Category Archives: Miscellaneous

Spy Satellites

Posted on February 17, 2008 by Justin McOmie

Spy satellites will be used by local law enforcement to enforce the laws against United States citizens. Should this make us feel safer or more scared of our government? On the one hand I expect any government to use the … Continue reading →

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Security Review: ASIMO Robot

Posted on February 17, 2008 by felixctc

ASIMO is a robot that resembles a human that is created by Honda Motor Company. It was created at the Wako Fundamental Technical Research Center in Japan. The current version of this robot is version eleven. This robot, which is … Continue reading →

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MySpace Bug Leaks Private Teen Photos

Posted on February 10, 2008 by angel

Despite assurances from MySpace that photos in private profiles can only be seen by people on a user’s friends list, its web architecture has failed to enforce this. Info about a backdoor has been disclosed and made publicly available on … Continue reading →

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User-agent-enhanced Websites

Posted on February 10, 2008 by alpers

Gradually over the year of 2007, I’ve been turning to Google to help me get through sticky problems with open-ended programming projects. As I’ve moved from Java to actual implementable languages such as Python and C#, I’ve found that more … Continue reading →

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Just for fun

Posted on February 7, 2008 by jessicaf

I came across this on xkcd.com.  Thought you all might enjoy it! For more fun, check out  http://xkcd.com/341/ and read through  http://xkcd.com/345/.

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Google Privacy Policy: 2007 in Review

Posted on February 6, 2008 by jimg

Google has posted a video recap of 2007’s privacy policies. In the heart of “don’t be evil”, Google Global Privacy Counsel member Peter Fleischer covers Google’s position on some of the toughest privacy topics of our time.

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Our Nation’s Borders

Posted on February 6, 2008 by Kris Plunkett

The security of our nation’s borders is a topic of great importance. The importance of border security, like most forms of security, can only be truly appreciated when it fails. Some forms of border security failure can have devastating consequences … Continue reading →

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Website Defacing Example

Posted on February 4, 2008 by Kris Plunkett

A while ago I wrote a post about having stumbled across a site on the uwnews domain that had been attacked. Yoshi reported the problem after determining it to be genuine and uwnews fixed the problem promptly. At the time, … Continue reading →

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Security Review: Traffic Lights

Posted on February 3, 2008 by sky

As i’m sure everyone already aware of, one way our country (and many others) directs traffic is with these things call traffic lights. We place them at intersections, at about a one to one ratio of oncoming lanes to traffic … Continue reading →

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Security Review: Bodyguards

Posted on February 3, 2008 by felixctc

Security Review: Bodyguard Overview: Bodyguards are people who protect their clients from various treats such as assaults, assassination, and kidnapping. Depending on the importance of the client who is being protected, some clients might have a team of bodyguards while … Continue reading →

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