March 2007
Saturday 31 March
- Duh, hackers have their own encrypted IM networks (16:30) - Back when we first added encryption to BitWise, people used to joke with us about if we were willing to accept that we might indirectly support hackers by providing an encrypted IM service. We have never really worried about this because it seemed highly unlikely that hackers would actually trust any company-created encrypted IM. It looks like we were right. A recent ComputerWorld article caught my eye with the title Hackers build private IM to keep out the law. I...
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Sunday 11 March
- Anti-viruses really are worse than viruses (21:14) - I have for a long time thought that anti-virus programs were almost a bigger pain than the viruses that they are supposed to prevent. I got my proof last week when MIcrosoft announced that their OneCare program could blow away your entire Outlook data file or individual Outlook Express mail boxes if you received an attachment with malicious code. Full story at ComputerWorld. Hilarious. Just hilarious. It wouldn't be so funny if it were irreversible, but fortunately for those affected,...
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