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I switched off Chrome’s suggestion service in the address bar…

September 8th, 2008 · No Comments · web

…because I found it annoying and never found myself using it. Of course not to mention that it is insecure too because all words typed in the address bar were being sent to Google (or whatever suggestion service is being used) effectively acting as a keystroke logger. Here is how you switch it off: Right [...]

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Choosing good passwords – memorability and security

December 6th, 2007 · No Comments · policy

Password policies are an integral part of security for most computing facilities. Even though passwords have supposedly outlived their usefulness they are still the single most common security control for authentication for online systems. Thus having a user-friendly but secure enough password policy and enforcing it is very important. An administrator usually has the ability [...]

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