As I previously wrote, I recently had to change my password on over 300 Web sites because my default “medium-security password” was compromised. The compromise was caused by a bug in the WordPress blogging platform which can result in inadvertent disclosure of information when content is pasted into the WYSIWYG text editor built into WordPress.… Read More: WordPress inadvertent disclosure bug »
First, Home Depot told me I was buying 1.44 square yards of carpet when I was actually buying 26.6 square yards. Then, it turned out that they’d only given me 20 square yards of carpet, not the 26.6 square yards I paid for. Apparently, somebody there has at least a bit of a clue about… Read More: Home Depot makes good »
Following up on my previous blog posting, I just sent this letter to The Home Depot (pay special attention to the part I’ve emphasized in red): October 2, 2009 Store Manager The Home Depot 615 Arsenel Street Watertown, MA 02471 To whom it may concern: This letter concerns a purchase whose receipt bar code is… Read More: No good deed goes unpunished, Home Depot edition »
A few days ago, I went to Home Depot to buy a big roll of outdoor carpet — 12′ x 20′ — for our back yard. After rolling and cutting the carpet and wrapping it in cellophane, one of the two sales associates assisting in this endeavor whipped out a calculator, punched in a few… Read More: (not) Taking advantage of math-challenged Home Depot employees »
I haven’t seen this posted anywhere else… I received in the mail today replacement Discover Cards for my wife and me. Our cards were not due to expire for quite a while. They were attached to a special-purpose mailing sleeve, not the generic sleeve they usually use when mailing out new cards. Some highlights of… Read More: Discover is replacing credit cards because of the Heartland data… »
In a letter to the editor in the September 21 edition of the Boston Herald, one Christine Giroux wrote: At the core of the health care controversy is the question of whether health care is a basic right held by every American citizen… We all need food, clothing and shelter. Are these basic rights too?… Read More: Food, clothing, shelter basic rights? Of course! »
From October 6 to October 9, Sheraton will be giving customers the opportunity to win a free overnight stay at one of 86 recently renovated Sheraton hotels across the United States and Canada. The free overnight stays will be on a single night, Friday, October 23. By only allowing the free overnight stays on a… Read More: Sheraton free-overnight-stay promotion excludes observant Jews »
As I wrote earlier today, I just changed my password on over 300 Web sites. In the process, I encountered a large number of sites which simply don’t know how to do password security properly. Some of these sites are operated by major corporations which are entrusted by their users with confidential and sensitive personal… Read More: Password security hall of shame »
In June, I wrote about Sam Yoon’s unfortunate habit of adding people without their consent to his campaign’s spam distribution lists. I’ve complained to Yoon’s office twice about the spamming — once in August 2006 and once in March 2009. Yoon did not have the courtesy to respond to either of my complaints. I thought… Read More: Spam Yoon, Round 2 »
“Hi, my name is jik, and I’m a password reuser.” “Hi, jik!” If there isn’t a “Password Reusers Anonymous”, there probably should be. By “password reuse,” I mean using the same password over and over on multiple Web sites. It’s a really bad idea, and I should know that better than most, since I’ve worked… Read More: Why I just spent three days changing my passwords on… »