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> only really secure Security is not an absolute, and there is no such thing as "really/totally/completely secure". The different locking methods allow you to strike a balance b…

> "It's in nobody's interests that terrorists should be able to [...] communicate out of the reach of authorities." Since you can't distinguish between 'terrorists…

This suffers from the same problem as the article's algorithm: it is fine until you need to change one of your passwords. Say a site gets compromised, or for whatever reason you need to change yo…

> Your private key is not being stolen, read the code! I'd change this to: > Is your private key being stolen? Read the code!

Took me a while to process the graph, since Random Access Memories was not where I expected it to be - based on my own experience, I expected it to be strongly disappointing .

This is incredible. I've learned a lot of this before, but without the awesome slides, but this presentation makes most of it so easy to understand that it becomes obvious that that's how …

This. The only way to check is to verify the certificate, which on Chrome means clicking the padlock, switching to the Connection tab, and then viewing certificate information. Not exactly straight fo…

If you're going to go for an IgNobel, go all out.

The similarity index measures things that can be worked out without needing a precise image of the planet. These are things like radius, density and surface temperature, which can be measured by exami…

Congrats! Increasingly pessimistic as a British subject that I'll ever be able to use something like this without attracting the attention of my own government though.

That's actually a cut of a longer video. What's missing is the beginning, where they stab the battery with a knife. Unless you pierce a battery, that kind of combustion is unlikely to happen…

I don't think there's any blaming or complaining in this article. It's merely statements of America's in/actions, and the global perceptions of them over the last 15 years.

I don't think so (at least not all the time), this link works: http://🍕💩.ws/👊🐙🏈👞🐹👍

I have had great success with Sleepio: http://www.sleepio.com . It is a ~6 week CBT course that teaches you to have good hygiene, while at the same time understand what is preventing you pe…

It's called a "Private Copying Levy", and it's done a few different ways in a number of countries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_copying_levy …

And it's already been XSS'd to death. I wouldn't recommend visiting this for now.

Simple CMS demos not doing well today.

Taught this kind of stuff in India for a while for a company providing phone support. It's not just "thank you", it's also "please" and "sorry" - both are consi…

Given the infamous 'running to the press and trashing us' clause, sadly I don't think this will help their cause. However, if you've been in review for 43 days, I guess there'…