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Author: Samuel Liles
2013 Blogging Report Card
You can click HERE for an interactive report from WordPress. Basics! About 45K visitors up from 39K in 2012 121 Posts in 2013 up from 77 in 2012 #1 Visited Post 2013 Iron Butt Rally Sunset Top referring sites Twitter…
2014 Information Security Wish List
It is easy to say how bad things are going to be, or to cry foul at the rough treatment by bad guys. The victim mentality of the western world is literally boring me to tears. Whining about how big…
2014 Prognostications
I stopped evaluating my previous prognostications year to year. It just wasn’t worth it when some troll wanted to argue over whether something happened 80 percent or 65 percent. So I’ll let the reader judge my 2013 prognostications and see…
Research Note: Tracing the Twitter card phenomenon
In a Twitter discussion (>140 characters at a time) with Chris J @rattis about tracing credit cards from pictures on Twitter posted by users, to dissemination, and subsequent use. The following experimental protocol was developed. The scenario being examined is…
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Kansas regents pass social media policy in wake of Guth tweet via LJWorld.com
It looks like the Kansas board of regents really doesn’t understand academic freedom and freedom of speech Impairs discipline by superiors or harmony among co-workers, has a detrimental impact on close working relationships, impedes the performance of the speaker’s official…
2013 Rides (where did Sam go by motorcycle this year)
I have a couple short rides planned as the year winds down. I guess the question would be where did Sam not go by motorcycle this year. A couple of segments are missing but in general this gives you a…
Christmas Letter 2013
Friends, family, and colleagues; The Liles family has had a wonderfully blessed year. We are a lucky family now living in West Lafayette, Indiana. The year has been filled with some challenges, some tribulations, lots of laughter, a few tears,…
Research note: Cyber defense of tactical networks
Why this word cyber? There are dozens of government definitions for cyberspace the environment defined by the concept of cyber itself. Such a nebulous concept such as cyber is going to cause angst and at any major hacker conference and…
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On the equivalence of corporate and government snooping
I’m going to disagree with the espoused equivalence of government snooping and corporate snooping. The former is enabled by the latter but that is still conflation of the two issues. A consumer opts in when they utilize a service, asks…
Invisible attacks: Maritime shipping critical infrastructure attacks
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Cyber Monday Safe Shopping Tips
The last few years I’ve gotten asked by the media to talk about this. Here are my notes on best practices for staying safe shopping online over the holidays. I welcome ideas. Remember this is for “joe average user” and…