The importance of information security

There's not a lot I can say that hasn't already been said about the legal battle currently raging between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Apple. My personal opinion is that it's probably the single most important case of the decade, and not nearly enough people are paying attention to it.

It's a shame, because this absolutely will affect the privacy and information security of every single person in the United States, and quite likely much of the world. It is absolutely not hyperbole to say that the stakes on this case couldn't be any higher.

The Paradox of Windows Tablets

There's no nice way to say this, so I'll just say it. Windows 8.1 on tablets shouldn't work. On paper, there's just nothing that indicates that this kind of device should be anything but a terribly compromised mess. For the most part, this is a completely true statement, and I really can't recommend one. So why am I writing this, you might ask? Simple; I decided to get one.

I've used a lot of different mobile devices over the years. My first, coincidentally, was a Windows Mobile 6 device. It was an HTC Touch Pro. It wasn't a great device, if I'm completely honest, but most of that came down to Windows Mobile 6. It was never really meant to be a smartphone platform. It was meant to run on mobile computers with integrated barcode scanners. It also required a stylus.