IEEE Spectrum has an article titled "Metcalfe’s Law is Wrong" that was published in the July 2006 issue arguing that the basic math behind "Metcalfe’s law" is wrong. Of course it is, how could it not if you think about it? The infuriating thing is that this still seems to be news! I blogged about [...]
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The First Real OpenID Security Vulnerability
Under the headline, "Shocking headline about OpenID security issue here", Benjamin Nowack describes what I think is the first major security vulnerability discovered for OpenID, and probably for a whole range of other technologies. In fact, it appears that many websites are vulnerable to the same kind of attack, whether they have implemented digital identity [...]
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