My thoughts around Cloudbleed and how it is impacts everyone.

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Cloudflares with a Chance of Goatse – PhoneBoy's Security Theater

How long and complex should a password be? Should sites disable paste on password fields? I ramble on about these two points.

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Don't let them paste passwords...

I don't think you'll blame me for taking another break from podcasting, under the circumstances.

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Social media's been a little much lately. Rather than simply complain about, I'm trying to do something about it.

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Apparently you'll soon be able to use your ECG/EKG as a form of authentication, as it is something unique to you. Seems like a bad idea to me.

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Your Heartbeat as a Password - Smart or Stupid?

It's amazing how much data now exists on electronic devices of all sorts. That includes things like "Smart" TVs. Make sure to erase the devices before returning or selling them.

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Consumer Carelessness Leaves Sensitive Data in Returned Devices

While the Internet has brought us together, lately it seems to be having the opposite effect. Reminds me of the Tower of Babel.

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Has The Internet Become The Tower of Babel?

I spent far too long writing this post today and decided it would make a decent podcast, if you're not into reading.

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On Political Parties, Politicians, and Other Controversial Issues

For the moment, I'm trying a lower tech way to manage my Type 2 Diabetes because the higher-tech way wasn't working so well.

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Sugar Sense - Diabetes App, Blood Glucose Mgmt by MedHelp

Glucose Meter, Blood Glucose Meters - iHealth

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A Tale of Two Glucometers

I ended up having to buy a new cable modem yesterday to rule out a service issue I was having. Because it supports more downstream and upstream channels than my old one, it resulted in a speed boost. Also, Comcast has a way to self-provision these modems, which is handy.

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Comcast Equipment Activation

SB6190 SURFboard® Cable Modem - ARRIS SURFboard