I made a side table out of curly maple and sapele with my father.

My daughter was given an iPad for educational games. Here’s my attempt at locking down the device’s privacy and security.

Authy TOTP multifactor app does not provide the ability to export or download the tokens for use in a different TOTP app. Authy also requires Google Play Services to run on Android, so if de-Googling, Authy will display error messages every time the app is opened. Here’s how I got the data out of Authy and into a FOSS authenticator app.

HIPAA Regulator HHS-OCR just issued their second-largest enforcement settlement: $6.85 million against Premera Blue Cross (PBC) for a 2015 breach affecting 10.5 million individuals. For HIPAA enforcement, it’s impressive. Yet it is just a drop in the bucket for PBC and does ALMOST NOTHING to deter similar cases.

Control key stopped working on my host after running a guest in VMWware Workstation. And I use the control key A LOT. Here’s how I ended up fixing it.

A case of organizational security process failures leading to a very-avoidable leak of over 200,000 patient medical records.

Challenges testing virtual machines and Docker services at the same time on Windows.

A letter of opposition to the anti-encryption bills being pushed through Congress.

According to recent reporting from the Washington Post, the 2017 Vault 7 leaks of classified CIA information and offensive hacking tools was the result of woefully lax security procedures.

Turning an antique board of unfinished mahogany into a wonderful coffee table we’ll enjoy for years to come. (With pictures!)