Can’t argue with this advice. I mean, look at that guy. He has a beard and everything. [Note: I'm going to bug our actual design guy to see if he can do a better job of Zelda-fying the 1Password logo. If he's successful, I'll update it here.]
Know what’s cool? Being at Macworld/iWorld 2013 and getting to meet our wonderful customers! Know what else is cool? Our cofounder Roustem Karimov getting interviewed by iMore’s Rene Ritchie on the show floor! There were even lights and cameras—the whole shebang. Thanks iMore!
We’re having a great time at Macworld/iWorld 2013 in San Francisco right now meeting customers and fellow developers face-to-face. While we thought we had our booth all set up for the duration of the expo, I guess The Mac Observer disagreed. Yesterday, the fine folks over there made a significant contribution to our booth’s overall vibe [...]
Are you at Macworld/iWorld 2013? We sure are, in fact we’re at Appalooza booth 718-27 so come say hi! We’ll probably even shake your hand, look you in the eye, and strike up a conversation with you! What’s that, you want some proof we’re at Macworld/iWorld? Alright, skepticism can be healthy. You’re on. Here’s a [...]
Today is the day, ladies and gentlemen. While I won’t go so hyperbolic as to say it’s a day you’ll never forget, today is the day the expo hall doors of Macworld/iWorld 2013 open, and we’re at booth 718-27 so come say hi! But whether you can swing by Moscone West in San Francisco or not, we [...]
Are you going to Macworld/iWorld next week? We sure are! There are going to be tech talks, a huge expo hall, surely a drink or three, and all the other great stuff that makes Macworld/iWorld a total blast. In fact, the best part is that we have a booth this year! We’ll be in the [...]
I introduced HMAC (Hash-based Message Authentication Code) through the back door when talking about the Time-based One Time Password (TOTP) of Dropbox’s two-step verification. But TOTP is actually a peculiar way to use HMAC. Let’s explore what what Message Authentication Codes (MACs) are normally used for and why they play such an important role in [...]
Alan Turing was born a hundred years ago this year and his most important paper was published seventy-six years ago (November 1936). It is close to impossible to overstate the influence that Turing has had on the modern world. It is something well worth celebrating his life throughout this centennial year. Although any celebration must [...]
The net is atwitter with discussion of Jeremi Gosney’s specially crafted machine with 25 GPUs that can test hundreds of billions of passwords per second using hashcat, a password cracking system. Password crackers, like hashcat, look at the cryptographic hashes of user passwords and repeatedly make guesses to try to find a password that works. [...]
Nicole Perlroth of The New York Times penned an article on “How to Devise Passwords That Drive Hackers Away“. The article has a typical mixture of good advice that could often be better, along with some implied advice that I actually consider very poor. The two security experts that Perlroth cites – Jeremiah Grossman, an expert on [...]