1/19/12
Local media got a hold of the Shaw Wifi advisory and called Shaw to ask them about thier side. They assert that adding an extra layer of encryption is a good thing. I still assert that giving away the key to that layer makes it useless and more dangerous due to a false sense of security. Read the article here.
I was also interviewed briefly in December about the City of Edmonton looking to ppilot some form of E-voting for municipal elections. Read the article here and decide foryourself if the city can do it right the first time.
1/13/12
Holidays were good to me, providing a great deal of entertainment. Shaw Communications has launched a public WiFi trial. Thier 'secure' option is far from secure. In fact, it's utterly useless. My writeup is available here
12/5/11
I took Dark Tangent up on his request for ideas on how to make Defcon better for DC20. The result is an 8 page essay I sent him after con. I'm now sharing it with the rest of the community to spark discussion. The essay is a PDF up HERE. Please constructivly comment and Join the discussion
8/25/11
I wrote up details and build details for my costume from Defcon 19. I repaired (and promptly broke the arm wire) on my EL wire cenhanced coat
from last year. This year I added some more headgear. I upgraded my Goggles with uOLED screens and a voice reactive LED respirator. I
also made my own screen faithful
reproduction of the Castor / Zuse cane from Tron:Legacy to enhance the ensemble. Code, pics and build details in my own usual stream of
conciousness fashion in the
above links
I also did a write up for my custom, MOLLE compatible Kilt, designed and built to hacker specifications. It is what I consider the first Tactical Kilt
I should also mention, a few months late but I am now on twitter, mostly to document the security fails I see in my travels. I am not one of those people who tweet what they had for breakfast. It's very one way as well, I follow very few people. My username is @IHackedWhat, which is best said as a question: "I Hacked What?"
8/12/11
Back from Blackhat/Defcon, tired, sore, the usual. An interview with Unlimited Magazine got posted while I was gone.
Expect some updates and writeups about my costume from Defcon. My EL Wire coat got upgraded with some new accessories.
6/30/11
Ok, no updates for 7 months, yeah, I suck. Rather than a big long write up on the front page, I've written up a summary in my Rants. Short version is I have been speaking all over Canada and the world and got robbed along the way.
In recent news, I was interviewed about the whole Lulzsec campaign in Macleans magazine. I had hoped they would use more of my comments to show how our security models, spending and mindsets are stuck in the last century. But I have no control over the final edit.
Back in February, I worked with Global news on a segment about the dangers of geo location in cell phone photos. A text version of the article is up here