Tag Archives: security

Sorry, but accepting Flash is potentially devastating to me

Posted on March 7, 2010 by Steven Fisher

Ars Technica Why Ad Blocking is devastating to the sites you love: If you read a site and care about its well being, then you should not block ads or you subscribe to sites like Ars that offer ads-free versions of the site. … Continue reading →

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Of course, we know this. But it’s still a bit shocking to me to see something like this. John Terry, the apparent creator, hard coded his username and password to his gmail account in source code. All right, not the … Continue reading →

Posted on March 8, 2008 by Steven Fisher | Comments Off

Apple claims fix to Time Machine security bug

Posted on February 11, 2008 by Steven Fisher

Apple claims to have fixed the issue where applications could run automatically out of a Time Machine backup. Look for CVE-2008-0038 in Apple’s About the security content of Mac OS X 10.5.2 and Security Update 2008-001 . Thanks to Apple … Continue reading →

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iPhone Dev Center forces “challenge-response” system

Posted on October 24, 2007 by Steven Fisher

The new iPhone Dev Center forces a challenge response system. This is a problem at the best of times, but it’s especially bad when the available questions are so lame. What is the name of your hometown? Google will give … Continue reading →

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