I am at heart a bit of an open source hippy who sees the world through rose coloured glasses. I want to believe that Android¹ is the best mobile operating system because it is at it's core open source and it gives users the freedom to run their own …

I can clearly remember my first reaction when I heard about fingerprint readers on phones. It was a stream of thoughts along the lines of "I bet that will be broken in an matter of days, biometrics are not ready for prime time", "You don't go around leaving a smudgy …

There was an article recently based on a 2010 study that suggested that frequent password changes actually negatively impact security.

I agree with the article but feel that some of the commentary could be a little more nuanced. The thrust of the article is that forcing regular password changes irritates …

A few weeks ago I wrote about KeePassX and while I'm very happy and it ticks nearly all the boxes the one feature that's missing and unfortunately would probably require a complete redesign is multi user support.

It would be great to be able to share passwords to some users …

Bendigo bank's password requirement make for an interesting read.

• You must have exactly eight alpha-numeric characters in your password.
• Your password must include at least one letter and at least one number.
• The password is not case sensitive.

The bit about your password not being case sensitive means they are …