Thursday, August 15, 2013

Cringe And Reflect: The Internet In 1997

Cringe And Reflect - The Internet In 1997
This morning, like most mornings I sat drinking my coffee browsing my freshly updated list of news feeds and articles. All of a sudden I was floored by a video, my breath lost in a mix of laughter and horror. In it’s wake I was left with a new appreciation for how muchtechnology has changed. Allow me to share this experience with you.
Consider how simple technology has become — how many times you have seen a child of only a few years old using an iPad with no effort at all? In only a few years technology changes in astonishing ways, but I for one find I often quickly forget the time before new invention X.
So how much progress have we made? Clearly technology has developed in amazing ways and as a society we have become much more comfortable with technology in every aspect of our lives. That said, we have some interesting issues this video reminds me of. The digital divide is one such issue. Across different age groups we have varying levels of expertise and security awareness on the Internet and many are left very exposed due to a lack of basic understanding.
What makes a secure password? How do you spot a phishing scam? How do you know if your web connection is encrypted? I have heard people say that security awareness is a temporal issue and that as the young generation grows up the problem will naturally be fixed – but I disagree. I’ve spoken to many young people who are extremely capable users of technology but who have less of a concept of privacy and security than older colleagues. Granted, I know many people who are my senior who struggle with these concepts too.

Monday, August 5, 2013

Hass Associates, Misbruk av barn steder på Tor rammes av skadelig programvare

Hass Associates, Misbruk av barn steder på Tor rammes av skadelig programvare
Nyhetene har ledet noen til å hevde at Tor ikke lenger tilbyr et “trygt alternativ”. “Dette utfordringer antagelsen om folk har gjort at Tor er en enkel måte å beholde anonymiteten på internett,” Alan Woodward, teknologisjef i sikkerhet rådgivere Charteris, fortalte BBC. “Poenget er at er ikke garantert selv om du tror du tar høyre trinn for å skjule identiteten din. Dette er første gang vi har sett noen som ser ut til å avdekke folk heller enn bare sikkerhet forskere diskuterer muligheten.”
Mr Woodward legges til at måten lagt til kode hadde vært utformet foreslo en OSS lokale politimyndigheter ble bak brudd. Tor brukere uttrykt blandede følelser om nyheter. “Dette utnytte mål kiddie porno seerne bare. Hvis ikke du, du har ingenting å bekymre seg om,” foreslo en.
En “utnytte” refererer til programvaren som gjør at programmene, nettsteder og andre kode gjøre noe de ikke ble opprinnelig utformet for å gjøre. Men en annen sa: “Denne uken er det barneporno, neste uke kan det være en fløyte-vifte eller en aktivistisk.”