Category Archives: security

Cloud technology – the dark side

Posted on January 20, 2022 by DocDock

There are a lot of good things about using cloud technology. If the cloud is powering your company you might be using the advantage of scaling the resources only when you need them. Nothing could be better than starting up … Continue reading →

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Year of the Linux Desktop – 2026

Posted on December 21, 2021 by DocDock

It seems like only yesterday (2003) that a large government entity, the city of Munich, announced it would be converting their cities personal computers over to their own edition of Linux called LiMux. The good news was that perhaps 80% … Continue reading →

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Hacking skills as determined by a politician

Posted on December 7, 2021 by DocDock

Words have meaning and it is a bit disturbing when you read an article or see a speech where they are being incorrectly used. The most recent example of this is how people use or refer to technology. When computers … Continue reading →

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More privacy or just annoying control

Posted on November 17, 2021 by DocDock

There are a lot of things you should be doing. Eat right, exercise and get enough sleep. These are some of the important things we should be doing as humans but there is quite a few things we should be … Continue reading →

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Think of the children

Posted on September 22, 2021 by DocDock

I actually was a child once and have children of my own so I can understand wanting to protect some of society’s most vulnerable people. A topic such as child porn is probably the worst possible thing that could occur. … Continue reading →

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Do smart phones create insecurity

Posted on October 26, 2020 by DocDock

The title is actually a bit harsh. Smart phones just like any other IT tool or can be used securely or insecurely. I don’t usually think about this until recently. A colleague told me of how he had a death … Continue reading →

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Physical security = security

Posted on October 18, 2020 by DocDock

Papa, I cannot log into this old computer. I don’t have the administrator password. I work in IT so I actually know better. It all started when my son came home with an old computer monitor from school on the … Continue reading →

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Deep fake in an environment of fake news

Posted on April 10, 2020 by DocDock

I remember reading an internet joke which was a job placement. It was looking for someone who would be willing to work for 40 hours a week, clean up messy spills and deal with diapers and up to 128 hours … Continue reading →

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More like postcards than like letters

Posted on August 8, 2019 by DocDock

Every couple of years, sometimes more often, some politician or law enforcement officer brings up that encryption is preventing them from doing their job. Just recently reported in Arstechnica was such an article about the US Attorney General William Barr. … Continue reading →

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Man in the middle, then and now

Posted on July 21, 2019 by DocDock

When the internet started, a long long time ago, things were a bit more trusting. This isn’t all that surprising as the internet actually started as ARPANET which was a research network created with funding from the US department of … Continue reading →

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