an appendix to pearlofcivilization.net
Simple Demographics Often Identify People Uniquely
“About half of the U.S. population (132 million of 248 million or 53%) are likely to be uniquely identified by only {place, gender, date of birth}, where place is basically the city, town, or municipality in which the person resides.”
FUCK PASSWORDS – Blog – December 2011 – veekun: fuzzy notepad
“Please tell me, what is the difference between this: password: freedom favorite color: red And this: password: freedom red Answer: the first case gives an attacker a big hint on what the answer might be! Awesome, that’s exactly what i want for my password.”
Hand waving and the “real work” of design – confectious
“One of the provocative implications of taking on Goffman’s notion of performed selves is that in hand waving products into existence, designers are also performing themselves as interaction designers into a stable identity as well. What’s being stabilized by all that talking and pointing is not just the system to be built, but also the relationships and identities of the people making it. “If that’s so, then more skillful hand waving benefits not just individual projects but interaction design as a profession.”
Taking Steps: the seam of skin and scales
“It is time for a feminism of the monstrous. That is this body.”