Stepping up the security ladder
Security - not just on computers, but in other places too - is a trade-off of convenience for safety. Which internet security level are you on? And what could you do to get to the next level?
Tag: security
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Laravel: Being explicit in authorization policies
How to specify a specific policy/class when authorizing using the controller helper function in Laravel.
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Helpful IT notice: emails with your password in!
Yesterday I looked in the spam box in my email account, and found that there were some messages in there that had an old, out-of-date password in the subject line. These were quite scary-looking messages trying to blackmail me. But the presence of an actual password that I used to use made them seem very […]
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Do website owners need a “drivers license”, or should websites be more “self-driving”?
Surely many of the things that I set up on new WordPress sites with plugins and settings tweaks are solved problems now. So why do I have to add them myself?
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PayPal want your…face?
Thankfully, this isn't quite "Pay with your face". But it did make me wonder.
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What’s your hereditary title name?
Here's a cool thing to do. It's called "What's your hereditary title name?" A lesson in security perhaps?
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The Hackers are After your Phone!
What might Twitter's new "Digits" login system mean for security, hackers, operators, and all of US!
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To Phish, or not to Phish?
I received an email from my TV and Broadband provider yesterday. Well, I think it was them.