Entropy1024 » hacker http://www.entropy1024.com/blog Random thoughts and events in my life Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:49:14 +0000 en hourly 1 Two Factor Authentication & Yubikey http://www.entropy1024.com/blog/two-factor-authentication-yubikey/ http://www.entropy1024.com/blog/two-factor-authentication-yubikey/#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:02:22 +0000 Entropy1024 http://www.entropy1024.com/blog/?p=723 These days we have to remember passwords for a huge host of web sites and systems, unless of course you just use the same one for every site, bad idea, eggs and baskets spring to mind. Then there is the quality of the password, short and easy to remember passwords are easier for a hacker [...]]]> http://www.entropy1024.com/blog/two-factor-authentication-yubikey/feed/ 4 PayPal takes 10 days to react to Elf theif http://www.entropy1024.com/blog/paypals-reaction-to-fraud/ http://www.entropy1024.com/blog/paypals-reaction-to-fraud/#comments Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:06:49 +0000 Entropy1024 http://www.entropy1024.com/blog/?p=286 Day 1 (15th December 2008)

I have never been the victim of fraud over the internet till today. After coming back from lunch I received an email congratulating me on a purchase of a World of Warcraft Farmbot for about £25.  Even I am not nerdy enough to purchase some WoW farmbot, whatever the hell [...]]]> http://www.entropy1024.com/blog/paypals-reaction-to-fraud/feed/ 1 Pandora & Onions http://www.entropy1024.com/blog/pandora-onions/ http://www.entropy1024.com/blog/pandora-onions/#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2008 16:45:39 +0000 Entropy1024 http://www.entropy1024.com/blog/pandora-onions/ One of my favorite apps on my PC is OpenPandora from the people at Pandora. Basically it streams music to you over the net and you can either give it a thumbs up or down. After a while it gets to know what you like and plays tracks it thinks you will be interested in. [...]]]> http://www.entropy1024.com/blog/pandora-onions/feed/ 1 RFID & Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia http://www.entropy1024.com/blog/rfid-hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia/ http://www.entropy1024.com/blog/rfid-hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia/#comments Sun, 16 Apr 2006 03:03:57 +0000 Entropy1024 http://www.entropy1024.com/blog/?p=20 Recently I purchased an Oyster card. This card has an RFID chip in it which you can load up with money at shops to later use on public transport. Just walk into a station and swipe the card over the reader. Sorted.

It’s a great idea as it cuts out the annoying waiting in line [...]]]> http://www.entropy1024.com/blog/rfid-hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia/feed/ 0