Roboform2Go

I've mentioned Keepass before which is a handy open source application for managing passwords and other private data. Roboform is in the same vein. It's not open source but there is a "lite" version and more importantly a mobile version which is super sweet. The paid version is well recommended by many in the tech industry and isn't too expensive but if you're needs aren't great Roboform Lite will do just fine. I'm going to try on Roboform2Go for size and compare to Keepass. Windows only so if you're on OSX your out of luck. Check out the video for more info.

YouTube - GC Season 2 - Ep. 6 - Roboform2Go

GC2 - Tech Look - Ep. 6 - Seg. 11 Get Connected host Mike Agerbo takes a look at Roboform2Go, a way to bring all your secret passwords with you on a single USB device.

A lesson for us all

iWork '09 Torrent Carrying OS X Trojan [Updated] - Mac Rumors

A security alert posted this morning by antivirus vendor Intego reveals that the company has discovered a new Trojan horse that is being carried by pirated copies of iWork '09 circulating on a number of torrent sites.

Largest security vulnerability when using your computer regardless of operating system is user behaviour. In this case you could call it karma. If you're using torrents to download stuff especially if it's movies, music or pirated software you're risk profile increases significantly. You better know what you're doing (i.e. have a quarantine machine or similar.)

Keepass

First Steps Tutorial - KeePass

This short tutorial will show you how to actually use KeePass. It describes only the basic usage, advanced features are covered on separate pages.

Okay. I "shared the love" on this one through my delicious network (add me to yours and I will add you back : see link top left) but it appears to have passed people by, so I'm posting. At least now the 3 people that read this blog will pick it up.
For those not in the loop Keepass is "the free, open-source, light-weight and
easy-to-use password manager." If you download and start using it with a bit of luck you won't be accepting those pens quite so quickly. The portable version is perhaps the most useful (anyone NOT on a managed machine?) and is available here
The caveat is that I don't actually use Keepass myself. It's Windows only and I pretty much live in OSX. For others on OSX, I got SplashID bundled with a Palm PDA I purchased a few years ago so I've stuck with that. The latest desktop version is super hot. 1Password also gets a pretty good wrap with PDA and iPhone versions.

Pen anyone?

If anyone is reading this please leave a comment and tell me you're not one of these people. Please.

it takes little work to get people to divulge their passwords over the phone. One survey, by security consultants PentaSafe, found that two-thirds of commuters at Victoria Station in London would give their password to a pollster in exchange for a promotional pen.

[From One, two, three factor security? - at ZDNet.co.uk]

For a pen? Are you serious?

Some technology doesn't belong in the classroom

A Texas school district will let teachers bring guns to class this fall, the district's superintendent said on Friday, in what experts said appeared to be a first in the United States.

[From Texas school OKs gun-toting teachers - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)]

Has anyone ever heard of anything more preposterous? If you browse the article the reasoning is "it's a matter of safety." In the case of a lockdown "...what if someone gets in? It's common sense."

Whoa there cowboy. No. It's not. That's some technology that I would not like to see in the classroom.