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There is a new National Security Law in Hong Kong that can require me to hand over a passcode to my phone or get jail time and/or a massive fine.
If I have an iPhone, for example, I’d like to have one passcode intended to give me access to… Continue reading How difficult to implement a two-passcode system on my phone?
Bought a cheap 32 GB Flash Drive, started copying 26 GB of data from a Mac to check it works. After 15 GB writing slowed down. At the same time the process smbd wrote gigabytes of data to the network. A few minutes later smbd is still dead… Continue reading Copying to flash drive sends data through smbd
Bought a cheap 32 GB Flash Drive, started copying 26 GB of data from a Mac to check it works. After 15 GB writing slowed down. At the same time the process smbd wrote gigabytes of data to the network. A few minutes later smbd is still dead… Continue reading Copying to flash drive sends data through smbd
There are plenty of scammers trying to get access to my bank account. Usually they call me claiming they are from my bank’s fraud department, and try to convince my that there is a problem with my bank account and to protect my money I sho… Continue reading Bank scammer and banking app
The Safari browser can suggest and remember strong passwords: 18 random digits and uppercase/lowercase letters separated by hyphens.
The browser also tells you if you use a password that is known to have been leaked, and one of my strong p… Continue reading "Strong password” leaked message
In a discussion about sql injections, a claim was made that the actress Rachel True has computer problems due to her last name, including not being able to get an iCloud account, and not being able to get an account on one of the largest s… Continue reading SQL injection using “True” or “Null”
In a discussion about sql injections, a claim was made that the actress Rachel True has computer problems due to her last name, including not being able to get an iCloud account, and not being able to get an account on one of the largest s… Continue reading SQL injection using “True” or “Null”
In a discussion about sql injections, a claim was made that the actress Rachel True has computer problems due to her last name, including not being able to get an iCloud account, and not being able to get an account on one of the largest s… Continue reading SQL injection using “True” or “Null”
A server gets requests with a username and password. Checking the password can be expensive, so a hacker can do a DoS attack by sending lots of requests with random passwords. No attempt to break in, just trying to waste time on the serve… Continue reading Avoid checking passwords for dos attacks
I visited a website that requires me to create a password. One of the password rules was "7 to 15 letters". Is this a security risk, since many people would now enter a weak password instead? And is there any good reason to restr… Continue reading Are short password length requirements a security risk? [duplicate]