Posts tagged ‘security’

Why you should never use a CAPTCHA

by Josh Fraser on July 2, 2010

I hate CAPTCHAs (you know, those squiggly bits of impossible to read text you have to fill out before you can do anything on some websites). I think all of us can relate to the experience of trying to register for a service or comment on a blog only ...

Tags: captcha, pet peeves, security, web 28 Comments »

Openness and security go hand in hand

by Josh Fraser on January 19, 2010

I just saw the post on Mashable about Microsoft downplaying the IE security hole. The one quote that caught my attention was from Microsoft's UK security chief Cliff Evans. He said: “The net effect of switching [from IE] is that you will end up ...

Tags: open-source, security 2 Comments »

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