Encrypt your data after storing it in the cloud.
By Erik J. Heels
First published 8/4/2011; CloudSwitch Blog; CloudSwitch
Wikipedia defines “cloud computing” as “the logical computational resources (data, software) accessible via a computer network (through WAN or Internet etc.), rather than from a local computer. Managing local computers is hard: there are security issues, computer lifecycle… [read full post]
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Greetings,
My name is Erik Heels, I am a lawyer, and this is my LawLawLaw newsletter, available at http://www.lawlawlaw.com.
LawLawLaw includes my observations on trends in technology, IP law (trademarks, domain names, and patents), baseball (long story), and rock ‘n’ roll (longer story). Besides IP law, I’m good at spotting trends, connecting people on social networks, fixing things, boiling… [read full post]
Just because something can be done doesn’t mean it should be done.
February 9, 2010, the day that Google Buzz launched, will go down in history as the date that Google crossed the line from good to evil. But not for the reasons most are citing.
Buzz critics, including yours truly, have focused primarily on… [read full post]
Posted February 25, 2009, in Security, Social Networking, Worst Practices by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/1421.html)
A Twitter security flaw appears to allow one user to lock another user’s account simply by repeatedly trying to login to that account. It looks like that’s what somebody is trying to do to my Twitter account. Worse, there is nothing I can do about it, because Twitter appears to be unprepared for this (rather obvious) scenario.
Here’s the error message that I got when I tried… [read full post]
Posted January 14, 2009, in Google, Security, Social Networking, Worst Practices by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/1324.html)
Or tell Google to stop indexing subdomain pages.
Secure Connection Failed
explore.twitter.com uses an invalid security certificate.
The certificate is only valid for twitter.com
(Error code: ssl_error_bad_cert_domain)
* This could be a problem with the server’s configuration, or it could be someone trying to impersonate the server.
* If you have connected to this server successfully in the past, the error may be temporary, and you… [read full post]
Technology, Law, Baseball, Rock ‘n’ Roll, Etc.
Intro Stuff
The opinions expressed in LawLawLaw do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Clock Tower Law Group, its employees, or the author. Do not taunt happy fun ball.
I lived the life of Dilbert when I was in the Air Force. Once while… [read full post]
QA rule zero: whatever changed last caused the problem.
At 6:00 am, my wife woke me up to inform me that she could not access her Gmail. Ironically, I switched my parents, kids, wife, and office to Gmail in part to minimize tech support calls. And even though it’s a holiday (MLK Day), tech support takes no holiday.
Here is the… [read full post]
Posted November 14, 2007, in Politics, Random, Security, Technology by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/967.html)
Leadership by fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) is not leadership.
Leadership = Liberty + Security
Today I saw this on in email signature file:
“Every time you give up a right, the terrorists win.
Tyranny is something that creeps up on you.”
And it reminded me of this famous quotation:
“Those who would give up… [read full post]
In which Erik Heels demonstrates that domain names – not diamonds – are forever.
I am an engineer (BSEE from MIT). I have worked with engineers. Engineers share a common feature/bug: they like to be right. And they will go to great lengths to prove that they are right.
I am also a lawyer. I have worked with lawyers. Lawyers, like… [read full post]
