RSA Authenticator violates the A to B principle

RSA SecurID is a product of RSA. It enables organizations to central manage two-factor authentication, 2FA. When you log in to a RSA SecureID protected asset, its goal is to prompt you to enter your two-factor credential from the RSA Authenticator app. But the process is far from smooth. When prompted for the credential, it […]

Axos Bank’s website violates the A to B principle

Axos Bank is an online only bank that used to be called Bank of Internet. It used to have a great interface, but now, not so much. One issue is particular concerns logging into one’s account. Here’s what the opening page with the relevant login interface looks like: Ideally, when I click Sign In, I […]

IPv6 violates the A to B principle

Even if you’re not a serious techie, you are probably familiar with IP addresses, for example, 192.168.1.1. It’s the address of a computer on a network, usually, the Internet. The only problem is as a result of the way the addresses are constructed, there are a relatively small number of them, and on the Internet […]

Mac Terminal violates the A to B principle

This blog entry is directed at those power users or developers who use the Mac’s terminal application. (For the rest of you, terminal is used to execute hand-written commands.) I often find myself pasting text into terminal. Most of the time, this works fine. However, occasionally, it pastes incorrectly, prefixing the pasted text with “00~” […]