Visualisations, live feeds from surveillance cameras or digital display solutions (eSignage) usually run on classic PC hardware. Hidden in industrial cabinets and protected enclosures, a lot of effort is spent when the only thing that matters is often the display of a simple web application. In addition, there are license or cloud subscriptions that companies rarely need. Read more

Today, the VG Wiesbaden announced to have prohibited the use of Cookiebot in summary proceedings of the Rhine-Main University of Applied Sciences (Az.: 6L 738/21.WI). The Danish provider behind Cookiebot is well-known in the industry and advertises with the windy promise of obtaining DSGVO-compliant cookie consent from website visitors. Read more

Hard-wired networks are usually provided with numerous security features. With wireless networks, however, admins often remain blind to intrusion attempts, which can be carried out by inexperienced users thanks to affordable gadgets. The remedy is a Wireless Intrusion Detection System (WIDS). Sounds expensive, but it isn’t. Read more

Wednesday afternoon is designated for live-events on topics, software and technologies on my bucketlist, but not yet taken. So why not fire up screen-recording and make this an established part of this blog? Everything live and with the potential for being pin-tailed like a donkey when something’s going south? Read more