Too bad all the comments above are about whether the BB is any good or not. They are not about the real issue: that it is shouldn't be news that some sort of communication stops working because of unsupported platform. If we all would be using open protocols for communication (like email, sms, irc, xmpp) instead of some proprietary centralized sillicon valley super.com's version of it, this wouldn't have been news. We would switch to another client or make one and not rely on whatever the.com's shareholders think is profitable. Facebook does not do what is best for internet users or does not do what is the best technical solution. They do whatever gives them the most amount of control for the least amount of money.
Why don't we have out own servers? Why can non-nerds carry around and operate a complicated computer in their pocket but why they cannot own and operate a "server". People already have a modem/router which is perfectly capable of storing any personal information you want.
The only reason we don't do it is, I guess, is that companies make money collecting our information and make it convenient enough for us to go along. If running your own server was as convenient/profitable, we would do it.
They do have a moral obligation to stop people actively trying to recruit others to inflict harm and destruction.
They don't. We as voters/tax payers have a moral obligation to make sure our children are educated and not to be stupid enough to fall for this (well, any) propaganda.
The original Dutch article shows a letter from FIOD (Fiscal Information and Investigation Service) asking NFI (National Forensic Institute) to decrypt the contents of a Blackberry Curve 9320. NFI said the retrieve data from the phone using Cellebrite's UFED 4PC software and then decrypted it using NFI's own method.
The also say the receive a NFI report that describes the case where 279 out of 325 encrypted messages on a Blackberry 9720 could be decrypted.
If it is only a small part of data, that actually needs encryption — the password and the credit card number — you can do that (using the well-known and studied protocols) in JavaScript.
If... I personally would like to have everything encrypted, such as what I read on Slashdot or on Wikipedia.
The slanted e looks a lot like the one in Heineken logo (which is already very old). The Google designers probably did their brain storm session in a bar...
The Wassenaar Arrangement is only valid in 41 countries. Many warm countries seem not to have signed it. Hmm, summers in Iceland, winters in Albania then.
As already mentioned many times, all modern computers support IPv6 privacy extensions giving you a regularly changing random IPv6 address.
Furthermore, does your IP-address really matter when you are logged in to you Google and Facebook account all the time on all your devices and dozens of cookies/trackers follow you on every website you visit? Your IP-address is quite irrelevant these days.
Still can't use it on Amazon (excluding the worthless-to-me ELB).
Microsoft Azure does not support IPv6 at all. From Azure's FAQ:
Does Azure support IPv6?
Microsoft has played a leading role in helping customers to smoothly transition from IPv4 to IPv6 for the past several years. To date, Microsoft has built IPv6 support into many of its products and solutions like Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 R2. Microsoft is committed to expanding the worldwide capabilities of the Internet through IPv6 and enabling a variety of valuable and exciting scenarios, including peer-to-peer and mobile applications. The foundational work to enable IPv6 in the Azure environment is well underway. However, we are unable to share a date when IPv6 support will be generally available at this time. For more information on IPv6 technologies and IPv6 support available in the Windows operating system today, see Microsoft’s IPv6 information site which includes business, technical, and developer resources: http://technet.microsoft.com/e...
There are a lot of organizations, human rights organizations are one of those, that really should consider encrypting all their email. Setup TLS on your mail server, download Thunderbird/Enigmail/GPG and go.
They keep boning the interface for maps, someone could seriously make a buck just skinning it and giving easy access to the offline caching feature and so on.
The only problem with self-hosting a SMTP-server is you often get blocked because your server's IP-address is being blacklisted because it's a residential customer's IP address. I have solved this configuring my mailserver to use my ISP's SMTP-server as a smarthost. Works fine.
What's the use of a predictable cadence for security updates? Security vulnerabilities are not found on a schedule. Personally I want my updates ASAP. You can update when you want (but sooner is better for everyone).
I'm quite happy to hear arguments to the contrary, but my broad-brush perspective is that while Apple's ecosystem is a walled garden, Android's ecosystem is the wild west.
How would you classify a Windows desktop or a Linux desktop?
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Too bad all the comments above are about whether the BB is any good or not. They are not about the real issue: that it is shouldn't be news that some sort of communication stops working because of unsupported platform. If we all would be using open protocols for communication (like email, sms, irc, xmpp) instead of some proprietary centralized sillicon valley super .com's version of it, this wouldn't have been news. We would switch to another client or make one and not rely on whatever the .com's shareholders think is profitable. Facebook does not do what is best for internet users or does not do what is the best technical solution. They do whatever gives them the most amount of control for the least amount of money.
Why don't we have out own servers? Why can non-nerds carry around and operate a complicated computer in their pocket but why they cannot own and operate a "server". People already have a modem/router which is perfectly capable of storing any personal information you want.
The only reason we don't do it is, I guess, is that companies make money collecting our information and make it convenient enough for us to go along. If running your own server was as convenient/profitable, we would do it.
... the trojan ends up in the hands of black hats, gets "improved", sold and ends up on the computers of the German government?
They do have a moral obligation to stop people actively trying to recruit others to inflict harm and destruction.
They don't. We as voters/tax payers have a moral obligation to make sure our children are educated and not to be stupid enough to fall for this (well, any) propaganda.
The original Dutch article shows a letter from FIOD (Fiscal Information and Investigation Service) asking NFI (National Forensic Institute) to decrypt the contents of a Blackberry Curve 9320. NFI said the retrieve data from the phone using Cellebrite's UFED 4PC software and then decrypted it using NFI's own method.
The also say the receive a NFI report that describes the case where 279 out of 325 encrypted messages on a Blackberry 9720 could be decrypted.
Or maybe they sell web security software that relies on unencrypted HTTP connections to detect malware.
If it is only a small part of data, that actually needs encryption — the password and the credit card number — you can do that (using the well-known and studied protocols) in JavaScript.
If... I personally would like to have everything encrypted, such as what I read on Slashdot or on Wikipedia.
Thanks for saying this.
This. People are asking for this by putting all their eggs in just a few, easy to censor, baskets.
Same here. I had dozens of tabs open. All gone now. Had to kill Firefox and tabs did not reappear as they usually do. Ok, dump that feature.
The slanted e looks a lot like the one in Heineken logo (which is already very old). The Google designers probably did their brain storm session in a bar...
The Wassenaar Arrangement is only valid in 41 countries. Many warm countries seem not to have signed it. Hmm, summers in Iceland, winters in Albania then.
I should have added: host your own data. At least you will *know* when they are looking at your data.
Dude. I'm privacy conscious and I want/use IPv6.
As already mentioned many times, all modern computers support IPv6 privacy extensions giving you a regularly changing random IPv6 address.
Furthermore, does your IP-address really matter when you are logged in to you Google and Facebook account all the time on all your devices and dozens of cookies/trackers follow you on every website you visit? Your IP-address is quite irrelevant these days.
Still can't use it on Amazon (excluding the worthless-to-me ELB).
Microsoft Azure does not support IPv6 at all. From Azure's FAQ:
Does Azure support IPv6?
Microsoft has played a leading role in helping customers to smoothly transition from IPv4 to IPv6 for the past several years. To date, Microsoft has built IPv6 support into many of its products and solutions like Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 R2. Microsoft is committed to expanding the worldwide capabilities of the Internet through IPv6 and enabling a variety of valuable and exciting scenarios, including peer-to-peer and mobile applications. The foundational work to enable IPv6 in the Azure environment is well underway. However, we are unable to share a date when IPv6 support will be generally available at this time. For more information on IPv6 technologies and IPv6 support available in the Windows operating system today, see Microsoft’s IPv6 information site which includes business, technical, and developer resources: http://technet.microsoft.com/e...
So, no. Maybe some day.
Source: http://azure.microsoft.com/en-...
Without the typo:
How long will it take for UK's porn filter will be UK's porn AND encryption tools filter. My guess is not long.
How long will it take for UK's porn filter will by UK's porn AND encryption tools filter. My guess is not long.
There are a lot of organizations, human rights organizations are one of those, that really should consider encrypting all their email. Setup TLS on your mail server, download Thunderbird/Enigmail/GPG and go.
They keep boning the interface for maps, someone could seriously make a buck just skinning it and giving easy access to the offline caching feature and so on.
Try this: http://openstreetmap.org/
What whitelist?
The only problem with self-hosting a SMTP-server is you often get blocked because your server's IP-address is being blacklisted because it's a residential customer's IP address. I have solved this configuring my mailserver to use my ISP's SMTP-server as a smarthost. Works fine.
I'm old-fashioned. If I want to share, I copy/paste the URL in the social network of choice.
I'm interested in that Yubikey Neo solution too...
For people whose brain doesn't work well enough to remember dozens of passwords, you could also use an gpg encrypted text file. Works well for me.
What's the use of a predictable cadence for security updates? Security vulnerabilities are not found on a schedule. Personally I want my updates ASAP. You can update when you want (but sooner is better for everyone).
I'm quite happy to hear arguments to the contrary, but my broad-brush perspective is that while Apple's ecosystem is a walled garden, Android's ecosystem is the wild west.
How would you classify a Windows desktop or a Linux desktop?