Airport security ‘improved’ – Good/Bad?

I just read about IATA’s newly proposed security screening process and I must say I am very sceptical 😐 it would seem to rely heavily on sensitive personal data being shared with authorities and cross country borders.. Being a privacy advocate I really don’t like the way things are heading… This newfound “fear” of terror seem to create a number of loopholes in the protection of peoples privacy. I am very concerned about the level og details I have to share with airlines already, having to share more is very unattractive to me, I would prefer them hireing more airport police instead.. Also I don’t think I should be treated like a crook or second class traveler just because I care about my privacy.

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Windows 8 – everything is different

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So it looks like bad news for those of us still struggling with coming to terms with the new UI in Windows 7 / 2008R2, basically I still think that the Windows 2000 interface was among the better once – all the new magic wizard and color stuff really does not impress me that much. But never the less it looks like Windows 8 might evolve into an over sized mobile os 🙁 Although this may be fine for some home users I don’t see the practicality for the business side, and furthermore Windows 7 and Server 2008R2 are the same – aaaaaaaaargh imagine a server with a Windows 8 interface 😀

Anyway, have a look at this preview of Windows 8.

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Microsoft rootkit and malware scanner (Beta)

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Recently I mentioned the Microsoft Security Scanner (https://readmydamnblog.com/?p=2011) a portable/standalone scanner for your pc, well it seem Microsoft is stepping up their Anti Malware/Rootkit effords – link to their new beta project;  http://connect.microsoft.com/systemsweeper

The link is to a beta project from Microsoft introducing a bootable ISO that will help getting rid of rootkits and what now (Rootkits which logically are notorious difficult to detect and remote from within the OS installation).

It’s still in Beta, but looks interesting indeed.

32 bit version; http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=215854

64 bit version; http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=215855

Microsoft site; http://connect.microsoft.com/systemsweeper

It is also worth noticing that the latest version of Microsoft DART “ERD commander” (the old Winternal/Sysinternal utility to boot, modify and fix Windows installations) now also contain a malware scanning and removal utility (Standalone System Sweeper) – this is however sadly only available to Microsoft corporate license holders.

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