Category: internet security

Posted on

Security Theater at the Download Page

(See CS summary at the end.)

I needed to download VMware Workstation Pro for a new test environment. That now requires a Broadcom account. Registering that account did something that, in practice, pushes users toward weaker security – and it is also counter-productive for a “free download” funnel.

A laptop screen showing a password field where pasting is blocked. A broken padlock icon signifies this leads to weaker security.
Symbolic image: Blocking paste in password fields counterintuitively leads to weaker security. (Image: Rainer Gerhards via AI)
Continue reading “Security Theater at the Download Page”
Posted on

Internet Security … back in 2000

Wanna travel back in time? I just dug out one of my Internet security presentations from May 2000. It was aimed at the executive level, so there is not much technical detail in it. It is unfortunately in German, but non-German-speakers can probably still grasp the ideas.

Looking at it 13 years later, I have the feeling we have not so much evolved. Many of the issues still persist, even fake mail is still used – but to a far-less extent than what it was in 2000. At least business users (and mail systems) handle this decently … most of the time ;)