“President Barack Obama said Friday that police and spies should not be locked out of encrypted smartphones and messaging apps.” I respectfully disagree. See an article about this.
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Author Archives: Vince
This Is What Touchscreens Looked Like in 1982
An old video of a touchscreen. Of course the English accent is cool. But the touchscreen is used to control (aim and shoot) a dart gun. Now that is really practical research.
Technically
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U. of Tulsa Suspends Student for Someone Else’s Facebook Post
This is what happens when the inmates run the asylum.
In a triple blow to free speech, due process, and freedom of the press, the University of Tulsa (TU) arbitrarily banned a student from campus until 2016 for Facebook posts that someone else admitted to writing and then attempted to intimidate student journalists who were trying to cover the story.
Where are the adults? “Less than two months before Barnett was set to graduate, Tanaka not only suspended him until at least 2016 but also permanently banned him from receiving a degree in his major even upon his re-enrollment.” This was done “[w]ithout affording him the hearing he was entitled to under” the University’s rule. I think Woody Allen said it best.
Passwords
According to the Hill, “The White House is funding efforts to wipe out the password as the primary security code used to access sensitive data online.” It is certainly true that passwords are a very weak form of security, although the primary culprit is poor passwords.
However, there is something very creepy—as in creeping government intrusion in our lives—about the federal governments involvement in this.
Update: Just remembered that XKCD had something to say about passwords (of course).
