Managing Sources

During any research process it will be important for the researcher to keep their sources organized and available. In my own experience I usually have simply used a Google Spreadsheet document to keep my sources organized, it fulfills the purpose and allows me to easily organize them and add other relevant information if needed.

I've spent most of my time recently looking into the specifics of Windows and OSX login password security, where the hashes are stored and how to extract them. The website onlinehashcrack.com shows how all recent versions of Windows and OSX store their passwords and offers tools and examples of how to extract and crack them. It's interesting that this one stop shop exists and holds all of this information that helps to get around the security measures that the vast majority of people use.

I think that there is a conflict between Windows developers and those who want to bypass its security; that making Windows 100% secure is not what is really wanted. There will always be methods to get around security, some likely built in for technical purposes (we don't want to have to throw a computer away because the user forgot their password, for example). Striking the balance between perfect security and usable functionality will probably always leave room for nefarious actors to work.