No, this isn't a write-up on Twitterank, the latest example of 15 seconds of hype-fueled hysteria that the Internets whipped into a minor frenzy before moving on to the next sensationalistic headline. (Yes, Twitterank asks you for your Twitter username and password but — wake up people! — so does every other Twitter app that [...]

Writing the post on del.icio.us's password policy got me thinking about passwords and online security again. Having a strong password policy such as "passwords must be longer than six characters and must contain a number or a symbol and a mix of uppercase and lowercase characters" is great in theory but let's take a moment to [...]

How unsexy are Wordpress security updates? I have the horrible habit of doing everything else first before attempting one (which, of course, is absolutely the worst thing you can do, as the recent spam hack on the SWX blog demonstrated so well). I used to dread doing the updates mainly because I just knew something [...]

Writing about secure passwords in Buzzword got me thinking about the state of security and user trust in Flash (and Flex)-based Rich Internet Applications in general. After giving it some thought, I concluded that we have a little more work to do if users are to be expected to have the same sort of trust [...]