Author: rlerner
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Stop Using Security Questions
Please stop using security questions. Why security questions were designed with good intentions If you forget your password, a site can ask you a series of security questions. This allows you to recover your account while still potentially authenticating you with questions only you know. Account recovery options are always a great idea, but doing…
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Scanning IDs — Making Fakes Easier
This is a post from an earlier version of my site, moved to the current version for maximum enjoyment. Originally posted 2018-03-08 -Bob Not long before I procured my wonderful license, they were printed pieces of paper with a photograph attached, then laminated. For both security and durability reasons, all states have moved away from…
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How to Scam Garage Sale Sites with Gift Cards
PLEASE TAKE NOTE: The title is correct, this is how to scam users of garage sale groups. The intended audience, however, is victims and group administrators. The goal here is to convey how easy it is to defraud people into purchasing gift cards, and why they should not be allowed for sale in these groups.…
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Typed, but didn’t send?
Obviously, this is pretty old. If you’re still using Facebook, the best option is to delete Facebook. That said, this sort of stuff is still valid on most platforms today.
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Function: Identify Image
This is from a very old post of mine, posted for archival purposes. Ever decide you had to hide an image file and you decide to change the extension to something like “.exe”, or perhaps, you used something like Signal messenger and downloaded an image but it didn’t have a valid extension? Back in 2013,…
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Hiding ‘Typing’ and ‘Seen’ from Facebook Chat
This is a very old post of mine from 2012. My advice has STRONGLY changed. Do not do this, in fact, just don’t use Facebook. Don’t use any social networks. They’re terrible and you are the product. I have no idea if this works anymore. Ever get annoyed by people typing “I KNOW YOU SEEN…
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SEO for Derps
This is a very old post of mine from 2011. It’s a shitpost, a troll, a joke. tbh I’m surprised I’ve been doing this for so long now. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the technique of making your site more readable for search engines, and increasing your rankings. This is the second article I’ve wrote,…
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Tips to Great SEO
This is a VERY old post from 2010. It’s here for archival purposes, but it may be inaccurate now. What is SEO? SEO, or Search Engine Optimization, is the art of presenting a site in such a way that a search engine can read it easily. Good SEO also helps with social networking and bookmarking…
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fopen() for Databases?
This is a VERY old post of mine from 2009 that I’m sharing for sport. This entry assumes that you have some prior knowledge of databases, PHP, or other programming languages. However, for those that don’t, I’ll try to sum it up in a way for visitors to understand. The statement “fopen”, or as PHP…
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How-To Securing PHP5 $_GET Strings
This is a VERY old post of mine from 2008 that I’m sharing for sport. There are many articles on the internet, none are complete in securing something. This article is no different. Every day holes are found in code, and they rarely get reported right away…and updated right away. But keeping yourself aware of…