themodernscientist

data scientist, biophysicist, mac-unix zealot, pythonista

Secure Password Use in Scripts

NOTE: If you're using passwords in shell scripts, see Daniel Jalkut's reply below about using OS X's built-in security command instead of his AppleScript library.

One of my goals for the new year1 is to be more security minded in my use of technology. This is a broad statement …

Encryption of BitTorrent Sync Peers

I'd like to follow up on a previous post covering BitTorrent Sync. In this post, I mentioned privacy is one of the advantages afforded by BitTorrent Sync over traditional cloud storage options, such as Dropbox. Like most cloud storage options, data are encrypted during transmission with BitTorrent Sync.1 Once …

Torrential File Synchronization

My research requires that I work in multiple locations: in the lab, at a multi-institution shared instrument facility, and sometimes in my fuzzy slippers at home. Having my data and processing scripts updated on whatever computer I happen to be using is critical to my ability to get work done …