Posts by No longer in IT

Microsoft's swipe'n'swirl pic passwords LESS secure than PINs, warn researchers

Re: Reposition Characters OnScreen

I realise this is not related to phones but just to mention that the 'Interactive Investor' share dealing site uses an onscreen pad for a PIN and they jumble up the position of the numbers each time you use it. It does make you wonder why this hasn't been implemented on phones already.

Canadian comet impact fingered for triggering prehistoric climate shift

Re: Literal

Some geologists get really excited by this stuff you know - 'geology rocks' after all...

Lumpy milk and exploding yoghurt? Your fridge could be riddled with MALWARE

Re: Tin foil hat time

Also, an internet connected fridge could display up-to-date cooking recipes based upon (what it thinks is) the contents of your fridge - either because the fridge is designed so that certain food items sit in specific spots with pressure sensors and/or because it has kept a record of the food you have ordered on-line e.g. by sensing milk, eggs and cheese, and by knowing that you recently ordered some Stilton it shows you a recipe for a Stilton omelette.

WAR ON PORN: UK flicks switch on 'I am a pervert' web filters

Re: This is madness

Signed! Thanks for sharing.

Psssst: If you wanna be rich, make the next privacy Robocop app

Re: No shit, Sherlock!

"When will Gmail incorporate automatic PGP?"

You're not seriously suggesting that someone interested in privacy would use a Google product are you?

IT design: You're not data, you're a human being

Re: Metrics and me...

"Build in as many trackers as you like, I'll use NoScript and Ghostery and DoNotTrack and Adblock Plus and Flashblock and Ref Control and Beef Taco and any other software I like because I don't want someone looking over my shoulder every time I go browsing on the web!"

Unfortunately ADP has apparently succumbed to the almighty dollar of Google adverts:

http://www.neowin.net/news/report-google-paying-adblock-plus-to-not-block-google039s-ads