User: auric_dude

Re:Where exactly is 'outside US jurisdiction' now?

On: When the NSA Shows Up At Your Internet Company

Extraterritorial jurisdiction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraterritorial_jurisdiction & Extrajudicial killing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extrajudicial_killing show the reach and grasp of a determined State when seeking to enforce their brand of justice upon others who may not agree with the definition used.

UK protected Wreck Sites, not only WW1 subs.

On: Sunken WWI U-Boats a Bonanza For Historians

Sites identified as being likely to contain the remains of a vessel or its contents which are of historical, artistic or archaeological importance can be designated under Section 1 of the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973 http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/discover/maritime/ http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/caring/listing/protected-wreck-sites/ with a Map of The Designated Sites in UK http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/discover/maritime/map/. English Hereitage are having a push on pre 1840 wrecks http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about/news/pre-1840-shipwrecks/

Re:Terminate contract instead?

On: When the NSA Shows Up At Your Internet Company

Some librarians (Jessamyn West and others) tried this sort of idea in attempts to warn users that FBI were prowling about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessamyn_West_(librarian)

Tiny Utah-based ISP makes a name for itself.

On: When the NSA Shows Up At Your Internet Company

The company, a comparative midget with just 30,000 subscribers, cited the Fourth Amendment in rebuffing warrantless requests from local, state and federal authorities, showing it was possible to resist official pressure says it all http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/09/xmission-isp-customers-privacy-nsa

Re:Should have used Windows.

On: Ubuntuforums.org Hacked

Butterfly Labs bit-miner kit faq would suggest that their ASIC chips can not be subverted into password cracking tools

Can these devices be used for anything else like password cracking? A No, their function is limited to high speed encryption validation in the specific double step sha256 protocol. It's not useful for any purpose related to rainbow tables or password recovery.

http://www.butterflylabs.com/bitforce-sc-faq/

Re:'Merica

On: Rise of the Warrior Cop: How America's Police Forces Became Militarized

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes, Team America?

You get what you pay for.

On: UK Regulator Did Not Check Google Privacy Claims

The offical budget publication for 2011-2012 http://www.ico.org.uk/about_us/boards_committees_and_minutes/~/media/documents/library/Corporate/Detailed_specialist_guides/ico_budget_2011-12.ashx plus key facts http://www.ico.org.uk/ from offical site.

Re:Three words...

On: Rise of the Warrior Cop: How America's Police Forces Became Militarized

Three more letters EFF and three more words The SSD Project and now a link https://ssd.eff.org/your-computer/govt/warrants but swatting can be the real killer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatting

MI5 is not MI6

On: MI5 Hiring Industrial Espionage IT Support Staff

This, if I am correct is domestic UK job spec as befits MI5, overseas work done by MI6. This may well be in conjunction with the likes of http://www.cesg.gov.uk/Pages/homepage.aspx with the aim of keeping UK business and IP safe from prying eyes.

Re:LinkedIn is worse than most

On: When Metadata Analytics Goes Awry

Please remember it is you that is the product that Linkedin and other services are advertising and selling so play the game and get linking, liking and friending.

Re:My review

On: Wine 1.6 Released With 10,000 Changes

You should not put new wine in old bottles.

Re:"Default on"==protection? Who are they kidding?

On: Leaked Letter Shows UK ISPs and Government At War Over Default Filters

Don't give people ideas http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/15/man_sues_apple_over_rude_flick_addiction/

Not on Torproject site yet.

On: Open Source Tortilla For Tor To Be Released At Black Hat

If not on https://www.torproject.org/ then it does not exist.

Re:Price Adjustment

On: Microsoft Slashes Prices On Surface

Caveat emptor, anyone?

Re:Suggested name of the planet

On: First Exoplanet To Be Seen In Color Is Blue

Blue Marble II - The sequel!

Article 8, European Convention on Human Rights

On: BlackBerry Helps Indian Gov't Spy On Users' Messages

May well cover this point https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_8_of_the_European_Convention_on_Human_Rights & https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Convention_on_Human_Rights#Article_8_-_privacy but YMMV.

Come with me if you want to live.

On: 3-D Structures Built Out of Liquid Metal At Room Temperature

Liquid metal has been around for a while in fiction, but now in the real world?

May well be up and running now.

On: Computer Failure Disrupts British Air Traffic Control Systems

http://www.flightradar24.com/

Sounds about right.

On: UK Government Surveillance Faces Legal Challenge.. In Secret Court

Sitting in the dark while viewing an inverted image of the outside world.

Re:Wouldn't it be ironic

On: UK Government Surveillance Faces Legal Challenge.. In Secret Court

A camera in a court sitting in-camera https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_camera ironic, funny, insightful, informative or all of them?

Re:Insurance

On: Ask Slashdot: Good Tracking Solutions For Linux Laptop?

Please don't forget to make and test backups every now and then otherwise you may well have your insurance payout but no data.

Mountains Of Madness

On: Lake Vostok Found Teeming With Life

H.P. Lovecraft and lots of strange DNA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_the_Mountains_of_Madness

Amazon set the price, customers judges the value.

On: The Price of Amazon

Oscar Wilde might have once said "A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing."

Re:easy,

On: Ask Slashdot: Will the NSA Controversy Drive People To Use Privacy Software?

Encrypted e-mail: How much annoyance will you tolerate to keep the NSA away http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/06/encrypted-e-mail-how-much-annoyance-will-you-tolerate-to-keep-the-nsa-away/

The Kopp-Etchells Effect

On: Why Protesters In Cairo Use Laser Pointers

I know the 'copters are being illuminated by hand-held laser pointers but the photographs do look like those produced by Michael Yon http://www.michaelyon-online.com/the-kopp-etchells-effect.htm showing the Kopp-Etchells Effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicopter_rotor.