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Blog Post: The Trustworthy Computing Security Development Lifecycle

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If you're wondering how Microsoft bakes security into its software development practices, this paper (by one of the co-authors of "Writing Secure Code") takes you through the process. This is far more than a guide for individual developers; it goes through the organization stucture and processes necessary...

on 28 Mar 2005
Blog Post: Paparazzi-proof cameras

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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 long will it take some entrepeneur to hack the controls...

on 26 Jan 2005
Blog Post: DRM is anti-privacy???

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DRM is one of those fascinating areas where we really haven't explored the implications of our decisions. I have seen a lot of complaints about Napster's requiring you to be a mamber of their service in order to continue to listen to music that you downloaded under their subscription. So, your license...

on 10 Feb 2005
Blog Post: Former AOL employee pleads guilty in spam case

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Ouch -- 92 million screen names and email addresses stolen from AOL. The guy netted $28k, and will have to pay $200-400k in restitution. Not exactly a lucrative business, was it? Once again we see privacy compromised from the inside -- nothing that the individual account holder could have done would...

on 7 Feb 2005
Blog Post: Identity theft -- keep buying online, but shred your receipts!

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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: customers who regularly monitor their bank accounts...

on 26 Jan 2005