Monthly Archives: November 2008
Security Review: Mobile Millennium
(originally written 11/07/2008) Early next week, the University of California, Berkeley, in a joint effort with Nokia Research Labs, intends to launch Mobile Millennium, a project that aims to capture traffic patterns accurately and in real-time by harnessing cell phones … Continue reading
Security Review – iGoogle
iGoogle is a personal web portal service of Google, which serves as a customizable start page to the Internet. It was Google’s star product in 2007, whose traffic had increased by 267.64%. In iGoogle, users can have several pages under … Continue reading
Security Review – Charge It to My Cell
When in a rush and craving a quick soda or snack, people just don’t want to deal with the hassle of lines and other people. That is why the vending machine is such a great invention; it’s a fast, easy … Continue reading
Security Review – Microsoft Live Mesh
Introduction Today internet is not limited to just desktops and laptops. There has been a flurry of portable devices that can connect to internet and allow for local storage and use of software applications. As users own more than one … Continue reading
Security Review: One-Time Credit Cards
Bank of America (after its acquisition of MBNA in 2005) started offering “One-Time Credit Card” (OTCC) numbers to all of its credit card holders; the trade name of this service is “ShopSafe.” MBNA had offered this service back in the … Continue reading
Security Review: Skinware
Summary: This security review is about a technology named Skinware (I learned about this at Grace Hopper; web searches were unable to uncover any real literature – I think it has been sold and, most likely, renamed). Skinware was developed … Continue reading
Security Review: Brain Electrical Oscillation Signature Profiling in Criminal Trials
In September of 2008, a 24-year-old woman in Maharashtra, India, was found guilty of murdering her fiancé. Her trial set a (troubling) legal precedent because brain electrical oscillation signature (BEOS) testing was cited as major evidence in her conviction. This … Continue reading