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HTTPS User Guide

Posted on 2010/12/13 by Mark Doliner

In light of my previous post where I talk about how it’s relatively easy to commit a man-in-the-middle attack, I feel like I should explain how people can protect themselves. If you’re typing information that you consider private (typing your … Continue reading →

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Man-in-the-Middle Attacking

Posted on 2010/12/05 by Mark Doliner

Fair warning: This is somewhat technical. Introduction I recently wondered how hard it is to perform a man-in-the-middle attack. The login forms for Facebook, Twitter, Pandora and countless others submit login credentials using HTTPS, however, the forms themselves are served … Continue reading →

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Miscellanea

Posted on 2010/11/02 by Mark Doliner

The Paul Fredrick website is well done. Their filters for narrowing down shirt selection work well. Also, after checking out they prompted me if I wanted to share my purchase on Facebook, with a little picture of what I bought. … Continue reading →

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Using Amazon Mechanical Turk for Translating Computer Software

Posted on 2010/09/13 by Mark Doliner

Summary It’s possible to translate software using Amazon Mechanical Turk, but it’s not ideal. What is Amazon Mechanical Turk? It’s a web site run by Amazon (yes, the shopping company). Anyone can create an account and post some questions or … Continue reading →

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2010 Song of Summer

Posted on 2010/07/25 by Mark Doliner

I picked a Song of Summer for this summer: “Sweet Disposition” by The Temper Trap. I actually had a hard time picking between the first three songs on their album Conditions: “Sweet Disposition,” “Love Lost” and “Fader.” They’re all really … Continue reading →

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Planned One Laptop Per Child Tablet

Posted on 2010/06/06 by Mark Doliner

I’ve mentioned the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project before. It’s very interesting to me. Originally the project set out to create a $100 laptop (that may have even been the original name of the project?). They did manage to … Continue reading →

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Good Weather

Posted on 2010/04/25 by Mark Doliner

The last few days have been busy! Thursday – Work then Conan O’Brien in San Francisco Friday – Work then climbing at the gym Saturday – Biking then Muir Beach for Ben’s birthday party Sunday – Running then Rivers of … Continue reading →

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Meebo Announces XAuth

Posted on 2010/04/20 by Mark Doliner

On Monday Meebo announced something called XAuth (not to be confused with the X Windows authorization program). What is it? It’s a small JavaScript library intended to be used by website developers to tailor a web page to a specific … Continue reading →

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AOL, AIM and Openness

Posted on 2010/04/02 by Mark Doliner

When I started working on Pidgin eight years ago (eight years‽ holy crap!) my main focus was the code used to connect to AIM and ICQ. The protocol is called ‘OSCAR,’ and it is a proprietary protocol created by AOL. … Continue reading →

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Google and China

Posted on 2010/03/25 by Mark Doliner

(This is probably old news for anyone who stays abreast of tech news, but for everyone else…) A while ago I complained about China’s draconian censorship laws. In 2006 Google launched google.cn, a China-based google.cn search page with censored results. … Continue reading →

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