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Technology Short Take 176

Scott Lowe

Rob McBryde shares his story of reviving a 2012 MacBook Pro with Linux. This would be why I hate it when companies force me to use SMS for two-factor authentication—at least let me use a one-time passcode or something. Rory McCune explains Kubernetes authentication. (TL;DR: It’s not as easy as it might seem.)

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The Back-to-Basics Readings of 2012 - All Things Distributed

All Things Distributed

The Back-to-Basics Readings of 2012. By Werner Vogels on 18 December 2012 10:00 PM. Nov 9 - Using Encryption for Authentication in Large Networks of Computers , Roger M. All Things Distributed. Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. Comments (). Needham and Michael D.

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The future of the information economy is in flux as internet search industry enters new area

GeekWire

For consumers, more efficient search has a long history which includes Google’s knowledge panels (2012), featured snippets at the top of the search result page (2014), voice assistants such as Alexa (2014), and now ChatGPT. In response, I have argued for a stronger role for digital authentication of identity (who actually wrote that message?)

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There’s a better way to protect yourself from hackers and identity thieves

Vox

Authenticator apps like Google Authenticator might seem intimidating, but they’re easy to use and safer than texts. If you’re using texts for two-factor authentication, it’s time to change to an app. And you always use two-factor authentication, or 2FA. S3studio/Getty Images. Here’s what you need to know. No, “Passw0rd!”

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Microsoft issues fixes for non-supported versions of Windows Server

Network World

CVE-2019-0708 is pre-authentication and requires no user interaction, meaning any future malware could self-propagate from one vulnerable machine to another. It does not impact Microsoft’s newest operating systems; Windows 8 through 10 and Windows Server 2012 through 2019 are not affected.

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US and Europe will block some Russian banks from SWIFT

The Verge

The organization’s eponymous payments network does not actually exchange money but is used to authenticate payment instructions between banks. used to authenticate payment instructions between banks. Its services are used to process some 42 million exchanges in more than 200 countries each day. billion to $52 billion.

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Twitter verifies fake Cormac McCarthy account (again)

The Verge

In 2012, Twitter verified an account supposedly belonging to illustrious author Cormac McCarthy, which was in reality started by an unpublished novelist. Many Twitter users were instantly skeptical about the authenticity of the account. “We . | Photo by Jim Spellman/WireImage.