http://simonwillison.net/2024-12-20T04:57:04+00:00Simon Willison2024-12-20T04:57:04+00:002024-12-20T04:57:04+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/20/marcus-hutchins/#atom-tag

<blockquote cite="https://bsky.app/profile/malwaretech.com/post/3ldpfzxdyqs2d"><p>50% of cybersecurity is endlessly explaining that consumer VPNs don’t address any real cybersecurity issues. They are basically only useful for bypassing geofences and making money telling people they need to buy a VPN.</p> <p>Man-in-the-middle attacks on Public WiFi networks haven't been a realistic threat in a decade. Almost all websites use encryption by default, and anything of value uses HSTS to prevent attackers from downgrading / disabling encryption. It's a non issue.</p></blockquote> <p class="cite">&mdash; <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/malwaretech.com/post/3ldpfzxdyqs2d">Marcus Hutchins</a></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/encryption">encryption</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/https">https</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/security">security</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/vpn">vpn</a></p>

2009-08-26T08:42:24+00:002009-08-26T08:42:24+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2009/Aug/26/amazon/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2009/08/introducing-amazon-virtual-private-cloud-vpc.html">Introducing Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)</a></strong></p> Amazon now let you create a network of private EC2 instances completely isolated from the internet and the rest of the EC2 cloud, then link them back to your home network via a VPN. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/amazon">amazon</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ec2">ec2</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/virtualprivatecloud">virtualprivatecloud</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/vpn">vpn</a></p>