Collaborate Disseminate
My main laptop recently broke down and i’ve been forced to use an older laptop I had in storage.
This machine was encrypted years ago with veracrypt and only has an SSD. It’s around 250 GB of storage.
I’ve learned more about cryptography o… Continue reading I need help properly encrypting my computer SSD
In a scenario where a person wants to give away their device (magnetic disk included), leaving the disk usable for the receiver, how might that person go about destroying ALL data (except firmware) on the disk only via a digital medium? En… Continue reading Reliably destroy all information on magnetic disk through digital medium
According to this newly published article:
Now, it appears that the LastPass hack has led cybercriminals to steal over $35 million in cryptocurrencies.
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Nick Bax, director of analytics at Unciphered, has been reviewing a huge quantity … Continue reading How could the contents of multiple LastPass vaults be compromised?
I have been studying Differential Privacy (DP) and there’s something I do not understand: why is the variance of the noise in most DP schemes constant across all individuals (assuming a one-to-one relationship between individuals and data … Continue reading Why do most DP mechanisms consider constant noise variance across data points?
WYSIWYG is short for “what you see is what you get”. Except when it isn’t… Continue reading “Snakes in airplane mode” – what if your phone says it’s offline but isn’t?
Latest episode – listen now! (Full transcript inside.) Continue reading S3 Ep147: What if you type in your password during a meeting?
Fast, quiet, smooth, consistent and low impact… why true hacker-grade touch-typing might keep you more secure. Continue reading Serious Security: Why learning to touch-type could protect you from audio snooping
Serious security stories explained clearly in plain English – listen now. (Full transcript available.) Continue reading S3 Ep146: Tell us about that breach! (If you want to.)
Encrypted email server / provider, deleted email is in trash, email gets deleted out of trash folder more then 60 days ago, can it be recovered? legal of course but do not want family to see
I have several old smart mobile phones that are not going to be used anymore, most of them have run out of battery and I cant remember whether I have any sensitive data on them. How should I deal with them safely? Should I try to break the… Continue reading How to deal with unused smart phones safely [duplicate]