Ryan Collins » Security http://ryancollins.org Educational Technology Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:05:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Facebook’s new privacy settings http://ryancollins.org/2009/12/13/facebooks-new-privacy-settings/ http://ryancollins.org/2009/12/13/facebooks-new-privacy-settings/#comments Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:45:33 +0000 Mr.Rcollins http://ryancollins.org/wp/?p=460 Screen shot 2009-12-13 at 9.35.36 PM.png
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Facebook has begun rolling out new settings for who can see your Facebook profile and what they can see on your profile. I suggest you double-check what is viewable about you. I try to keep my personal FB totally separate from my Facebook Page, so my profile is pretty much locked down. Over at Digital Inspiration they’ve written an article on How to Cross-Check Your Facebook Privacy Settings.

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]]> http://ryancollins.org/2008/11/11/portable-blogging/feed/ 0 Beware of that Firewire port! http://ryancollins.org/2008/03/06/beware-of-that-firewire-port/ http://ryancollins.org/2008/03/06/beware-of-that-firewire-port/#comments Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:26:27 +0000 Mr.Rcollins http://ryancollins.org/wp/2008/03/06/beware-of-that-firewire-port/ There is a new technique that allows an attacker to unlock a Windows machine or login without a password. This vulnerability also affects OS X. Right now the hack currently requires a Linux laptop, but it could conceivably make its way to modified iPods.

To protect yourself you’ll need to disable Firewire in your PC BIOS, or on the Mac you will need to set the Open Firmware password.

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