I work in network security, but I'm also highly sensitive to snooping and privacy issues. If you own it, you should be able to see the traffic. If you own the home or business network and home or business computer, then you should be able to see what is going on within that network and computer regardless of who is using it. I do need to draw a huge distinction between a privately owned systems and networks versus systems that qualify as service or carrier networks. If you sell or re-sell bandwidth then you should NOT have ability to view that traffic. On a similar note, encryption should be able to be used against the owner of devices. All encrypted traffic generated from apps/services on a device should be viewable clear-text by the owner of the device. Too often nowadays, encryption is used to the detriment of owners. Same goes for computer code. i.e. the Volkswagen scandel. Owners should have the option to see and review everything that occurs in their devices. That (transparency) is the *** ONLY *** way that companies will ever stop doing what they do.
Should your parents/wife/partner, etc. be able to see everything that you send/store/receive?
Should the have visibility of communications of the people that live in it?
Should the government of a free country be allowed to read the private emails of all its citizens, giving that government the power to abuse such information by blackmailing those citizens in the future?
Encryption or lack of encryption wouldn't have changed anything at Volkswagen or any other company that willfully breaks the law (ie banks who help their customers avoid taxes, etc). If the head honchos wanted to know what was going on all they had to do was ask.
Stated problem: People don't like me because I'm rich Actual problem: I choose to be a complete asshole and fuck people over to become disgustingly rich. Rich people therapist: Will say absolutely anything to make disgustingly rich person feel better about themselves so long as they get paid
Solutions:
- take away the tax dodges that let the super-rich get or stay super-rich
- raise taxes on those same super-rich and lower the tax burden on the middle class
Someone else who is also a billionaire – they don't want anything from you!
Anyone who claims that has no understanding of the psychology of the majority of billionaires. See Carly Fiorina and her 'good friend' Steve Jobs for an example. If you're a billionaire, then other billionaires are the ones that have the most of what you value and therefore the best targets. Stealing from the poor is far more effort - you need to steal from loads of them.
Not if you get tapped into government money. Then the government (also made up of poor people) does the footwork for you.
And yet, whenever the healthcare reform debate comes up in the US, it seems as if *both* sides of the political isle managed to *completely* ignore everything you just said when formulating their respective outrages and talking points. If only this problem was actually dealt with (and the situation would likely be illegal in any other industry), people wouldn't be so financially dependent on health insurance providers in the first place.
I am an American living in France.
When I go see a doctor, I pay 20 euros. However much else there is to be paid is paid directly by the state.
I recently saw a specialist surgeon for my knee. Cost me 60 euros. No idea how much he got paid by the state and I couldn't care less.
That same surgeon did my knee ligament and a bit of meniscus, both damaged during a fall skiing last year. In one day, out the next day, latest medical advances (tiny scar, everything done by camera - I even got a video afterwards). Cost me something like 330 euros. Can't remember exactly how much but when I said "Oh my god" it was out of shock that the bill was so small, not that I would have to sell my kidney to be able to pay it.
Do I pay higher taxes?
Yes.
Do I get something for my taxes?
Yes. In fact, not only do I get almost free excellent medical care - my kid will get excellent free university (assuming he passes the competitive exams which I'm quite confident about).
No immense student debt hanging over his head.
No getting fucked by the medical and insurance industries.
I have no problem at all about the taxes I pay now versus what I did living in the US.
I wish I could bottle up this experience and jam it down the throat of every idiot that says 'socialized medicine bad thing big government blah blah blah fucking blah). Instead to them I say - come live over here for a year and experience just how GOOD it is to not get completely fucked over when you go to the doctors.
Really? If you were caught advertently or inadvertently causing a security breach at your company, we could line you up along the wall as well?
You misunderstand who I hold responsible. I am not talking about us, the insufficient technical resources who have the impossible job of securing critical infrastructure using commercial products against enemies who wield military technology against us.
We are not at fault. We are doing what we can with the resources that we have available - in other words we are not sleeping at our posts in a time of 'cyber' war.
A soldier on guard duty who falls asleep at his post in a time of war may be punished by death: “Any sentinel or look-out who is found drunk or sleeping upon his post, or leaves it before he is regularly relieved, shall be punished, if the offense is committed in time of war, by death..." http://usmilitary.about.com/li...
Why should politicians and other decision makers who fail to allocate the necessary resources to secure critical infrastructure not share the same fate?
It isn't like they tried their best and failed. They dicked around, knowing full well that we have been under (for lack of a better term) cyber attack for the last ten years and have done nothing substantial to stop it.
Now how many good people have their balls (metaphorically speaking) on the table because the decision makers fucked up?
So my question is, are there any common encryption algorithms capable of withstanding attack by a quantum computer? And if not, why not?
"...most current symmetric cryptographic algorithms (symmetric ciphers and hash functions) are considered to be relatively secure from attacks by quantum computers." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
I haven't seen any studies so maybe I'm just a goof but I consciously try not to rely on those things because I don't want to forget how to actually drive.
...although it did nullify the "pre-existing conditions" problem.
So we don't have to force everyone to be stuck with the crapulence of Medicare, Medicaid, Disability, or the VA in order to solve this particular problem.
As someone with such a condition, the LAST thing I want is to be in the clutches of any sort of American variation on socialized medicine.
I'm an American benefiting from French socialized medicine and I think Americans are (excuse the French, as the expression goes) absolutely out of your/our fucking minds for not socializing medicine.
The bailouts should have COME WITH Antitrust legislation and a breakup. Especially since the reason we bailed them out is that they are "Too big to fail".
A lot of shit happens that 'should' have been done differently but because the politicians are owned, entities like VW and the people running it who broke the law will go relatively unpunished due to a 'get out of jail free' clause in the 'clean air act'.
Two thoughts: 1) When someone has only one skillset they have less job mobility and so less negotiating power for salaries (argument in favor of a well rounded education) 2) When someone with that one skillset gets laid off because their job got outsourced overseas for fuckall/hour they will have more trouble finding alternative work.
America is shooting itself in the proverbial foot by making good education so expensive.
Today, the New York Times published a damning report on the portion of water that is wet, showing that 100% of water molecules are, in fact, quite wet. The report even tested salt water and brine water, which were also wet. This report may shed light on the traditional view that water is dry.
There's a big difference between thinking that water is made of H2O and actually showing the proof of it.
They also need to teach the basics of how our economic system works. That you earn money by providing value to others. You don't magically get money simply because you exist or have a degree.
Unless your family already has money but yes, generally I agree.
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I work in network security, but I'm also highly sensitive to snooping and privacy issues. If you own it, you should be able to see the traffic. If you own the home or business network and home or business computer, then you should be able to see what is going on within that network and computer regardless of who is using it. I do need to draw a huge distinction between a privately owned systems and networks versus systems that qualify as service or carrier networks. If you sell or re-sell bandwidth then you should NOT have ability to view that traffic. On a similar note, encryption should be able to be used against the owner of devices. All encrypted traffic generated from apps/services on a device should be viewable clear-text by the owner of the device. Too often nowadays, encryption is used to the detriment of owners. Same goes for computer code. i.e. the Volkswagen scandel. Owners should have the option to see and review everything that occurs in their devices. That (transparency) is the *** ONLY *** way that companies will ever stop doing what they do.
Should your parents/wife/partner, etc. be able to see everything that you send/store/receive?
Should the have visibility of communications of the people that live in it?
Should the government of a free country be allowed to read the private emails of all its citizens, giving that government the power to abuse such information by blackmailing those citizens in the future?
Encryption or lack of encryption wouldn't have changed anything at Volkswagen or any other company that willfully breaks the law (ie banks who help their customers avoid taxes, etc). If the head honchos wanted to know what was going on all they had to do was ask.
Stated problem: People don't like me because I'm rich
Actual problem: I choose to be a complete asshole and fuck people over to become disgustingly rich.
Rich people therapist: Will say absolutely anything to make disgustingly rich person feel better about themselves so long as they get paid
Solutions:
- take away the tax dodges that let the super-rich get or stay super-rich
- raise taxes on those same super-rich and lower the tax burden on the middle class
Someone else who is also a billionaire – they don't want anything from you!
Anyone who claims that has no understanding of the psychology of the majority of billionaires. See Carly Fiorina and her 'good friend' Steve Jobs for an example. If you're a billionaire, then other billionaires are the ones that have the most of what you value and therefore the best targets. Stealing from the poor is far more effort - you need to steal from loads of them.
Not if you get tapped into government money. Then the government (also made up of poor people) does the footwork for you.
And yet, whenever the healthcare reform debate comes up in the US, it seems as if *both* sides of the political isle managed to *completely* ignore everything you just said when formulating their respective outrages and talking points. If only this problem was actually dealt with (and the situation would likely be illegal in any other industry), people wouldn't be so financially dependent on health insurance providers in the first place.
I am an American living in France.
When I go see a doctor, I pay 20 euros. However much else there is to be paid is paid directly by the state.
I recently saw a specialist surgeon for my knee. Cost me 60 euros. No idea how much he got paid by the state and I couldn't care less.
That same surgeon did my knee ligament and a bit of meniscus, both damaged during a fall skiing last year. In one day, out the next day, latest medical advances (tiny scar, everything done by camera - I even got a video afterwards). Cost me something like 330 euros. Can't remember exactly how much but when I said "Oh my god" it was out of shock that the bill was so small, not that I would have to sell my kidney to be able to pay it.
Do I pay higher taxes?
Yes.
Do I get something for my taxes?
Yes. In fact, not only do I get almost free excellent medical care - my kid will get excellent free university (assuming he passes the competitive exams which I'm quite confident about).
No immense student debt hanging over his head.
No getting fucked by the medical and insurance industries.
I have no problem at all about the taxes I pay now versus what I did living in the US.
I wish I could bottle up this experience and jam it down the throat of every idiot that says 'socialized medicine bad thing big government blah blah blah fucking blah). Instead to them I say - come live over here for a year and experience just how GOOD it is to not get completely fucked over when you go to the doctors.
Really? If you were caught advertently or inadvertently causing a security breach at your company, we could line you up along the wall as well?
You misunderstand who I hold responsible. I am not talking about us, the insufficient technical resources who have the impossible job of securing critical infrastructure using commercial products against enemies who wield military technology against us.
We are not at fault. We are doing what we can with the resources that we have available - in other words we are not sleeping at our posts in a time of 'cyber' war.
A soldier on guard duty who falls asleep at his post in a time of war may be punished by death:
“Any sentinel or look-out who is found drunk or sleeping upon his post, or leaves it before he is regularly relieved, shall be punished, if the offense is committed in time of war, by death..."
http://usmilitary.about.com/li...
Why should politicians and other decision makers who fail to allocate the necessary resources to secure critical infrastructure not share the same fate?
It isn't like they tried their best and failed. They dicked around, knowing full well that we have been under (for lack of a better term) cyber attack for the last ten years and have done nothing substantial to stop it.
Now how many good people have their balls (metaphorically speaking) on the table because the decision makers fucked up?
Voting for someone does not mean that one supports their future actions.
Nonetheless it means that there is some responsibility to be taken by those who voted for the actions of those that they voted into power.
Unfortunately there is no accountability at any level and the system does not seem to be heading in a direction of improvement.
I was duped.
Which I think is the case with the majority of voters.
The problem is that there is no accountability for the false advertising that is political campaigning.
I wonder if any American company will get to see any of China's source code.
Has happened:
"“Huawei provided our source code of our products to Cisco for review"
http://blogs.cisco.com/news/hu...
Of course it's anyone's guess if the code shown was 'the right code' but the old bait and switch could work for IBM in this case as well.
Those in the US government responsible for the weak security that allowed the 'hacking' should be lined up along the wall right next to this guy.
Your points seem quite plausible, but I'd like to make a distinction about the word "we" in this context.
I as an individual did not support those choices. They were enacted by political elites who rule the land in which I was born.
Out of curiosity, have you voted for any of those elites? I'm guessing not but...
Mod parent up
I don't have confidence in most things anymore: federal government, personal responsibility, etc.
Just add this to the list.
I have confidence in your lack of confidence.
So my question is, are there any common encryption algorithms capable of withstanding attack by a quantum computer? And if not, why not?
"...most current symmetric cryptographic algorithms (symmetric ciphers and hash functions) are considered to be relatively secure from attacks by quantum computers."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
I haven't seen any studies so maybe I'm just a goof but I consciously try not to rely on those things because I don't want to forget how to actually drive.
Isn't that what Playstation is for?
is that a threat?
Of course not don't be ridiculous.
Sooner or later Mr. Krebs is going to cost the bad guys enough money that they will decide he is actually worth dealing with.
Ride the wave Brian, but watch your back.
...although it did nullify the "pre-existing conditions" problem.
So we don't have to force everyone to be stuck with the crapulence of Medicare, Medicaid, Disability, or the VA in order to solve this particular problem.
As someone with such a condition, the LAST thing I want is to be in the clutches of any sort of American variation on socialized medicine.
I'm an American benefiting from French socialized medicine and I think Americans are (excuse the French, as the expression goes) absolutely out of your/our fucking minds for not socializing medicine.
Does this Dridex Banking Malware run on Apple OS X, Android, Linux or Microsoft Windows ..
Dude you lazy. Three seconds on Google:
"Dridex is a strain of banking malware that leverages macros in Microsoft Office to infect systems."
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/...
What we need are ad blockers that spoof being non-ad blockers
The bailouts should have COME WITH Antitrust legislation and a breakup. Especially since the reason we bailed them out is that they are "Too big to fail".
A lot of shit happens that 'should' have been done differently but because the politicians are owned, entities like VW and the people running it who broke the law will go relatively unpunished due to a 'get out of jail free' clause in the 'clean air act'.
Two thoughts:
1) When someone has only one skillset they have less job mobility and so less negotiating power for salaries (argument in favor of a well rounded education)
2) When someone with that one skillset gets laid off because their job got outsourced overseas for fuckall/hour they will have more trouble finding alternative work.
America is shooting itself in the proverbial foot by making good education so expensive.
Today, the New York Times published a damning report on the portion of water that is wet, showing that 100% of water molecules are, in fact, quite wet. The report even tested salt water and brine water, which were also wet. This report may shed light on the traditional view that water is dry.
There's a big difference between thinking that water is made of H2O and actually showing the proof of it.
They also need to teach the basics of how our economic system works. That you earn money by providing value to others. You don't magically get money simply because you exist or have a degree.
Unless your family already has money but yes, generally I agree.
What's really needed are courses in things like "How not to fall into the debt trap"
If they got serious about teaching it properly that would be a hugely beneficial class. No way they'd be allowed to do it right though.
Sure they would.
The problem is that not enough people care enough to go out and make this happen at a legal level.
That's great but the point is that it should be obligatory in every school across the country, at every age.
Obligatory because too many American parents teach exactly the wrong lessons to their kids who then end up making exactly the same mistakes.