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Goooooooooooooooooogle! (0)

March 28th, 2008 by Emil in Ramblings

Stream of consciousness…

Remember when MySpace was the only big game in town? Many of your friends had profiles full of tasty information. Perhaps you studied your friends’ profiles in–let’s just say–painstaking detail. You may have even found out information about your friends that you didn’t know. They put stuff online which they didn’t even tell you in person. They put it all online for everyone to see. Weird, huh? continue reading »

Secure Gmail-ing (0)

November 28th, 2007 by Emil in Malware, Security

Most people I know who use Gmail sign in by simply going to gmail.com. Hell, up to a few weeks ago I used to do the same thing. When you sign in like that your authentication is perfectly secure because you’re using Google’s SSL certificate. However, once you’re signed in, you’re on your own! There is nothing stopping random people from sniffing your traffic and getting your banking information and social security number. There is also nothing preventing Paul Asadoorian from changing your default language. continue reading »