Category Archives for Security

WTF is CISPA?!

What is CISPA? “Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act” or H.R. 624 What does this bill do? ‘To provide for the sharing of certain cyber threat intelligence and cyber threat information between the intelligence community and cyber security entities, and for other … Continue reading

21. April 2013 by jrswab
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Twitter Permissions

Time to clean out those dirt old twitter permissions that we all forgot about. Here are the steps: 1. Click this link (log-in if needed) 2. Find app/site you wish to free your twitter info from 3. Click “Revoke Access” … Continue reading

07. April 2012 by jrswab
Categories: DIY, Internet, Security, Social Networks | Tags: , , , , , , , | 2 comments

Google Permissions

Time for another permission cleanse; this time for Google. It is very simple: 1. Click this link 2. Find the apps and sites you no longer need (The first half of the page will show you the permissions you have granted access) … Continue reading

06. April 2012 by jrswab
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Password of Steal

I StumbledUpon this a while back and found that this is true; I chose to use howsecureismypassword.net to test the words of the InfoComic. Password:                       Years to hack*: Tr0ub4dor&3                    71 thousand years correcthorsebatterystaple  30 quintillion years Both will take … Continue reading

04. April 2012 by jrswab
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Facebook Permissions

Most of us have had Facebook for quite some time now; guess what, those permissions start to build up. It would be a really good idea to get delete the unused apps. The more sites and apps you allow to … Continue reading

01. April 2012 by jrswab
Categories: Internet, Security | Tags: , , , , , , | 3 comments