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Pushing successful SSH logins to PushBullet

Screenshot_20160125-114003 On Friday I ran across Sandrino Di Mattia’s post “Posting successful SSH logins to Slack” which was very easy and a very nifty idea. Already most of my notifications from various systems (Datadog, Tutum, Twitter, etc) are gathered into a notification channel on Slack, so I jumped on the chance to try out this…

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Please don’t give your laptop to a stranger

Who’s laptop is this? Who cares! It could be yours in just a few seconds. You’re saying to yourself “This is silly, I would never willingly give my laptop to a complete stranger (in a public setting)”. However people do “give away” their laptops, or attempt to do so on a daily basis. Just today…

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“Bank grade security” used to mean something (Updated)

WinonaSavingsBankVault Recently Gizmodo ran a good, albeit lengthy, article titled “Here’s Why Your Bank Account Is Less Secure Than Your Gmail” on the topic of multi-factor authentication (MFA) and your bank. It also reminded me of another article from 2007 titled “Password Security – Or Lack There Of“. Sadly “bank grade security” used to mean…

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Stupid Companies

Using Cloudflare as a Banhammer

cloudflarelogo These days “Snowulf” has become a loosely knit network of sites and projects. Most of the hosting is for myself, projects I’m involved with, or friends. Since I already pride myself in keeping my server online for the Snowulf Blog, adding a few other sites to the same server isn’t much of an issue….

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Travel and the TSA

Earlier today, ABC News reported on a man who raised a concern about how his TSA patdown might go, specifically: “If you touch my junk, I’m going to have you arrested”. Not surprisingly, he didn’t get past security, but this brings up a bigger point. Are these patdowns and security measures getting a bit “overenthusiastic”?

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