Tag: security

Connecting to Bluetooth devices between Linux and Windows

A common issue that arises when you connect your laptop to your Bluetooth device (such as mobile phone), is that the device forges a unique authentication with the Bluetooth stack of the operating system. What that means is that if I pair my laptop with my phone in Linux, the pairing works only in Linux. …

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Freenigma (PGP) firefox extension for your GMail

Freenigma is a Firefox extension that adds PGP support to GMail. You install the Firefox extension and when you are about to write an email in GMail, it rewrites the page code to add the PGP support. Using public-key cryptography is generally cumbersome when you take in account the management of the public keys of …

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Free Alaa!

Alaa is a young prominent Egyptian blogger that was arrested and jailed among 47 activists on 7th May 2006 during a peaceful demonstration in Cairo. His personal website and blog, shared with his wife Manal, is http://www.manalaa.net/ has the latest news about his condition. There is a petition by Hands Across the Mideast Support Alliance …

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Taxis and security

It is quite encouraging that citizens taxed in Greece are able to file their tax reports through the Web, at the Taxis Website. Sadly, it has been reported that standard-compliant Web browsers are not supported by the Taxis Website. If you are affected, do complain about it! If you file taxes and you are affected, …

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The return

I just arrived back home. I was flying with Ali. The trip was quite tiring but we managed to pull through. Rustam was really helpfull, he picked us up on time at midnight (there was an city electricity cut) and we reached the airport swiftly. There, we waited a bit at the queue to check …

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Μετάφραση όρων Ασφάλειας Πληροφοριακών Συστημάτων στα ελληνικά

Με αφορμή το γράμμα, γράφουμε ξανά τους όρους εδώ. Οι παρακάτω όροι Ασφάλειας Πληροφοριακών Συστημάτων προέρχονται από “Ασφάλεια στις Τεχνολογίες Πληροφοριών & Επικοινωνιών” “Εννοιολογική Θεμελίωση” “Πρόγραμμα Erasmus” “Πρόγραμμα INFOSEC” “Αθήνα 1996” “Επιστημονική Επιμέλεια: Δημήτρης Γκρίτζαλης, Τμήμα Πληροφορικής, Οικονομικό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών” “ERASMUS ICP-94-G-4016/11” Ζητήθηκε και δόθηκε η άδεια για την αναδημοσίευση. Η λίστα είναι διαθέσιμη σε …

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