I hate them, because I know they probably should be installed, but they take about an hour to install. I see a lot of this:
So this week, Apple gave me a security update:
Then, a couple of days later, they gave me another. Only it wasn’t a new security update. It was an update of the first update.
This sucks. You can’t bring a battery through security (as carry-on luggage) unless it’s powering a device. So that eliminates replacement batteries for a device you aren’t carrying with you. And you can’t take a lithium battery as checked luggage in passenger aircraft. Period.
Nor does there appear to be any way (for a consumer)Â to ship stuff here on a genuine cargo plane.
Well. That throws a monkey wrench in my plans.
In the spirit of the XKCD cartoon, I’ve written a tool to help me think of really secure, really memorable passwords.
For example, here is a set of 5 such passwords chosen at random from a pool of 3 million million million passwords:
starkly.scoop.drawer.gifted.become stack.epilogue.surprise.print.ancillary beast.incentive.cloud.country.magical practiced.original.sinusitis.low-wage.widowed snarl.ritual.trouble.power.shoreline
But that’s a lot of typing. If you’re willing to be less secure, here are 5 sample passwords chosen at random from a much smaller set of just 625 million million passwords:
likely.crippling.digital.distrust clogged.gaiety.earth.bring ragged.online.house.suppose wordplay.golden.humbling.adviser untimely.plenty.all-pro.cancer
Still too much typing? How about these 5 super-easy passwords chosen at random from a set of just 425 million passwords:
brawl@social surrender;newsman parallel&thwarted comedic*effort flooring>brutal
Bruce Schneier weighs in on security theater:
Exactly two things have made airplane travel safer since 9/11: reinforcing the cockpit door, and convincing passengers they need to fight back. Everything else has been a waste of money. Add screening of checked bags and airport workers and we’re done. Take all the rest of the money and spend it on investigation and intelligence.
Kudus: Gruber.