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Asian Spammers Ate My Bandwidth

February 26, 2013

4 Min read

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Because I’m a giant loser who thinks that analyzing apache logs is an awesome way to spend a Friday night, I’ve noticed a huge upswing in the amount of traffic coming from IP addresses in China – to the degree that it’s actually eating up huge amounts of bandwidth.

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Better Passwords with 1Password

By snipe

In Desktop, Mobile, Security / Privacy, Utilities

July 16, 2012

2 Min read

2 comments

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There’s no excuse for crappy passwords anymore, thanks to apps like 1Password. Creating good, hard-to-crack passwords is clumsy and the harder a password is to crack, the harder it is to remember. So what if you didn’t have to remember them?

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Detecting Fraud in Facebook Contests

By snipe

In Featured, Security / Privacy, Sticky, Web Development

January 23, 2012

14 Min read

9 comments

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Whatever your feelings on Facebook, it’s pretty clear that it’s here to stay. If your company or organization has considered running a promotional Facebook contest, this is crash course in detecting fraud because if your prize is worth anything to anyone, you will encounter fraud, without exception.

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