Here's the link, assuming that your German is better than my English:
http://old.sicherheit-online.org/Aktuelle-Themen/Psylock-geknackt-biometrischer-Schutz-ausgetrickst.html
In a nutshell, they used a keylogger together with a *programmable keyboard* to record typing behaviour. They claim that recording could be triggered remotely, e.g. by some manipulated mail. This is admittedly not a generally applicable strategy to break any account, but on a campus with shared computers it is not too far-fetched to rig something along these lines.
I looked a little closer why the university switched to an SMS-based authentication system: the company that developed the keyboard authentication software went bust. Go figure.
Our university campus has been using typing patterns as an optional way of user authentication for years. They are currently phasing this out as it seems to be too insecure.
I dunno how people in other countries get their mail, but we still have postal services which do not deliver unless you're able to answer the doorbell personally. If I'm not at home, the shipment goes to a local shop, and I have to pick it up there. In a funny twist of fate, my local shop is open only 8-12 am where I'm supposed to be at work. So if I miss a shipment on Saturday, it may well take until the next Saturday when I finally get hold of it. I wouldn't want to do that with a head of lettuce.
Being able to opt out of telemarketer calls means that an estimated 300 Million US citizens are going to call a particular phone number. I'll sell the slots for commercials that will be played while those 300 Million are waiting to be put through. That's finally going to make me rich.
I'm not trying to take anything away from this prolific surgeon whom I've always admired, but to the best of my knowledge he was not the first who performed aortocoronary bypass surgery. This praise should go to Rene Favoloro (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Favaloro).
I have to disagree. You compare the safety of a railroad track built to be used by dozens of trains a day to the safety of a test track which was built to test the properties of a single train. This is not a test track designed to test the safety of a multi-train maglev operation. And sure there were "special strict regulatory procedures" to run the track, but as soon as humans are involved they're only followed so far. What happened here is what would happen if an idiot parks his truck on a TGV track just before it arrives.
The maglev accident story is FUD. The signalling system was inadequate because it was a test line. There's precisely one train on that test line, and the only possible obstacle it can meet is a maintenance car that is sent out to fix things or whatever. On that day, human error caused the maglev train to be sent off while the maintenance car was still on the track. If you build a TGV test track under the same conditions and apply the same amount of human error, the outcome will be no better.
They need a browser, they need a mail clients, and mayber IRC and/or IM too. They need software to display ebooks. They need an office suite that covers most functionality that the kids need to write their own stuff. They need various developing environment (classical C/C++, scripts like Python or Perl, maybe web scripting like PHP) because, all OLPC was initially about was to encourage the kids to hack.
ah, you mean Emacs. Add 70MB for all of the above, except maybe the ebook reader.
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We've been inhibiting our phosphodiesterases for ages - the miracle wonder drug is called coffee. No genetic modification required.
Apple watch finally tells you the truth that you did't want to hear from your mom back then: tattooing might not be that good an idea at all.
Here's the link, assuming that your German is better than my English: http://old.sicherheit-online.org/Aktuelle-Themen/Psylock-geknackt-biometrischer-Schutz-ausgetrickst.html In a nutshell, they used a keylogger together with a *programmable keyboard* to record typing behaviour. They claim that recording could be triggered remotely, e.g. by some manipulated mail. This is admittedly not a generally applicable strategy to break any account, but on a campus with shared computers it is not too far-fetched to rig something along these lines. I looked a little closer why the university switched to an SMS-based authentication system: the company that developed the keyboard authentication software went bust. Go figure.
Our university campus has been using typing patterns as an optional way of user authentication for years. They are currently phasing this out as it seems to be too insecure.
Yup, and carry home a week's worth of groceries on my bike for 10 miles. This isn't exactly my idea of home delivery.
I dunno how people in other countries get their mail, but we still have postal services which do not deliver unless you're able to answer the doorbell personally. If I'm not at home, the shipment goes to a local shop, and I have to pick it up there. In a funny twist of fate, my local shop is open only 8-12 am where I'm supposed to be at work. So if I miss a shipment on Saturday, it may well take until the next Saturday when I finally get hold of it. I wouldn't want to do that with a head of lettuce.
...to install every existing version of an obsolete operating system? Can anyone send him a current Linux CD please?
I wonder what these 25 sites are? Wouldn't that be the 25 most-IE-optimized sites out there, perchance?
Being able to opt out of telemarketer calls means that an estimated 300 Million US citizens are going to call a particular phone number. I'll sell the slots for commercials that will be played while those 300 Million are waiting to be put through. That's finally going to make me rich.
I'm not trying to take anything away from this prolific surgeon whom I've always admired, but to the best of my knowledge he was not the first who performed aortocoronary bypass surgery. This praise should go to Rene Favoloro ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Favaloro).
I have to disagree. You compare the safety of a railroad track built to be used by dozens of trains a day to the safety of a test track which was built to test the properties of a single train. This is not a test track designed to test the safety of a multi-train maglev operation. And sure there were "special strict regulatory procedures" to run the track, but as soon as humans are involved they're only followed so far. What happened here is what would happen if an idiot parks his truck on a TGV track just before it arrives.
The maglev accident story is FUD. The signalling system was inadequate because it was a test line. There's precisely one train on that test line, and the only possible obstacle it can meet is a maintenance car that is sent out to fix things or whatever. On that day, human error caused the maglev train to be sent off while the maintenance car was still on the track. If you build a TGV test track under the same conditions and apply the same amount of human error, the outcome will be no better.
They need a browser, they need a mail clients, and mayber IRC and/or IM too. They need software to display ebooks. They need an office suite that covers most functionality that the kids need to write their own stuff. They need various developing environment (classical C/C++, scripts like Python or Perl, maybe web scripting like PHP) because, all OLPC was initially about was to encourage the kids to hack.
ah, you mean Emacs. Add 70MB for all of the above, except maybe the ebook reader.