Tips and thoughts on developing software, by Bozhidar Bozhanov
Age verification for using social networks is an idea that is gaining traction in multiple countries around the world – it started in Australia, then the UK, and currently sees Continue reading The post Age Verification Is A Bad Way To Solve The Problem of Children on Social Networks. What’s The Alternative? appeared first on Bozho's tech blog .
Interest in a very sensitive digital topic has been gaining momentum in recent weeks – the so-called “chat control” – a draft EU regulation under which every message we send, Continue reading The post Position Regarding the “Chat Control” EU Regulation Proposal appeared first on Bozho's tech blog .
The Trump administration began with a commitment to optimizing the efficiency of the government, introducing the so-called DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) under Elon Musk. On the first day, I Continue reading The post Assessment of DOGE and Musk’s Actions for Government Efficiency appeared first on Bozho's tech blog .
Cell-site simulators (also sometimes called Stingrays and IMSI-Catchers) are interception devices used to spy on mobile network communication. A couple of volunteers, including myself, have built an app – Wiretap Continue reading The post Wiretap Detector App For Catching IMSI Catchers appeared first on Bozho's tech blog .
Recently an organization I’m familiar with suffered a ransomware attack. A LockBit ransomware infected a workstation and spread to a few servers. The attack was contained thanks to a quick Continue reading The post Is Ransomware Protection Working? appeared first on Bozho's tech blog .
A few days ago a significant supply chain attack attempt was accidentally revealed – the xz utiliy was compromised, likely by a nation state, in order to plant a backdoor Continue reading The post The xz Backdoor Should Not Happen Again appeared first on Bozho's tech blog .
Facebook is arguably the biggest social network. The network effect makes it hard for people to leave Facebook, and so many businesses, celebrities, institutions, politicians rely on it for reaching Continue reading The post Why Facebook’s Lack of Customer Support Is a Problem appeared first on Bozho's tech blog .
SMS codes for 2FAs have been discussed for a long time, and everyone knowledgeable in security knows they are not secure. What’s more – you should remove your phone number Continue reading The post Another Attack Vector For SMS Interception appeared first on Bozho's tech blog .
Tension has been high in the past months regarding a proposed change to the European eIDAS regulation which defines trust services, digital identity, and the so-called QWACs – qualified website Continue reading The post eIDAS 2.0, QWACs And The Security Of The Web appeared first on Bozho's tech blog .
Yesterday, on an conference about disinformation, I jokingly coined the acronym MERDA (Monitor, Educate, React, Disrupt, Adapt) for countering disinformation. Now I’ll put the pretentious label “framework” and describe what Continue reading The post MERDA – A Framework For Countering Disinformation appeared first on Bozho's tech blog .