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Why I am starting to avoid Facebook
Feb 19th
Privacy is important: in the last days I have read the following on Slashdot:
“A Facebook employee has given a tell-all interview with some very interesting things about Facebook's internals. Especially interesting are all the things relating to Facebook privacy. Basically, you don't have any. Nearly everything you’ve ever done on the site is recorded into a database. While they fire employees for snooping, more than a few have done it. There’s an internal system to let them log into anyone’s profile, though they have to be able to defend their reason for doing so.[...]
WebDAV versus Sshfs
Aug 3rd
At Gioorgi.com we evaluted a internet file system common gateway for connecting network resources. We compared two solutions: a webdav file system and an ssh-fs file system. The solution should be viable via MacOSX and Linux, but also Windows support will be a plus.
WebDAV
Samba and NFS are for sure more fast and reliable, but webdav offers some nice feature:
- Webdav is easy to set up on apache web server
- Webdav uses simple http protocol extension, so you can use it also behind web proxy
- You can use HTTPS protocol to get SSL encryption
- Apple uses it for its iDisk solution, so you get the More >
TrueCrypt – Free Open-Source On-The-Fly Disk Encryption Software for Windows Vista/XP, Mac OS X and Linux
Jul 23rd
T r u e C r y p t
Free open-source disk encryption software for Windows Vista/XP, Mac OS X, and Linux
Main Features:
Creates a virtual encrypted disk within a file and mounts it as a real disk.
Encrypts an entire partition or storage device such as USB flash drive or hard drive.
Encrypts a partition or drive where Windows is installed pre-boot authentication.
Encryption is automatic, real-time on-the-fly and transparent.
Parallelization and pipelining allow data to be read and written as fast as if the drive was not encrypted.
Provides plausible deniability, in case an adversary forces you to reveal the password:
Hidden volume steganography and hidden More >
What’s the Password? Only Your iPhone Knows – Bits Blog – NYTimes.com
Apr 3rd
Versign is experimenting a new Phone software to gain maximum security.
The software will be able to generate a unique to use to log in your accounts, in a similar way a RSA Key does.
What’s the Password? Only Your iPhone Knows – Bits Blog – NYTimes.com.
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