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Night owl password hack4/6/2023 To my right, an older woman had brought in her computer because it wouldn’t connect to the internet. I entertained a round of interrogation about the colorful stickers on my laptop- “Oh, that’s Threatbutt, it’s a totally innovative security thing that only the smartest people know about!’’ and once my machine was whisked away, I sat back and observed the interactions going on between the people near me. Continue reading “Privacy, accessibility and student data security: An Analysis of Clever Badges” →Īnd that, my friends, is how ten people at the Mac store in SF just learned about 3 people here have adware rn oopsĪfter checking in, leaving a trail of umbrella drips from the front door to the upstairs Genius Bar, and getting my machine ready to be all fixed up, I was ready to surrender my darling little machine to the powers that be so that what was broken could be fixed in-warranty. In 2016, it shouldn’t be possible for technology companies of any sort to confuse accessibility and convenience with security and privacy, but here we are. Our goal is to take something known as cumbersome and inefficient and make it fast, easy, and even fun! And best of all, Clever Badges significantly raises the bar for security and privacy in most classrooms.”Īs I watched the video they’ve made to introduce this feature and read through the rest of the post that touted this as a win for student privacy and security, I was struck by how much more education needs to be done on those topics in edtech. “With Clever Badges, students simply flash their Badge and get access to all of their personalized learning applications. Designed to make it easier for younger students to access the edtech apps they use in the classroom, the badge replaces passwords with a laminated QR code that a student can flash at the camera on their machine to login. Last week, I stumbled onto a blog post from Clever announcing its new “Clever Badges” for students in Grades K-2. Continue reading “But what if my password manager gets hacked?! A few thoughts on how to talk about security worries with non-experts” → One of the most common questions I am asked in 1000 different ways when I talk about password managers as a way to remove credential management burdens from users is, “Are password managers safe? What if they get hacked?” As a self proclaimed password truther, I don’t mind this at all- once upon a time, I got into an argument with an extremely intelligent guy at a friendly meetup who wouldn’t leave me alone about mutual authentication with TLS when I worked at 1Password- and, well, spoiler alert… we’re getting married this year. For the foreseeable future, experts or not, we’re all stuck with making the best out of what we have, and as security practitioners, we need to continue focusing on improving security outcomes to set humans up for success instead of password reuse and failure. Fran ramme leak.Authentication is one of the riskiest and most misunderstood things that non-experts have to manage day in, day out, and even though there are lots of companies out to “kill” passwords, they’re not dead yet.
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