The silly nonsense arguments people make saying there are benefits to using a one-button mouse instead of a two-button. It's obviously a style/coolness thing ($80 for a damn mouse!) and please don't say otherwise.
No, not necessarily. Assuming the bad sector is lost, you could just decrypt all the good sectors. The typical scenario is that data is encrypted in chunks.
I think the flaw is using encryption for day-to-day stuff. If the key is in memory for 30 days at a time, this is ample time for someone to gain root and copy it from memory. So if the computer is rarely off (the only unencrypted state of his data) then getting root is the same as getting ALL his data. I think a better solution would be to encrypt only sensitive data on a partition, and mount it only occasionally.
For the average person unless you're doing something illegal or have sensitive work material at home (arguably not a good idea anyway), why would you need a super-unbreakable encrypted PC?
So people won't read your private letters/emails? And whatever else they want to keep private. If you think this is futile, then why don't you post all your emails on a webpage for all to see?
A method I used to use, was bring up a text-rich random web page, and cut and paste the characters one by one. Much harder to be copied by someone looking over your shoulder, I think.
Maybe its just me being suspicious, but realistically why do people need hundred gig+ encrypted containers unless it is for pr0n, warez or something even worse!
Oh c'mon, you've heard of Loop-AES. The latest Via processors can do AES (I think) in hardware. You can encrypt your boot partition, as the loop-aes README has detailed instructions. But is this necessary, assuming you have the interesting partitions mounted separately? Don't be tempted in using the kernel's cryptoapi, unless you're not very paranoid.
I constantly scan for viruses and run ad-aware for spy ware. I sit behind my router's firewall and a software firewall of some sort (either the OS's or 3rd party for my work laptop).
I did my yearly cleaning up Windows computers at the relatives' over the holidays recently. It took an entire day. I'm beginning to understand why people even bother with windows. It's like a car-- even if it breaks down, you keep fixing it, and fixing it, and fixing it, until the day it either doesn't run at all or you realized you've spent waaay to much money in maintenance that you should buy another car instead. And then repeat the process all over again. Unless you have money, in which case you just buy a new car every 2-3 years.
I recently went overboard on securing my information (at least as secure as Windows XP can be). I have a hardware firewall (GTA GB500), 30 character password, and all remotely personal information stored on a 256bit AES encrypted volume.
and after all this if you still get 0wnzed, what are you gonna do? Do the authors of your encryption software know what they're doing (I'm assuming it's either closed source, since it's Windows, or maybe BestCrypt, if they're still in business)? Also, are you still using Internet Explorer?
You've got to add (1) apps to compare with iTunes, iChat A/V, iPhoto, iDVD, etc.;
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The magazine looks nice, and seems like a genuine effort. Not sure why it's in the "developers" section, but I guess there isn't anything else appropriate. I'm thrilled that it was done using LaTeX. They should try to get this in the book store chains.
Dude, the guy was just surfing for legal porn and landed in a sea of illegal porn. And so he STOPPED looking there. You never surfed the net for porn before?
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TinyP2P requires you specify the server address and port. Um, how is this different then FTPing to a server? Or sending a file over some IM service? Or copying a file over a network share?
But, does there exist an ftp server you can trust? Seems like all of them have a root exploit discovered periodically. Likewise with the IM programs. However, 15 lines of code is pretty easy to audit.
It's funny that you asked about Playboy. Years ago I was doing research on the life of a famous author, and so I read every interview of him in print, including one in Playboy from the sixties. My school's library had all the back issues on microfilm, so I went to view it thinking that Playboy was probably tamer back then. Nope, it wasn't, and everyone on that floor of the library who walked past my screen (it was a large screen) thought that I was so desperate for porn I had to "read" Playboy on microfilm at the library.
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Why, then, is there such a fuss ?
The silly nonsense arguments people make saying there are benefits to using a one-button mouse instead of a two-button. It's obviously a style/coolness thing ($80 for a damn mouse!) and please don't say otherwise.
Ummm, no. Usenet was awesome long before AOL invaded.
for encrypted swap, use loop-aes. After install, to get it running, edit your fstab, and voila!
No, not necessarily. Assuming the bad sector is lost, you could just decrypt all the good sectors. The typical scenario is that data is encrypted in chunks.
Your average GNU/Linux system is likely to be just as unsecure as your average Windows system.
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Like, yesterday I was using Mozilla and I got owned! HAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!
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I think the flaw is using encryption for day-to-day stuff. If the key is in memory for 30 days at a time, this is ample time for someone to gain root and copy it from memory. So if the computer is rarely off (the only unencrypted state of his data) then getting root is the same as getting ALL his data. I think a better solution would be to encrypt only sensitive data on a partition, and mount it only occasionally.
For the average person unless you're doing something illegal or have sensitive work material at home (arguably not a good idea anyway), why would you need a super-unbreakable encrypted PC?
So people won't read your private letters/emails? And whatever else they want to keep private. If you think this is futile, then why don't you post all your emails on a webpage for all to see?
A method I used to use, was bring up a text-rich random web page, and cut and paste the characters one by one. Much harder to be copied by someone looking over your shoulder, I think.
Maybe its just me being suspicious, but realistically why do people need hundred gig+ encrypted containers unless it is for pr0n, warez or something even worse!
I think you just answered your own question.
Oh c'mon, you've heard of Loop-AES. The latest Via processors can do AES (I think) in hardware. You can encrypt your boot partition, as the loop-aes README has detailed instructions. But is this necessary, assuming you have the interesting partitions mounted separately? Don't be tempted in using the kernel's cryptoapi, unless you're not very paranoid.
I constantly scan for viruses and run ad-aware for spy ware. I sit behind my router's firewall and a software firewall of some sort (either the OS's or 3rd party for my work laptop).
I did my yearly cleaning up Windows computers at the relatives' over the holidays recently. It took an entire day. I'm beginning to understand why people even bother with windows. It's like a car-- even if it breaks down, you keep fixing it, and fixing it, and fixing it, until the day it either doesn't run at all or you realized you've spent waaay to much money in maintenance that you should buy another car instead. And then repeat the process all over again. Unless you have money, in which case you just buy a new car every 2-3 years.
I recently went overboard on securing my information (at least as secure as Windows XP can be). I have a hardware firewall (GTA GB500), 30 character password, and all remotely personal information stored on a 256bit AES encrypted volume.
and after all this if you still get 0wnzed, what are you gonna do? Do the authors of your encryption software know what they're doing (I'm assuming it's either closed source, since it's Windows, or maybe BestCrypt, if they're still in business)? Also, are you still using Internet Explorer?
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just like i did. mplayer *.wmv
You've got to add (1) apps to compare with iTunes, iChat A/V, iPhoto, iDVD, etc.;
HAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!! AAAAHAHH!HHHAHH!!! Oh, my stomach hurts from laughing so much!!! AHAAHAHAHAHAA!!!! I need iTunes!!!! AAHAHHAAA!!!! And iChat!!!! AAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!! I need them!!!! AAHAHAHAHAAA!!!! iTunes!!!!!! AHAAHAHAHA!!!!! iChat!!!!!!! Ohmugooness!!! They're so awesome I just gotta have em!!!!! AHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
Or does the linked site crash everyone else's browser as well?
The magazine looks nice, and seems like a genuine effort. Not sure why it's in the "developers" section, but I guess there isn't anything else appropriate. I'm thrilled that it was done using LaTeX. They should try to get this in the book store chains.
A patent is a protected idea, stated most simply.
In many coutries, a patent is a protected invention. In the U.S., a patent is a protected [any idea you can get by the patent office.]
People in oher countries aren't as brainwashed by big business propaganda like us Americans.
Can you say something about the battery life you get with those?
Dude, the guy was just surfing for legal porn and landed in a sea of illegal porn. And so he STOPPED looking there. You never surfed the net for porn before?
TinyP2P requires you specify the server address and port. Um, how is this different then FTPing to a server? Or sending a file over some IM service? Or copying a file over a network share?
But, does there exist an ftp server you can trust? Seems like all of them have a root exploit discovered periodically. Likewise with the IM programs. However, 15 lines of code is pretty easy to audit.
It's funny that you asked about Playboy. Years ago I was doing research on the life of a famous author, and so I read every interview of him in print, including one in Playboy from the sixties. My school's library had all the back issues on microfilm, so I went to view it thinking that Playboy was probably tamer back then. Nope, it wasn't, and everyone on that floor of the library who walked past my screen (it was a large screen) thought that I was so desperate for porn I had to "read" Playboy on microfilm at the library.