Two-factor authentication broken
Internet, posted: 23-May-2013 17:52
As Twitter attempts to make it service more secure and possibly facing legal action by Kim Dotcom for patent infringement some security experts say 2FA is basically b0rk3d already. There's more about it in the story linked to above, but I'm wondering
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The problem with naming and shaming
Internet, posted: 13-Apr-2013 11:59
This Tumblr, Dom's laptop is in Iran, did something everyone does at some stage. it named and shamed those who seemed guilty of something. Long story short: Dom's laptop was stolen and ended up in Iran. Through remote access software, Dom tracked th
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Hitler finds out that Google Reader is being shut down
Internet, posted: 14-Mar-2013 18:18
Seriously, it's one of the crappiest things Google has done. Am meeting them soon so will make sure to register my dissatisfaction with Google Reader going away - I have over a thousand feeds in there.Am trying to find a replacement.
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COMPUTER HACKERS WARNING!!!
Internet, posted: 25-Jan-2013 14:13
This guy is serious.
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Email charges and portability
Internet, posted: 21-Oct-2012 10:35
I'm not sure why Telecom has decided to slap on a $20 a month email charge for people who aren't their customers but who have an xtra.co.nz address but they have. That's a good chunk of money that you really don't need to hand over to Telecom. If con
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RIANZ wants to filter your Internet
Internet, posted: 26-Jul-2012 20:48
Yes, that is the case: the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand wants ISPs to install a filter. That's from the RIANZ submissions to the MED [WARNING: SCANNED PDF] on the fee for processing copyright infringement notices and it reads: 56.
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FCC’s Measuring Broadband America
Internet, posted: 23-Jul-2012 17:13
Broadband performance is important, and so is monitoring it. However, I'm not convinced that the local contenders, TrueNet and Epitiro provide a great deal of useful information beyond limited snapshots, but the New Zealand regulator, the Commerce Co
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Make the UFB free
Internet, posted: 13-Jul-2012 13:13
The New Zealand Ultra-Fast Broadband project has several problems. It's over-complicated, slowly deployed and despite being in its first year already, only just over a thousand households have connected to it.
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Conversation with a spam bot
Internet, posted: 23-May-2012 12:46
"Alexis" appeared uninvited in my Google Talk or Chat or whatever it's called now. I suspected it was a spambot so decided to see if it was any good. It wasn't. Seriously, do people fall for this kind of stuff? Alexis hiya! me Hello Are you a spa
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The exceedingly influential Mr Stephen Fry
Internet, posted: 21-May-2012 14:21
I am already bowled over by how a few lines of tweeting by Stephen Fry shakes things up particularly in New Zealand. Somehow, Fry's utterances carry a tremendous amount of weight down here. Nevertheless, I didn't expect to see his tweets being referr
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