The concept of providing operating systems that are secure by default should be second nature to OS vendors. All major operating systems vendors have been affected by exploits that allow remote attackers to take over the computer and have realized that it is a bad thing: much better to reduce the possible avenues of attack as much as possible without relying [...]
Today’s post is a cautionary tale for usability testing. The MBTA in Boston has been in the process of upgrading the entire T infrastructure to support automated fare collection, in the form of Charlie Tickets. The stated goal of these upgrades, including the new fare boxes being installed on buses, is to provide faster and simpler service. Public transportation is [...]
Decline in storage costs, Web 2.0, and other trends have led to a profusion of online services clamoring to host your data. At this point, even if you are the most conservative user and a stalwart late adopter of online services, you have likely heard about a wide range of online services: storing and sharing calendars, lists, photos, bookmarks, [...]
Boycott Performance Bike.
Performance is a company that sells bike components. They’re pretty big and have acquired their former competitors like Nashbar and SuperGo. That’s too bad because I really don’t like Performance. Maybe you shouldn’t either.
In 2001, Kevin Fu and I (along with some other members of the Applied Security Reading Group) were looking into the security [...]
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