ArchiveSeptember 2015

How corporations lie to the technologically challenged

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Two weeks ago, Lowyat.net published a ‘challenge’ to their readers, one that would supposedly pay a cool RM100,000 to the winner.All you had to do was decrypt an AES-256 encoded blob of code (more accurately referred to as ciphertext). As expected, no one won. Because breaking that ‘military-grade’ encryption is beyond the capability of most normal human beings, and...

Using the internet anonymously

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While anonymity on the internet is slowly dying, there remain legitimate reasons for wanting to keep your online identity a secret from those meddling kids, governments or snooping criminals. From e-mailing leaked documents to commenting on blogs using pseudonyms or even just casual online chatting, utilizing the internet without leaving digital bread-crumbs behind you is a task that is getting...

Change WiFi password on Maxis home fiber router

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Got Maxis Fiber to your home, but want to change your WiFi passwords, then here’s how you do it. First you need to logon to your router. You can do so by opening your Web-Browser and type (where you’d normally type google.com), or just click here. You should either see a picture like the above, then you’d need to enter the username and password, or if you haven’t setup a...

A dumb-pipe and Net Neutrality

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The pipe that brings water into your home is a pretty un-sexy thing, just like the electrical cables that deliver electricity. Your internet connection though, has gotten sexier and sexier–from being used to deliver paid content like hyppTV and Astro to other more interesting services, resulting in a triple play (internet, tv and phone) of services, all piped into your home on a fibre optic...