Collaborate Disseminate
Alrighty, quickie intro before I rush off to hit the tennis court, catch up with old friends, onto the wake park before BBQ and, of course, 🍺. I’m doing a quick snapshot on how we’re travelling down here COVID wise, I lament the demise (followed by resurrection) of my Ubiquiti network,
I’ve had this blog post in draft for quite some time now, adding little bits to it as the opportunity presented itself. In a essence, it boils down to this: people expressing their displeasure when I post about a topic they’re not interested in then deciding to have a whinge
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It was a bit of a slow start this week. “Plan A” was to use the new GoPro with the Media Mod (including light and lapel mic) and do an outdoor session. This should really be much easier than it was with multiple issues ranging from connectivity drops to audio
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Almost a decade ago now, I wrote what would become one of my most career-defining blog posts: The Only Secure Password is the One You Can’t Remember. I had come to the realisation that I simply had too many accounts across too many systems to ever have any chance of
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Been a lot of “victim blaming” going on these last few days. The victim, through no fault of their own, has been the target of numerous angry tweets designed to ridicule their role in internet security and suggest they are incapable of performing their duty. Here’s where it all started:
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It’s a very tired weekly update as I struggle a little bit after only a few hours’ sleep but hey, at least I’ve got a nice haircut! In more topical news, I’m pretty happy about the experience installing Ubiquiti’s AmpliFi ALIEN gear into a neighbour’s house, it’s Trump on top
The week’s update comes on the back of a very long week for me, but it’s good to be “out there” speaking at events even if they are just from the comfort of my own home. There’s also more adventures in IoT, Chrome’s experiment with URL paths in their omnibox
You know how some people are what you’d call “house proud” in that they like everything very neat and organised? You walk in there and everything is in its place, nice and clean without clutter. I’m what you’d call “network proud” and the same principle applies to how I manage
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It’s a bit of a mega one this week running over the 1-hour mark, but there’s been an awful lot happen during the last week that I reckon is of interest. There’s a decidedly adult theme running across the topics not by design, but just by pure coincidence between the
Following in the footsteps of many other national governments before them, I’m very happy to welcome the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security to Have I Been Pwned. The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security now has full and free access to query all Canadian federal government domains across both past and
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