Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Not dead yet
Des Moines – The American Funeral Directors Association today announced that they will standardize a list of tags for the social media updates of their members.
A spokesperson for the AFDA issued the following statement
A spokesperson for the AFDA issued the following statement
'After the unfortunate string of events in the last few weeks, we recognize the need for clearer semantics. By encouraging our members to add appropriate tags such as '#deceased' or '#notdeadyet' to tweets and Facebook updates regarding their clients, we expect to significantly reduce the sort of confusion that contributed to the recent tragedies'.In a separate announcement, the AFDA indicated they will be reviewing the current policies for 'Expeditious Dirt Removal' – specifically the recommended maximum time allowed for unearthing caskets in an emergency.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Friday, May 21, 2010
(More of) The Most Interesting Man in Identity
- His Facebook profile has been insured by Lloyds of London
- Bill Gate's friend request remains pending
- His profile pic is on permanent exhibit in the Louvre
- RPs ascribe LOA4 to his self-asserted attributes
- LinkedIn spun out his friends list as a startup
- His mouse movements are used to generate randomness for White house encryption keys
- His avatar has sex more often than you
- His email address has no domain
- Web sites create an account with him
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Stay Logged In My Friends
He is the most interesting man in identity.
#iiw
- Google Maps defines distances relative to his current location
- He creates passwords before he needs them
- His writing is so concise Twitter restricts him to 70 characters
- OAuth defines a flow just for him
- His Flickr page has only a single photo, but is still the most popular
- His friends ask him to create their passwords because the quirky stories they tell make them so easy to remember.
- He calculates X.509 signatures in his head .... in Nepalese
- KI IAF & OIX granted him LOA4 - 'just because'
- He made Facebook sign his privacy-eroding TOS
#iiw
Monday, May 17, 2010
Friday, May 14, 2010
Monday, May 10, 2010
Friday, May 07, 2010
Thursday, May 06, 2010
Wednesday, May 05, 2010
Tuesday, May 04, 2010
Baloney Detection Kit
Michael Shermer, from Skeptic Magazine, lays out 10 principles to help distinguish truth from luncheon meat.
Sounds like a LOA discussion.
1:26: How reliable is the source of the claim?
13:11 - So you get this range of probably true to probably not true
Sounds like a LOA discussion.
1:26: How reliable is the source of the claim?
13:11 - So you get this range of probably true to probably not true
Friday, April 30, 2010
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Messiah appears on NASCAR log-in page
An Iowa RP is unable to explain how the face of Jesus Christ suddenly appeared in its OpenID login UI.
"When we first looked at it we weren't sure. But we stood back a bit, squinted, read the URL and then said 'Yeah, that's definitely him' said a company spokesman".
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Monday, April 19, 2010
Things that make you go hmmm
- Places where the User is currently logged in (XAuth)
- Places where the User has logged in in the past (SAML CDC)
- Places where the User might want to log in (XRD, SAML DS)
- Places where the User stores attributes of certain type (XRD, ID-WSF DS)
- Places where you can get a good poutine in San Francisco (nil)
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Friday, April 09, 2010
Wednesday, April 07, 2010
Monday, April 05, 2010
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Monday, March 29, 2010
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Friday, March 26, 2010
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Saturday, March 06, 2010
Stupid is as stupid does
Microsoft HealthVault sends me an email asking for an alternate email.
Follows up a warning of being phished with a nice phat phishy link. If you dont want users to click on it, dont make it a link.
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