Despite a brief flirtation with American Football in the 90’s, I’ve never been able get on with American sports. They are just well… a bit dull. Despite my indifference to the sports themselves, their terminology – and specifically “three strikes and you’re out” – has impacted my life and yours in a surprising way.
Giving it some Stick-n-Find
Last week my colleagues and I took delivery of a set of Stick-N-Find stickers for use in our research project.
I don’t know how to fowad
My colleague in the Security Group at Cambridge (David Chisnall) recently sent around a link to an article highlighting some of the historic failings of MI5.
The description of the internment of Iraqi students at the start of the first Gulf war, jogged my memory about a rather bizarre experience I had when doing work experience at Warwick University around this time.
Terrified by VISA
Whilst physical security measures are the sole responsible of the home owner, service providers on the Web frequently impose unworkable security mechanisms on their users. Here’s one cautionary tale of how this goes bad even for a security researcher.