it was, but I guess your new paymaster must keep you pretty busy, though you seem to have enough time for your own side projects. I have implemented a standard captcha instead.

incentive-plan-for-an-information-security-team

It has occurred to me that you could develop an interesting incentive program for an information security team, assuming that you believe a couple of data points (or can come up with your own) and your primary concern is a data breach. In my opinion, security people are all too often incented only to maintain security - not to optimize the investment in security. Interests need to be aligned.

i-for-one-welcome-our-ceylon-overlords

From the Register:

A US defence department advisory board has warned of the danger that American war robots scheduled for delivery within a decade might be riddled with malicious code. The kill machines will use software largely written overseas, and it is feared that sinister forces might meddle with it in production, thus gaining control of the future mechanoid military.

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