Jason Owens

Certified Security, Project, and IT Management skills with a background in leadership, integration, teaching, client management, and more…



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Jailbreaking iPhones Now Legal?

Posted on | July 26, 2010 | 1 Comment

New federal rules regarding people jailbreaking their iPhones, using phones on any network, copy-protection bypassing, and more.

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MyKeePass Upload on iPad Fixed?

Posted on | July 19, 2010 | No Comments

Users of MyKeePass on the iPad may have noticed in the past that they were unable to upload their KeePass files from their desktops to their iPads. There’s a warning on the App Store page that states the app isn’t iPad compatible, there are comments on the developer’s site mentioning the issue and workarounds, and I was able to reproduce the problem in the past as well.

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GoodReader: More to Love

Posted on | July 19, 2010 | No Comments

Each time I use the GoodReader app on my iPad I like it more. It’s not perfect, but it always seems to do what I need it to and then surprises me with a little more. This time I found two more useful features…

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Abine To Protect Online Privacy

Posted on | July 17, 2010 | No Comments

Abine contacted me after reading an article I wrote, and wondered if I would be interested in reviewing their new privacy solution that’s currently in beta testing. Read on to learn how Abine might help you manage your passwords, personal information, credit cards, and more.

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Warrington Colescott at the MAM

Posted on | July 11, 2010 | No Comments

The Milwaukee Art Museum has the largest collection of work by Colescott.

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Foursquare Was Leaking Data

Posted on | July 1, 2010 | No Comments

When people use sites like Foursquare, Facebook, Twitter, etc. they rely almost entirely on the technical competence and ability of those organizations to adhere to their own policies and user expectations. We assume (maybe wrongly so) that these sites have our best interests in mind…

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Profession vs Job Loyalty

Posted on | June 30, 2010 | No Comments

Are you loyal to your job or to your profession? How often to people change jobs? Read on and comment.

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Recommended Reading

Posted on | May 5, 2010 | 1 Comment

The Reading page has a list of books that I’ve read recently and/or recommend reading. The recommendations are grouped, you can skip to a section you’re interested in

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How to Encrypt your Entourage and Apple Mail Mailstores

Posted on | May 3, 2010 | 1 Comment

Mac users, the following outlines how you can store your Entourage 2008 and Apple Mail content wherever you want, including on an encrypted volume, and have it only when you need it.

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How I Would Try to Hack Your Mint.com Account

Posted on | April 19, 2010 | 3 Comments

Learn how your mint.com account could he hacked via a combination of wifi, mint.com’s password reset link, and simple social engineering. Understand what you can do to protect yourself.

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