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GNU/Linux: Deemed to be Closed?
In my last article WP Engine Vs Automattic!, I expressed discontent with the monopoly of directives against a company, WP Engine while writing an article on a WordPress run website. As an analogy, I used GNU/Linux philosophy to treat open-source as is. All this goes to trash when I hear Linus Torvalds (the creator of
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WP Engine Vs Automattic!
WP Engine and Automattic are at war. If you read this article, you would realize how seriously Automattic at this point takes matters at hand. Their latest social media war is taking some serious turns in terms of lawsuits. Only time will tell, who’ll have the last laugh? Before we dig into this matter, let’s
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Pavel Durov: Messiah of Free Speech?
In a free world, you can idolize anyone for security but you can’t escape the reality that internet security is a misnomer. Ever since the PRISM project was launched, conglomerates have been forced to comply with the governments across the world by sharing their user data. The Russian version of Facebook and WhatsApp applications doesn’t
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Microsoft Mayhem: Now who’s laughing?
The recent CrowdStrike update that caused mayhem around the PC world resulted in the loss of several billions of dollars for some organizations. Some will take matters to the court while some will continue to pamper CrowdStrike for security bullshit. Personally, I don’t hate security but I hate the idea when it becomes a limiting
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CrowdStrike: Reboot to Stability
The recent incident with CrowdStrike is a big one in computing history. This is the biggest outage that the world has faced without encountering a cyber attack. In order to not face such an unnecessary and easily avoidable issue, we need to set the context right. In the last decade, we have seen a major shift in
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FVEY or The Highway!
The recent geopolitical developments are of concern for each global citizen. The killing of a terrorist in Canada is publicized in the media as a matter of deep concern by the west. It’s laughable but it’s the west and so we all have to heed to their supremacy. India has been a punching bag for
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DNS Security: Mozilla over Chrome?
There are a number of ways to safely browse the internet. One could use a proxy server, TOR proxy, VPN, or use an operating system that uses those principles. TAILS and Qubes are the popular ones that comes to my mind. All these solutions are available and things are sorted if you are a techie.