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  1. Re:So forgetting a password on Child Porn Suspect Jailed Indefinitely For Refusing To Decrypt Hard Drives (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    nonetheless it is what it is.

  2. Re:So forgetting a password on Child Porn Suspect Jailed Indefinitely For Refusing To Decrypt Hard Drives (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    under the 5th amendment he can't be compelled to "utter" the passphrase, but he can be compelled to provide the unencrypted contents in most jurisdictions.

  3. under the 5th he can't "utter" the pass phrase, but he can be compelled to produce the unencrypted contents in most jurisdictions. that's what he is most likely in contempt of without reading the whole case.

  4. Re: Tech Companies Making It Public on A Complete Guide To The New 'Crypto Wars' (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    trust me, skipjack was coded and clipper was manufactured.

  5. Re:Tech Companies Making It Public on A Complete Guide To The New 'Crypto Wars' (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    works for me

  6. Re:skipjack on A Complete Guide To The New 'Crypto Wars' (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    R.V. Rivest, A. Shamir and L. Adleman, A method for obtaining digital signatures and public-key cryptosystem, Commun. ACM, Vol.21, No.2, pp.120-126, 1978 yes, 1978

  7. this is a statement on the poor state of education more than economics. we just don't educate well anymore. where do think the jobs come from?

  8. Re:Tech Companies Making It Public on A Complete Guide To The New 'Crypto Wars' (dailydot.com) · · Score: 2

    yes it was developed...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skipjack_(cipher)

  9. Re:skipjack on A Complete Guide To The New 'Crypto Wars' (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1
  10. Re:Crypto wars go way back on A Complete Guide To The New 'Crypto Wars' (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1
  11. Re:Crypto wars go way back on A Complete Guide To The New 'Crypto Wars' (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    the best was the algorithm on a t-shirt..

  12. Re:What's old is new again 2 on A Complete Guide To The New 'Crypto Wars' (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    worth reading to understand my last comment.

  13. skipjack on A Complete Guide To The New 'Crypto Wars' (dailydot.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    The war over civilian use of crypto goes back to at least 1994 with skipjack...how quickly they forget

  14. Re:Clearly Micro$oft's Fault on Over 7 Million Accounts for Minecraft Community Hacked (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    a minecraft account with a score (or whatever it is called to have points) is worth more than a credit card on hacker bulletin boards, it's simple economics.

  15. Re:You people deserve this on Over 7 Million Accounts for Minecraft Community Hacked (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    facebook is a security breach, why hack it?

  16. Re:give me all your money... on Businesses Pay $100,000 To DDoS Extortionists Who Never DDoS Anyone (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    woody allen

  17. Re:The right way to do research on Researchers Accidentally Make Batteries That Could Last A Lifetime (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    nice! i'll use that one after the chance one...

  18. Re:The right way to do research on Researchers Accidentally Make Batteries That Could Last A Lifetime (computerworld.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    I believe the relevant quote is "...chance favors the prepared mind..." Louis Pasteur

  19. Re:hearing aids on Hearing Aid Business Under Pressure From Consumer Electronics · · Score: 1

    and my insurance still did not pay for them after $300k worth of surgery and recovery

  20. hearing aids on Hearing Aid Business Under Pressure From Consumer Electronics · · Score: 1

    I lost my balance and hearing in one ear. I have a wireless hearing aid that sends the sound entering the bad ear and then my brain figures out that it's on that side. works great.

  21. Re:Additional reading on Stephen Fry Urges Young To Flee 'Dystopian' Social Networks · · Score: 1

    that's what I thought - he has no original ideas and does no research, he just offers opinions.

  22. why is this Slashdot headline? that's how coke and pepsi, ford and chevy, etc., do it now a'days.

  23. Re:Additional reading on Stephen Fry Urges Young To Flee 'Dystopian' Social Networks · · Score: 1

    give an example of his research...

  24. Re:Additional reading on Stephen Fry Urges Young To Flee 'Dystopian' Social Networks · · Score: 1

    great! but he's not a prominent researcher. he's not a liar, and he has education value, but he's not a researcher. his prominence is based on his self promotion.

  25. Re:Additional reading on Stephen Fry Urges Young To Flee 'Dystopian' Social Networks · · Score: 1

    exactly!