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MySQL.com hacked via... SQL injection vuln

Monday 28th March 2011 12:53 GMT Sir Cosmo Bonsor

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Enjoy your false sense of security. If the bad guys compromise the system to the extent that they gain access to the hashes, the salt won't remain "hidden" for very long.

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York Uni exposes students' private info

Wednesday 16th March 2011 15:12 GMT Sir Cosmo Bonsor

I think they meant:

"To stop this from happening, it is vital that organisations hire our highly-paid consultants".

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Apple: If you're under 17, you can't use Opera

Tuesday 8th March 2011 18:39 GMT Sir Cosmo Bonsor

It's because

web requests from Opera Mini are proxied via Opera's servers

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Tuesday 8th March 2011 18:38 GMT Sir Cosmo Bonsor

In fairness...

...mobile is probably the default medium for internet access among teens these days. It's only us old folks that need a mouse and a screen big enough to read on.

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