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Monday, March 28, 2005
Security no match for theater lovers
Security no match for theater lovers
“Claire Sellick approached a woman in London’s tony theater district with a clipboard and a chance to win tickets to an upcoming show. All the woman had to do was answer a three-minute survey on locals’ theater-going habits. Or so she thought.
The first question was easy. ‘What’s your name?’ Next came questions about her attitude towards the theater, with more personal inquiries interjected now and then. For instance, the survey company needed the woman’s date of birth (to prove she was legally able to win the seats) and her mother’s maiden name (for later verification) and her address, of course, to mail the tickets if she won the drawing. What about a phone number? Her pet’s name? The name of the first school she attended?
At some point, the woman began connecting the dots. ‘I work for a bank and this information could be used to open a bank account.’
‘Yes,’ Sellick responded.
The event director for the Infosecurity Europe trade show recalled with incredulity what happened next. ‘She then proceeded to give me all her details!’”
ARRRGGGHHH!!!
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Wednesday, March 16, 2005
Sexy games
OK, this post just cracked me up. I guess I’m in a weird (and posty) mood this evening. Could be the new music (see previous post). Hopefully posting this doesn’t violate some fucked up Virginia law. Probably does; good thing I have the VA ACLU on speed-dial.
The Stranger’s new formula for Personals
And just to clarify how I got to this article: The Urban Archipelago linked to The Stranger which linked to the above article.
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Wednesday, March 16, 2005
What I’m Listening To
I just got three new CDs, so I thought I’d post theme here among the other stuff. I’m listening to the Bloc Part EP right now. I heard the main track, Banquet, included in the free BitTorrent download that SXSW offered for all the artists performing this year. This download was free and included over 750 songs (2.6 GBs) from all variety of artists. Very cool.
The Thievery Corporation CD, Cosmic Game, was a given, I have loved all of their work since I first heard them in DC at the ACLU Members conference two years ago. I had heard a few tracks via KCRW and I wasn’t disappointed.
The last CD, Phantascope by Anubian Lights, I honestly don’t remember where I heard it. My guess would be KCRW, as that is where I hear almost all of the new and progressive stuff I do (not much in the way of that from VA stations).
So, there you have it. Let me know if you actually want to hear any of this stuff
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Friday, March 11, 2005
A new look
For the non-RSS crowd out there, you are already aware that these pages don’t quite look the same. The RSS folks can look if they care. I was getting a little bored with the old layout, so I made some changes. Nothing drastic, but a little more subdued. Comments welcome.
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Friday, March 11, 2005
What I’m reading
I haven’t been doing such a great job of posting what I’ve read lately, so here is a quick update.
Exploiting Software was a pretty good book that had quite a few odd coincidences with one of the authors (he is the CTO of the company some friends work for and in reading the foreword, I realized a guy I knew in college also worked for the company). The book was generally pretty good; it was definitely very technical and complete in it’s coverage of the topics. I felt it got a little bogged down in details near the center of the book, but it picked up by the end.
I’m about halfway through Smart Mobs and I am finding that the writing is a little inconsistent. There will be sections that I just can’t put down and others that are painful to make it through. Aside from that though, the subject matter is quite interesting. The way in which mobile computing is effecting the social structures over the last 10 years is amazing. At this point at least, I’m glad I picked it up.
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