January, 2005

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Charging your smartphone from a 9V battery

Posted over 9 years ago

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Just a really cool little hardware hack -- use a 9V battery to emergency charge your USB-charged devices (like my GPS, my other GPS, my smartphone, ...). how-to make a ‘usb battery’ - hack a day - www.hackaday.com
Identity theft -- keep buying online, but shred your receipts!

Posted over 9 years ago

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According to the Better Business Bureau's "2005 Identity Fraud Survey Report" the most common source of identity theft is a lost wallet or check book. Only 11.6% of identity fraud came from access to online records. Here's an interesting observation...
Paparazzi-proof cameras

Posted over 9 years ago

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Interesting -- a way to "ask" phonecams not to take your picture. Problem is, it's probably omnidirectional and so will impact everyone trying to take a picture of anything in the vicinity. I don't agree that this is paparazzi-proofing anyone -- how...
Don't publish your way into identity theft

Posted over 9 years ago

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Never thought about this before -- the many people that publish online geneologies, and that collaborate on building family trees, are making it very easy for identity thieves to get very specific and personal information about you (far more than your...
New sec webcast series for developers! Defend Your Code from Attacks

Posted over 9 years ago

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There is a new series of webcasts from Microsoft aimed at developers who want to know more about how to write secure code. Here's a link . This looks good although I haven't had a chance to preview the content. Digital Blackbelt Series: Defend Your...