Derek Iwasiuk

A peak into google’s history

Derek I — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:39:53 +0000

I found this quite amusing so check it out, do a search query back in google and compare your results from 2001 compared to 2008. The shear volume of number of pages on a search term comparison is nuts.

the usual “dog training”

2001 -Results 1 - 10 of about 926,000 for dog training

2008 - Results 1 - 10 of about 8,770,000 for dog training.

Enjoy!

http://www.googletimemachine.com

Sick of getting booted off DIGG etc..

Derek I — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:53:22 +0000

Today was the last straw for me.

All it takes is one stuck up digger with no life, who votes down anything that doesn’t look like Apple or Google News and all of a sudden I can’t get into my account anymore.

Digg then deactivates and basically blocks your ip….

So today i’m back in business using a cool little program called Anonymizer. Which allows anonymous surfing so… others like me and I can have multiple accounts etc web2.0 properties and not get banned by a single ip.

I ended up buying the Safe Surfing Suite for 49 bucks ( sweet deal i thought, saved $35 or something close to that)

Came with anti-spyware, some digital shredder (which actually got rid of a ton of junk in my pc).

But the coolest thing was the Anonymizer Nyms tool. Basically you can create email address on the fly. I’m sure people in my circles can understand the convience of that!

Anonymizer SSH Service, Total Net Shield. Stay anonymous with our SSH client and service for email, web & chat.

I’ve been Getting Paranoid about getting hacked

Derek I — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:53:59 +0000

Going to keep posting info I find on internet security. We as a whole trust our little wifi’s, routers and cookies way too much. I haven’t been scammed yet and I want to keep it that way.

clipped from www.anonymizer.com

What are Evil Twins?

Evil twins are the wireless version of the phishing scam. An attacker fools wireless users into connecting a laptop or PDA (Palm Pilot) to a tainted hotspot by posing as a legitimate provider. Once you connect to the wireless network, the evil twins can access and steal your login information, in addition to confidential information which can potential lead to identity theft.

Evil twins are “the new frontier” in ID theft, warns Ken Silva, chief security officer at Verisign Inc., a Mountain View, CA company that provides Internet-security services. Hackers in the past have eavesdropped when consumers use legitimate Wi-Fi services in public places. But consumers have been able to use encrypted connections and other techniques for safeguarding their data. (Wall Street Journal) Whereas, in this instance what seems like an encrypted connection may actually be a rogue site for the hackers.