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https://www.troyhunt.com/the-773-million-record-collection-1-data-reach/

Anyone interested in the IPFS model should read Troy Hunt's explanation earlier this month on how he brought down costs on his popular websites (Have I Been Pwned, Pwned Passwords, etc.).

https://www.troyhunt.com/serve...

Seems that GDPR is directly addressed from the horse's mouth

at troyhunt.com

Hi, I'm Troy Hunt, I write this blog, create courses for Pluralsight and am a Microsoft Regional Director and MVP who travels the world speaking at events and training technology professionals

It's obviously in his interest to make everyone Microsoft's puppets.

https://www.troyhunt.com/thoug...

First one I could find was 3 years old but yeah iOS ones exist obviously. https://youtu.be/oiYBnw8hKOk

I don't think it'd be a bad idea starting off kids at even first grade level with simple things, then advancing throughout the grades. I'd even go as far to say this is far more beneficial to a child than universal pre-k. Troy Hunt also started off his kid on coding, he has a writeup here: https://www.troyhunt.com/kids-...

Troy Hunt has a great article here on the responsibility of public disclosure:

http://www.troyhunt.com/2013/0...

Do
http://www.ibtimes.com/icloud-...
you
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think
http://www.thehothits.com/news...!
iCloud
http://www.businessinsider.com...
is
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secure?
http://hollywoodlife.com/2014/...

Three major hacks in the last few months, one by a preteen.

They have precisely zero security value. Please see, for a brief introduction:

http://phys.org/news/2011-11-stanford-outsmart-captcha-codes.html
http://cintruder.sourceforge.net/
http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/05/google-recaptcha-brought-to-its-knees/
http://arstechnica.com/security/2008/04/gone-in-60-seconds-spambot-cracks-livehotmail-captcha/
http://www.troyhunt.com/2012/01/breaking-captcha-with-automated-humans.html

among others.

Nobody who actually understands the nature of the threat would even CONSIDER using captchas at this point.

Now...every now and then some poor naive fool stands up and says "But but but...they're working for us." No. They are not. You are simply not worthy of attack...yet. If you ever become a target, because someone has a grudge against you, or because you have an important resource, or merely because someone is bored, then if they are are at least minimally competent attackers, they will go right through your alleged "captcha" defenses without the slightest problem.

Which one of Sony hacks are you talking about? There were something like ten break-ins in different parts of Sony conglomerate, with different amount and value of stolen info in each case.

For example, in this instance they didn't.

From an above post: A brief Sony password analysis.

Uh, no. Sony stored over 1M password in cleartext.

http://www.troyhunt.com/2011/06/brief-sony-password-analysis.html

...and StatCounter also reports that Windows XP - the most frequently pirated OS in existence - is still powering along at 81% Coincidence? Nay, I think not: http://www.troyhunt.com/2010/08/aye-pirates-be-reason-ie6-just-wont-die.html