Here's some Slashdot coverage of BugMeNot, which provides communal logins for, y'know, login-requiring websites like nytimes.com, etc. Better, here's a BugMeNot Firefox extension.

Speaking of, here are a couple third-party programs that go a long way towards making Microsoft's insecure POS operating systems work a little better: Spybot Search & Destroy (catches things that Ad-Aware misses, and vice versa) and HijackThis. Combine these with an alternative browser and email client, a firewall (hardware, software or both), an edited hosts file and some very restrictive IE settings (or, if you've got an install CD and you think you can hang, just ditch IE completely. Warning: this might prevent programs whose built-in browser uses IE components (like Winamp and Soulseek (By the way, there are Linux Soulseek clients with more functionality--Nicotine (seems to be the preferred one), PySoulseek, Museek--and Soleseek for OS X.) from working properly.). Now, if you're a little drunk and you squint a bit, Windows starts to look like a secure OS.

(Can the people on TV see me, or am I just paranoid? I know I'm paranoid, but am I paranoid enough? Tell me the song and the book I'm thinking of, and I'll send you a Gmail invite. This is a limited-time offer. And S, if you don't already have a Gmail account, let me know.)  ¶ 10:04 AM