Many years ago, I wrote the first drafts of Chromium’s Guidelines for Secure URL Display. These guidelines were designed to help feature teams avoid security bugs whereby a user might misinterpret a URL when making a security decision. From a security standpoint, URLs are tricky because they consist of a mix of security-critical information (theContinue reading “Guidelines for Secure Filename Display”
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Attack Techniques: “I Already Hacked You” Scams
Scammers often try to convince you that you’ve already been hacked and you must contact them or send them money to prevent something worse from happening. I write about these a bunch: Another common “Bad thing already happened” scam is to send the user an email telling them that their devices were hacked some timeContinue reading “Attack Techniques: “I Already Hacked You” Scams”
Winter 2025 Races
Austin Half On January 19th, I ran the newly-renamed “Austin International Half Marathon” (formerly 3M). The night before I had spaghetti and meat sauce with the kids, and the morning of, I woke at 5:15 and had a cup of coffee and my usual banana. My trip to the bathroom was not very productive whichContinue reading “Winter 2025 Races”
Welcome to 2025!
I’d intended to write this post weeks ago, but I’ve been rather unproductive. I ran the Dallas Half Marathon with an out-of-town friend on December 15th. It was a hard and very slow trek, but I managed to get back to a run in the last mile and I didn’t get hurt, so I’m countingContinue reading “Welcome to 2025!”
On Mortality
Content Warning: This post is about mortality. This morning, I awoke from a dream. I’d just discovered a ticking time bomb was a fake, and the dream ended as I said to my companion “There’s nothing quite as exhilarating as finding out that today isn’t the day you’re gonna die.” As I opened my eyesContinue reading “On Mortality”
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