Archive for the ‘security’ Category

Spyware for law enforcement; the TSA; and programmers in the real world

  • The FBI recently used spyware through MySpace to track down a bomb threat. The software logged the Windows user’s online activities and gave the FBI the information they needed to track him down.
  • A very interesting read about one person’s run-in with the Transportation Security Administration and their dislike for his “not sold in Wal-mart” homemade devices.
  • What must computer science graduates do once they’ve earned a degree? Learn to be good writers, no matter how good they are at coding. Pure brilliance isn’t always obvious to the CEO–you have to learn to write well, too. UPDATED: Thanks, Dr. K! I misinterpreted your post. I hope this is better.