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It's already repugnant enough to jack articles and blog posts without attribution or citation of the original source, but to "massage" the content a bit -- without attribution/credit -- is even more detestable, IMHO. This happens all the time, in a variety of contexts (blogs, publishing, journalism, presentations, etc.), but that doesn't make it acceptable. Case-in-point: I was quoted in a recent MIT Technology Review piece by Robert Lemos ("Securing All Androids Proves Tricky"), discussing some facets about Android security updates, carrier and manufacturer issues, etc. This article was published on March 17, 2011. One week later, a colleague told me about my having given a similar quote on a site I've never heard of. Turns out the "Iblind Technology Blog" published a startlingly similar post to the one over at Technology Review. (Now, of course, the Technology Review article isn't mine, but I have personal interests in it (my name, my quote, my brainbeingpicked), and it still irritates me to see this sort of thing happen.)

Here's the MIT Technology Review article:

Here's the Iblind article:

Here's the MIT Technology Review article, showing my quote:

Here's the Iblind article, showing something I didn't say:

There are a few other cases where "Iblind" grabs and aggregates content from elsewhere (sans credit):

http://www.iblind.net/new-gadget-from-samsungsamsung-wave-s8500.html, snagged from http://www.gadgets-article.com/review-samsung-wave-s8500/ (note the broken English). Anyway, just another site to keep an eye on if you don't want your content ganked.

I will be teaming up once again with my good buddy, teen idol sensation, and the first half of the "JOCH" in "TEAM JOCH", Mr. Jon Oberheide, to teach a two-day training session on mobile hacking/penetration testing at SOURCE Barcelona this November. Leveraging our over 9000 years* of security experience and knowledge, we'll be giving our students the information, knowledge, and demonstrations they need to dive into attacking mobile platforms and applications, as well as knowing where and how to discover new vulnerabilities and flaws in these targets.

Information about the class, and the conference, along with registration, can be found at the SOURCE Barcelona site.

* - number may be inflated for dramatic effect

As the three people reading my blog may know, I'm involved with MassHackers, a sort of meetup group in the Boston area (somewhat styled after AHA). We recently decided, in a mad rush of surprisingly sober thought, to quickly throw together our own little conference, slated to happen right after SOURCE Boston 2011.

We're calling this mini-mini-mini conference "BeaCon" (after Beacon Hill, a neighborhood in Boston where we're holding the event).

For more information, CFP, and registration info, visit the BeaCon page at the MassHackers wiki.

After putting it off for a while, I finally got around to committing the first of my little "miscellaneous" scripts, snippets, etc. from "then" and "now." There are only a couple of things there right now, but I expect I'll be committing more as time goes on (note: I make no guarantees about quality, maintenance, etc. -- some of these items will be submitted "as is", and may be old :> )

Check it out https://github.com/quine/quinemisc