"Also, the card--like a credit card--is extremely flexible, without risking damage to the data it contains, he says."
Umm.. I would think that this thing being flexible would somehow cause some kind of damage to the parts inside. Seems to me that if you bend it, purposely or accidentally, it'll be screwy.
"Think about it. People shred there cc receipts, they demand secure links to ecommerce sites, they shroud their credit cards and SSN's from prying eyes. Yet, you hand your CC to Joe Sixpack at the gas station or the waitress at the restaurant."
I think that has to do with the situation. When using your credit card online, the number is stored in a database on a server (usually), which has the possibility of being hacked. People hand their credit cards over to Joe Sixpack or the waitress because they are actually there, and you can see what they do with your credit card, thus I think people feel more secure since they can see who handles their credit card, and what's being done with it.
"There is only ONE way to achieve REAL security:
1. Unplug all connections to the machine (including power, internet, keyboard, mouse, serial, printer, USB, firewire, etc)
2. Place machine in lead box with hinges that can not be drilled that has a combination lock on the opening
3. Close and lock the lead box
4. Suck all air out of the box
5. Plug hole where air was removed with more lead
6. Encase lead box with a few feet of concrete on all sides
7. Take dried concrete crate to an undisclosed location, somewhere in the middle of a large body of deep water
8. Drop server, encased in lead and concrete to the bottom of the deep bod of water
9. SECURITY ACHIEVED!! "
That is, until someone finds the concrete crate, recovers it on a deep sea expedition, jackhammers away the concrete, cracks open the combination lock, opens the safe, and uses the computer to discover gigabyte upon gigabyte of porn!
"Many people forget that PHYSICAL security can be just as, if not more, important than "logical" security."
Good point. But of course, physical security won't help at all if the company has a wireless network and there's someone outside in their car or in the restaurant across the street with their laptop, piggybacking on the company's network or looking through it.
Or just don't connect to the Internet. You don't really have to worry about someone wandering across your computer while it's on and using it and screwing with your stuff, if you have permissions set with *really* good and very hard to guess passwords and all.
"In fact, auditing the programs on which an enterprise depends for its own security is a natural function of the enterprise's own information-security organization."
To me, that says that making sure the programs used for a company's network security or documents or whatever actually work and protect the network. Too bad it seems that a lot of companies lack the protection that is supposed to be a "natural function" of the company's network/data security personnel.
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"To be honest, 'Hacker's Delight' sounded more like a cookbook title."
It'll only be a cookbook title if the hacker's doing something to tweak an AMD processor, and manages to deep fry something in the computer.:)
"Wayving cash around usually leads people to think that you are up to someting improper, unethical or illegal."
I agree. A lot of the time, people will think you're up to something improper or illegal. But my point was, money is one of the easiest ways to manipulate/influence another person. Go up to ten people, and offer them $100 to put a brick through a window, and see how many people will do it.
"In The Art of Deception, Kevin Mitnick writes about the human element and how it can be manipulated and exploited..."
Hey Bob, I have $100 to give you if you give me access to such and such a network..
Lets face it. The easiest way to manipulate the human element is wave around some cash. Many people will do anything for the right price, whether it's illegal or not.
Maybe Gobbles didn't make the announcement. It may have been the RIAA making the announcement, but using the Gobbles name to try to give their hoax some form of legitimacy. Never know with the RIAA.
Umm.. is the Gobble's homepage supposed to have the drawn cartoon of the "mickey mouse hacking squadron" and the turkey? Or did they get hacked by someone?
Well, no matter if Google changed the page rank formula, SearchKing.com is now the number one result on Google. Probably because of all the coverage of this utterly stupid lawsuit. SearchKing is just whining like a bitch to get hits, and it apparently worked for them. Blah.
To quote Robin Williams mocking Bill Gates...
"No Senator, I'm out to control the whole fucking world! It all started with Windows Me, or ME. Now it's going to Information Technology. Soon it will be Total Information Technology, or TIT. And while you're sucking on the TIT, I'll have you by the motherboard!"
...the manufacturing of a typical two-gram chip takes 1.6 kilograms of fossil fuel, 72 grams of chemicals and 32 kilograms of water.
Hmm.. what kind of fossil fuel? Coal, oil, what? Why haven't chip makers tried to find a renewable source of energy to make chips? Is it possible to do that, somehow? And as far as the water goes, we can reuse it!! Haven't these people ever heard of Brita or Pur!?
Umm.. Isn't that a little weird, comparing a little cramped place to take a squat in to a thing to record TV shows on? Sure, there may be more homes with outhouses, but do they really want the outhouse? Probably not. Everyone would LOVE to have a bathroom from MTV Cribs in their house, but they can't. More people probably want a Tivo, but maybe can't afford it, (I don't know the price, so let me be..;). Besides, I would think Tivo, or something like it, could be around for a while. Not everyone can be at home to watch their favorite TV shows, and want a way to record them other then low quality VHS tapes.
What happens when someone hacks the washing machine and tells it to put more detergent in, and the machine starts spitting out laundry bubbles all over the place?;-)
Haha. If you got a bionic wang, you'd be like the captain/scientist guy from the movie Space Truckers, who had the lab accident and rebuilt most of his own body. Just imagine.. you have a girl over, because you've told her that you can get going and last for twelve hours of non-stop action, but because your wang is still in beta testing, it fails and the woman goes to get her own bionic wang, called the VibroPleaser 3000. Do you really want a bionic wang now?
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Umm.. I would think that this thing being flexible would somehow cause some kind of damage to the parts inside. Seems to me that if you bend it, purposely or accidentally, it'll be screwy.
I think that has to do with the situation. When using your credit card online, the number is stored in a database on a server (usually), which has the possibility of being hacked. People hand their credit cards over to Joe Sixpack or the waitress because they are actually there, and you can see what they do with your credit card, thus I think people feel more secure since they can see who handles their credit card, and what's being done with it.
That's if there are any passwords in place. I'm sure there are some people who think that passwords aren't necessary, for some ungodly reason.
2. Place machine in lead box with hinges that can not be drilled that has a combination lock on the opening
3. Close and lock the lead box
4. Suck all air out of the box
5. Plug hole where air was removed with more lead
6. Encase lead box with a few feet of concrete on all sides
7. Take dried concrete crate to an undisclosed location, somewhere in the middle of a large body of deep water
8. Drop server, encased in lead and concrete to the bottom of the deep bod of water
9. SECURITY ACHIEVED!! "
That is, until someone finds the concrete crate, recovers it on a deep sea expedition, jackhammers away the concrete, cracks open the combination lock, opens the safe, and uses the computer to discover gigabyte upon gigabyte of porn!
Good point. But of course, physical security won't help at all if the company has a wireless network and there's someone outside in their car or in the restaurant across the street with their laptop, piggybacking on the company's network or looking through it.
Or just don't connect to the Internet. You don't really have to worry about someone wandering across your computer while it's on and using it and screwing with your stuff, if you have permissions set with *really* good and very hard to guess passwords and all.
To me, that says that making sure the programs used for a company's network security or documents or whatever actually work and protect the network. Too bad it seems that a lot of companies lack the protection that is supposed to be a "natural function" of the company's network/data security personnel.
It'll only be a cookbook title if the hacker's doing something to tweak an AMD processor, and manages to deep fry something in the computer. :)
Would that be the equivalent of a star farting?
I agree. A lot of the time, people will think you're up to something improper or illegal. But my point was, money is one of the easiest ways to manipulate/influence another person. Go up to ten people, and offer them $100 to put a brick through a window, and see how many people will do it.
Hey Bob, I have $100 to give you if you give me access to such and such a network..
Lets face it. The easiest way to manipulate the human element is wave around some cash. Many people will do anything for the right price, whether it's illegal or not.
Maybe Gobbles didn't make the announcement. It may have been the RIAA making the announcement, but using the Gobbles name to try to give their hoax some form of legitimacy. Never know with the RIAA.
Well turkey boy, I would go click if your site didn't have it's ass handed to it via Slashdotting. (\(-__-)/)
Umm.. is the Gobble's homepage supposed to have the drawn cartoon of the "mickey mouse hacking squadron" and the turkey? Or did they get hacked by someone?
Well, no matter if Google changed the page rank formula, SearchKing.com is now the number one result on Google. Probably because of all the coverage of this utterly stupid lawsuit. SearchKing is just whining like a bitch to get hits, and it apparently worked for them. Blah.
To quote Robin Williams mocking Bill Gates...
"No Senator, I'm out to control the whole fucking world! It all started with Windows Me, or ME. Now it's going to Information Technology. Soon it will be Total Information Technology, or TIT. And while you're sucking on the TIT, I'll have you by the motherboard!"
I guess Sendo let go of the 'TIT'. =)
Hmm.. what kind of fossil fuel? Coal, oil, what? Why haven't chip makers tried to find a renewable source of energy to make chips? Is it possible to do that, somehow? And as far as the water goes, we can reuse it!! Haven't these people ever heard of Brita or Pur!?
Umm.. Isn't that a little weird, comparing a little cramped place to take a squat in to a thing to record TV shows on? Sure, there may be more homes with outhouses, but do they really want the outhouse? Probably not. Everyone would LOVE to have a bathroom from MTV Cribs in their house, but they can't. More people probably want a Tivo, but maybe can't afford it, (I don't know the price, so let me be.. ;). Besides, I would think Tivo, or something like it, could be around for a while. Not everyone can be at home to watch their favorite TV shows, and want a way to record them other then low quality VHS tapes.
has released this all in one media device that can play mp3's, wma's, cd's, and DVD's
:)
Didn't you sort of answer your own question?
Nah. I'd say it puts us at 2019. Add 17 years to 2002, and you get 2019. :)
What happens when someone hacks the washing machine and tells it to put more detergent in, and the machine starts spitting out laundry bubbles all over the place? ;-)
I thought Windows already came with a code to crash it. That being Windows itself.
Now this will give even Canadians a reason to Blame Canada!
Well lets just all have a nice energy filled cup of tea and bite into a protein packed energy crumpet while we're at it.
Haha. If you got a bionic wang, you'd be like the captain/scientist guy from the movie Space Truckers, who had the lab accident and rebuilt most of his own body. Just imagine.. you have a girl over, because you've told her that you can get going and last for twelve hours of non-stop action, but because your wang is still in beta testing, it fails and the woman goes to get her own bionic wang, called the VibroPleaser 3000. Do you really want a bionic wang now?