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Monday, March 28, 2005 9:31 AM

The Trustworthy Computing Security Development Lifecycle

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
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Wednesday, February 09, 2005 2:38 PM

DRM is anti-privacy???

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
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Monday, February 07, 2005 9:00 AM

Former AOL employee pleads guilty in spam case

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
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Wednesday, January 26, 2005 9:25 AM

Identity theft -- keep buying online, but shred your receipts!

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:
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Wednesday, January 26, 2005 9:14 AM

Paparazzi-proof cameras

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
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