Defcon 2007 was a great demonstration that HTTPS logins give everybody a false sense of security. The hacker convention revealed that dozens of people unknowingly gave up their GMail account info through a cookie exploit. Many people also used Gmail in the clear (HTTP) rather than encrypted (HTTPS). The resulting privacy breaches were pretty brutal. [...]

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Getting on Digg is really quite easy for the common blogger. Here’s how in one easy step: Get a job writing for Engadget, Gizmodo, Arstechnica, Mashable, or TechCrunch. What, did that sound cynical? Check the latest top stories on Digg and where they came from. That’s where you need to be to easily top Digg. [...]

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There are a variety of temporary email services out there in internetland, perfect for signing up at websites where you need the goods but are distrustful of the privacy policy. The ironic problem with many of these services is that you have to create an account and use your real email address. One nifty alternative [...]

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