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• Reading list from “How IT will change in the next 10 years”

  At Windows Connections two weeks ago, during my keynote speech “How IT will change in the next 10 years and why you should care,” I mentioned several books worth reading. Many of you have asked for the list; here it is: The Cathedral and the Bazaar by... Posted Nov 24 2008, 01:39 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: public policy, conferences and seminars, the future

• The opt-out from hell

  One problem with making your email address available (which I will continue to do, don't worry) is that folks with something to sell assume you're interested in their stuff. To wit, let's consider an email I received today (copied, headers... Posted Sep 16 2008, 02:22 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Advertising, email, spam, public policy, things that make me angry

• Blamestorming

  So, let's recap the sequence of events: The Sun-Sentinel newspaper in Fort Lauderdale accidentally republishes a six-year-old news story about the bankruptcy of UAL. It wasn't on the home page, but instead buried somewhere inside the web site... Posted Sep 12 2008, 01:03 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: public policy, things that make me angry, false claims, threats

• The bad guys will use BitLocker, too

  Got an email today from a customer asking about how BitLocker will affect the ability of law enforcement to conduct forensic analysis of a protected hard drive. Specifically, the person was asking about any back doors that law enforcement could use to... Posted Jul 13 2007, 02:03 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows Vista, Bitlocker, security theater, public policy, Encryption

• Fantastic: all the homeland stupdity you can stomach

  Just discovered this cool site today. While I love reading this kind of stuff, I gotta admit, a continual diet of these stories is probably not healthy for anyone's disposition :) Especially love their "Homeland Stupidity Threat Advisory System": Homeland... Posted Jan 09 2007, 05:11 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: security theater, public policy, things that make me angry, things that make me worried, things that make me laugh

• America, wake up: stop being "security sheep"

  OK, I need to complain a bit here. Yesterday I went to Best Buy to get a new digital camera. I already knew which one I wanted, so I found a sales guy, pointed to the display unit, and said, "I'd like one of these." "Sure," he replied. He found the keys... Posted Jan 02 2007, 01:49 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: security theater, public policy, things that make me angry, things that make me worried