
Utility at What Cost?
Dan Gillmor is critical of the NYTimes decision to require Facebook login for verified identity, which brings with it greater access to services in their online offerings. News organizations that use Facebook for login to comments and other features are unbelievably short-sighted. Which, of course, is absolutely nothing new. Normally I would be at the […]

The Password Conundrum
I’m not a security expert and don’t pretend to be one, but half-cooked advice on fundamental security issues p***es me off big time. Today it’s a lengthy article at the Boston Globe: Please do not change your password. It’s based on a study by a Microsoft researcher, who concludes that regularly changing passwords is a […]