Faraday bags

This is a great product for the paranoid - these handbags block RFID transmissions.  I should get one for Rachel.

They should make RFID blocking backpacks, toolbags & briefcases, too.

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5260703

Conficker tries only 200 passwords

200 passwords is an extremely short list.  Yet, it's effective.

http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2009/01/16/passwords-conficker-worm/

Tor semi-works

The EFF is great and so is Tor, but it's definitely not 100% useful. I've let Tor encrypt my traffic lately to test it out. It's highly functional, easy to install, and the graphic feedback is great.

However, it's clearly slower - I feel a little like I'm back on a modem in 1998's internet. On top of that, some websites are watching the source data requests and modifying their output. For instance, when I use Tor, google keeps changing languages on me. Another US Government-funded site rejected me altogether, telling me it only took requests from USA IP addresses.

This is actually the fault of the Government site, of course - Americans should be allowed to conduct their business whether they are currently in the states or abroad (or anonymized) - but it makes Tor harder to use.