My Heartbleed Password Cleanup, One Annoying Site at a Time
A week after Heartbleed broke, Im still working through my password list site by site. Heres the actual checklist Im using, plus which services still werent safe to touch as of this week.
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The Heartbleed Password Weekend
A weekend spent changing passwords after Heartbleed, and the annoying truth that changing them too early does nothing at all.
The Great Password Reset Weekend
A weekend spent checking sites for Heartbleed, figuring out when password resets actually matter, and finally setting up two-factor auth I'd been putting off.
The Target Breach, My Mailbox, and Why We're Still Swiping Cards Like It's 1995
A personal rundown of what to actually do after the Target card breach, plus a rant about why the US is still swiping magstripe cards like it's 1995.
I Bought Bitcoin Four Days Before China Wrecked the Price
A practical rundown of buying bitcoin on Coinbase in December 2013, including the part where the price crashed four days after I bought in.
Buying My First Bitcoin the Week DC Didn't Freak Out About It
A walkthrough of how I finally bought bitcoin this week through Coinbase, right after a surprisingly calm Senate hearing sent the price climbing toward $900.
Backups or Bust: Surviving the CryptoLocker Scare
A close call with CryptoLocker ransomware in my own family prompted a rundown of what the malware actually does and the practical steps (real backups, CryptoPrevent, showing file extensions) that matter right now.
The Adobe Breach Finally Talked Me Into a Password Manager
The leaked Adobe password hints finally scared me into setting up LastPass. Here's what that actually involved and what nobody warns you about.
The Adobe Breach Finally Got Me Off My One Password
Adobe's breach email landed in my inbox last week and made me finally admit I'd been reusing one password everywhere. Here's how I actually fixed it, step by step.
The Adobe Breach Finally Got Me a Password Manager
The Adobe breach finally scared me into ditching my one recycled password for a real password manager. Notes on LastPass vs 1Password vs KeePass, and how long the cleanup actually takes.
Finally Setting Up A Real Password Manager
The Adobe breach finally pushed me off the couch to set up a real password manager. Here's what that actually looked like, mess and all.
Setting Up GPG After The NSA Story (And Having No One To Email)
After this week's NSA encryption story I finally set up GPG for my own email. The tools work fine; the problem is nobody I actually email has a key.