Cloud-hosted data sadly has been turning out to be more prone to breach than those run in a traditional private architecture, and now people are facing arrest for using database products without authentication enabled. It’s a bitter pill for some vendors to swallow as they push for cloud adoption and subscriptions to replace licensing. Yet … Continue reading Database Authentication Setting Leads to Arrest→
This title comes from a recent interview with Oregon’s Senator Wyden Mark Zuckerberg has repeatedly lied to the American people about privacy. I think he ought to be held personally accountable, which is everything from financial fines to—and let me underline this—the possibility of a prison term. Because he hurt a lot of people. And, … Continue reading US Senator Argues for Jailing Facebook Execs→
Some friends recently were saying my examples of KKK signaling in the open are just a theory. It’s true, I am proposing theories meant for dialogue, rather than saying I’m the final word on fascist fashion. Nonetheless, hidden signaling by hate groups is a very real thing. It takes training and some careful observation to … Continue reading Simply Southern Nazi Tees→
The history of the phrase “melting pot” is an interesting one. A “Romeo-and-Juliettesque” play by Israel Zangwill staged in 1908, generally is credited for American usage. It reflected on the life of a Russian Jewish immigrant who searches for a better life after he survived the pogroms that killed his mother and sister. Imagery of … Continue reading From Melting Pot to Tree Rings: Immigration Visualization→