IT equipment manufacturers predict your server’s death with the eerie precision of a psychic octopus, and you’re left playing financial roulette with extended warranties. It’s like buying a car where the manual says, “Engine will explode on mile 100,001—good luck!”[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Nothing inspires confidence quite like watching government agencies attempt cybersecurity. In their zealous pursuit of airtight systems, many have created such absurd protocols that they’ve achieved the exact opposite – making data less secure while grinding productivity to a halt.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Cybersecurity engineers build Fort Knox, only for users to prop open the door with a rock labeled “password.” There’s a hilarious disconnect between what developers think users will do (Surely they’ll enable 2FA and memorize 20-character passphrases!) and what users[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The unhackable cloud is tech’s most adorable urban myth, right up there with “the printer will work if I yell at it” and “I’ll remember this password later.” Newsflash: just because your data is floating in the digital sky doesn’t[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We’ve reached a bizarre crossroads where your Alexa probably knows your partner’s birthday before you do, and your Google search history has more intimate details about your life than your mother. Our digital footprints—every impulsive Amazon purchase, every midnight “why[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Gone are the days when getting a job just meant polishing your résumé and practicing a firm handshake. Now? You’re not just applying for a position—you’re undergoing a digital colonoscopy where HR can excavate your entire online existence, from that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Every cloud provider swears they’re all about open standards and customer freedom, right up until you try to leave, at which point you discover their idea of open is more like a roach motel: you can check in any time[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Getting a PhD is basically just a 5-year hazing ritual where you’re forced to prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that you can suffer elegantly. And at the heart of this beautiful misery is hypothesis testing—the academic version of screaming into[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Once attackers breach your perimeter defenses, they enter a wonderland of security oversights where the real “work” of hacking becomes almost laughably easy. It’s like spending months picking a high-security lock only to find the vault door inside was left[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Let’s talk about the elephant in the server room: the most terrifying cybersecurity threat isn’t some hooded hacker in a dark basement—it’s Susan in HR who’s one medical bill away from selling the company payroll data to the highest bidder.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…