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Politics & Law

Friday Video: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Encryption

Posted on March 25, 2016March 21, 2016 by Michael Sauers
If security costs money, only people with money will have security
Internet

If security costs money, only people with money will have security

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Michael Sauers

I’ll admit that I’m being a bit facetious with the title of this post but there’s a tiny bit of truth hiding in it. This…

RealVNC doesn’t work after upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04
Tech

RealVNC doesn’t work after upgrading to Ubuntu 14.04

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Michael Sauers

Over the weekend I updated from Ubuntu 13.10 to 14.04 LTS and so far I’ve not noticed any significant differences. However, one of my Ubuntu…

Politics & Law

Revealed: The NSA’s Secret Campaign to Crack, Undermine Internet Security

Posted on September 5, 2013 by Michael Sauers

The National Security Agency is winning its long-running secret war on encryption, using supercomputers, technical trickery, court orders and behind-the-scenes persuasion to undermine the major…

Tech

Pirate Bay Founder to Launch NSA-proof Messenger App

Posted on July 10, 2013 by Michael Sauers

Pirate Bay founder Peter Sunde is working on a new messaging platform that will be impossible to spy on, even by the people who operate…

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Carbide: The Safest, Most Secure USB Flash Drive on Earth

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Michael Sauers

The PortableApps.com Carbide encrypted USB drive is the world’s most secure, easy to use flash drive. It uses PIN code access with military grade AES…

Internet

Securely sync your content with BitTorrent Sync

Posted on April 23, 2013April 24, 2013 by Michael Sauers

BitTorrent Inc. has opened up its Sync app to the public today. The new application is free of charge and allows people to securely sync…

The unintended consequences of large-scale storage

Posted on September 10, 2007 by Michael Sauers

Jeff Atwood over at Coding Horror has posted about something called Rainbow Tables. Now, I don’t want to turn this blog into a discussion of…

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