Tuesday, October 13, 2009

It's a boy! Now what will his username be?

Snow Leopard Guest Accounts Wiping Computers

The accelerating progress of technology is dizzying. In 50 years we have gone from mainframe computers in the back rooms of large universities and corporations to Twitter updates in the bathroom. Our user account name and password comes to mind as quickly as our favorite color or movie, and in almost every sense the information it safeguards defines us more clearly. Our reliance on computers as part of our identity casts an increasingly large burden on the designers and engineers who implement these systems to include robustness and redundancy as leading features. In this digital age that continues to emerge, we can no longer afford to bet a portion of our identity to faulty systems.



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