A look back at 2020
Last year, I set myself some goals for 2020 but I failed at most of them. Without going into the details, I struggled a lot this year. Nevertheless I want to write this
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The most secure passwords are the ones you can't remember
This was exactly what I tweeted earlier today. And I got some interesting reactions which made me decide to do a short write-up. The most secure passwords are the ones you can’t
Security myths and misconceptions - Writing down passwords is bad
This is the first of a series of short posts to debunk security myths and misconceptions. In today's blog i'm going to explain why writing down passwords is not bad. Had me interested
The data breach reflex
This post was originally posted on Peerlyst on October 6, 2017. I edited it a little bit and added some links to more recent blogposts. Another day another data breach. Whether we like
The ultimate lame jokes collection
Due to the exceptional times we're going through - no i'm not going to try to sell you some snakeoil solution - I don't have a lot of energy and time to write
Independent Research shows that Ekkaned Pro routers significantly increase happiness
Read about these very surprising results in this independent research about how routers influence people's hapiness
Security awareness quiz questions
Ashar Javed had an interesting idea to create security awareness quiz questions and asked me if I wanted to cooperate. The idea is to make this a community effort and make these questions
Every day should be World Password Day
On May 7 it was World Password Day. A day on which a lot of awareness about password security is shared. A lot of good advice but unfortunately also a lot of misleading,
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Encoding != Encryption != Hashing
This is a very quick and highly simplified explanation about encoding, encryption and hashing and how they are different. Today I tweeted this: encoding != encryption != hashing You can decode, decrypt but there'
The online security risks of the COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 outbreak and the consequential lockdowns have an enormous impact on online security. People are working from home en masse. Many companies are not well prepared to support people in doing this
My favorite security quotes
I love good security quotes, aphorisms and statements because they often hold a lot of truth and wisdom. That's why I decided to bundle the ones I like in a blog. I can't