The landrush that is naming on the Internet
When I started my company, I registered Github, Linkedin, Twitter, Gitlab, … all the usual suspects. I did this to avoid some unfortunate future situation where I was locked out of a channel I needed. But some of the sites are algorithmic or achievement-unlocking in order to get a custom URL. One example is YouTube.…
Canadian banks still don’t have 2FA. Who are the real criminals here?
In 2014 the Globe and Mail wrote an article called “Why Canada’s banks have weaker passwords than Twitter or Google”. In 2018 I also wrote about this. I opened a support ticket for my bank complaining about this, their response was that “your password plus personal verification question is 2-factor”. E.g. you have 2 passwords,…
Use chrome? Use passwords? Take 2 minutes and check their value
Head on over to https://passwords.google.com/. This will give u a quick overview of which of your passwords are: compromposed reused weak It runs the check in your browser (in JavaScript) so you are not exposing anything more. Its a cheap simple test (for those who use chrome). Give it a go.
Marketing 101
Do you think the bank has discovered mystery event marketing? Or that buggy javascript strikes again?
e-bikes and UPS: no, not really
Prepping for the new office. I got a heavy bike, why not put some cargo on? On the back you can see a UPS (standard lead+acid battery style) and some mounting brackets, in the back is the 6-port mini-pc that will be the router + the tablet to configure it. Adds about 35kg to the…
Long Strange Trip
