Ben Oliver @ben@social.bfoliver.com

The Chic 2024 Summer Olympics Logo https://kottke.org/19/10/the-chic-2024-summer-olympics-logo

Narrative Illustrator Owen Pomery https://kottke.org/19/10/narrative-illustrator-owen-pomery

New post: A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon https://www.bfoliver.com/film/2019/10/20/farmageddon/

Boring job done for the day, refreshed all internal SSL certs.

Including the one on the BASTARD PIECE OF SHITE boardroom conference phone.

If you work at Snom I have one question - who hurt you?

https://twitter.com/MerrittBaer/status/1184637149402021888

"Colleagues had a car broken into and laptops stolen in downtown Mountain View last night while we were at dinner. We wondered how they knew to break into the hatchback when it is not see- through."

"They turn on bluetooth scanners and follow the beacon to find electronics."

What a time to be alive

Great news. We already wasted a spectacular amount of time and money on this but I am glad they cut their losses.

Well, well, well. Fancy that. UK.gov shelves planned pr0n block http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2019/10/16/age_verification_pornblocking_plans_shelved/

Sorry, to be clear, it is because they had a donation link in their app.

WireGuard removed from Google Play Store

https://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/wireguard/2019-October/004596.html

If I were a cynic I would suggest that this is because it is not going through Google's payment system.

How IBM’s Technology Powered the Holocaust https://kottke.org/19/10/how-ibms-technology-powered-the-holocaust

Quite interesting that Google are doing live transcription of voice, offline.

Feels like it's been ages since someone made something cool that doesn't go through someone else's server somewhere.

New post: Official Secrets https://www.bfoliver.com/film/2019/10/14/officialsecrets/

Looks like she was using all random passwords through a password manager.

Attacker got access with a DOB and a ported SIM.

Anyone that says using a SIM for security is OK is BSing, at least in the UK. It's way to easy to request a PACode

Jack Monroe 'loses £5,000 in phone-number hijack'

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-50043230

1. SMS is not good 2 factor auth. Banks should not be using it. I have at least two banks that do.

2. This still requires a password to have been leaked...
2a. Possibly not if the attacker used social engineering with the sim jacked number

Something something front end validation

New post: Judy https://www.bfoliver.com/film/2019/10/13/judy/