Tag: security
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SQRL Poised To Save Us From Password Hell
A few times every decade we get to witness the emergence of a truly revolutionary back-end technology breakthrough. I recall following OpenID in the mid-00’s, reading some of the early discussion groups and blog posts, eventually watching it become supplanted by OAuth. Which would go on to drastically simplify the way most people log in…
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DIY Internet: More on personal VPNs
A few followup thoughts regarding Monday’s post about setting up a personal VPN. Self-Sufficient, DIY Internet All the Facebook Cambridge Analytica nonsense has really emphasized how dependent we have become on third party services and social networks. As I thought about it, the idea of being self-sufficient online has really started to appeal to me.…
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How to: Set Up A Personal VPN
Skill Level, Novice: To set this up you’ll want to be mildly comfortable with the command-line. But you won’t necessarily need know (or care) about the technologies involved. Way back in 2010, firesheep scared my pants off. I was traveling for work when it dropped and I became acutely aware of just how vulnerable my…