First of all, absolutely no service is anonymous, you are just trusting different entities with the information. Some people say bitcoin is anonymous because it doesn't require state ID and a signature to send money, which is a fine definition. Identities can trivially be created or destroyed in bitcoin, and if someone is careful, then it can be very hard to prove who controls which identity. I find it funny that the whole premise of the article is that it's not anonymous, and for their case study they pick a large theft, and still know absolutely nothing useful about the thief's identity.
If you really can't part with 30 dollars a year or whatever, then self sign. Users will still get the security warning (as well they should), but it is infinitely more secure than exposing all your users data.
Well, next time you get something you can leak, you can upload it to liveleaks, or distribute it yourself, or whatever. When actual journalists get the videos distributed by wikileaks, the journalists are the ones in charge of non biased reporting. The job of wikileaks is to let everyone know that if you want to disclose something, going through them is the safest way to do it.
Further reason why I think companies should have to pay property tax on their IP. When someone tries to buy the IP, companies should either be forced to sell, or increase the value, and 10% of that value should be going to the USPTO every year on tax day. I think this would work if IP was not allowed to decline in value, and if the upkeep was not paid, then the IP becomes unregulated by the US government.
Downloading music is illegal now? I live in the US and am aware of laws to stop the *distributing* of copyrighted works, but I have never seen any legal restrictions on downloading or possession. I am also under the impression that the MPAA/RIAA has never been able to show that an IP address is a person, and thus bound by the distribution laws.
Once upon a time in the US, having someone's social security number was all you needed to completely steal someone's identity. Since it was a long number, everyone assumed that everyone only knew their own, so it was all you needed to open up a bank account, get a credit card, take out a loan, get a job, get a state ID, etc. Most of that has been locked down in the past couple decades or so, but through proper use of social engineering, you can still escalate a social security number pretty far.
Process backgrounding, custom themes, bluetooth tethering, unlocking the 3g restrictions, bittorrent, and video game emulators are all good reasons to unlock your iPhone. Pretty much everything that people always bitch about as problems with the iPhone have been solved for anyone willing to take the ~15 minutes of time and dedication required to unlock their phone.
I still spend maybe 20 dollars per month at the app store.
I am still looking for a good obex client and a2dp support, but as I understand it, android is still pretty far away from that as well. I think we are still in the age where all phones suck.
That's what the prison sentence was for.. I find it extremely unfair that even after you get out, the only job you can get with a felony like that is gas station attendant. I think equal opportunity laws should cover people with criminal records for this very reason.
From what I could tell from the xfinity commercial I saw last night, it's more than just a brand change. It looks like they are offering 100mb residential lines, which means deploying DOCSYS 3.0 network. It also looks like they are offering a some sort of netflix style media services as well, which is a really good call on their end.
Also, I have a comcast business line (internet, no tv) in Portland, and love it. I have a really solid connection, and if my internet goes out (which has happened once in the past 6 months since I got the service) I have a phone number for a guy that I can call and yell at. This is also the only ISP I have ever dealt with that never gave me any crap for seeding terrabytes and terrabytes of movies, tv shows, and software.
On the plus side, Freenet is coming along nicely. The network itself has gotten far more efficient, and 0.8 is due to be released soon. The freetalk (robust forum system) and web of trust (user moderation) are in beta now, but will be in the 0.8 release, and make it far more accessible than before.
It's a bit heavy, but it essentially temporarily turns your car into a hybrid when you need a gas engine for longer trips etc. They will likely become less useful as quick charge stations and battery swap stations become more popular, but it is a good temporary solution.
Do you think google got compromised by an IE 0day? I doubt that. it was likely one of the many MANY other buggy pieces of code that everyone has installed all over their companies. Remember every year people spend their firefox 0day and pwn to own lust like they spend their IE and Safari 0day, which means browser bugs are typically worh less than 2k, which is on the low end of the vulnerability market.
Why even have logins at all? Why require passwords? Why not let anyone post under whatever name they want?
Slashdot is a service with accounts and authentication, all of which is made useless when nothing is encrypted. People said the same bullshit about freenode, and then lilo got his password popped because he logged into freenode, in cleartext, at a coffee shop, and the GNAA ran freenode for a week. Remember that? And freenode still doesn't support encryption.
I would bet that mentality of "no one will hack me, I'm not important enough" causes a majority of the security breaches you read about every day. Slashdot is the only web service I know of on the Internet where you are supposed to log in, but is not even running ssl on the web server.
It would be nice if they started building editors for various file formats, so through google docs we could collaboratively do some video editing, programming, photo editing, etc
Hacking used to mean breaking into government databases, and pulling source code from software companies. Now it means building toy robots from kits and making them dance.
Nice comparison, between a phone that came out last year and a phone that just came out. You won't be able to judge anything until you look at the 2010 iphone specs. Apple has been working on a delayed timeline, only releasing features when a major competitor enables the feature first. Now that android has finally gotten it's act together, we will see what apple puts in it's new iphone. I think they will be able to keep up (since they did have a 2 year head start), but if they can't, then I will finally be moving over to android (something I thought I would be doing years ago).
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First of all, absolutely no service is anonymous, you are just trusting different entities with the information. Some people say bitcoin is anonymous because it doesn't require state ID and a signature to send money, which is a fine definition. Identities can trivially be created or destroyed in bitcoin, and if someone is careful, then it can be very hard to prove who controls which identity. I find it funny that the whole premise of the article is that it's not anonymous, and for their case study they pick a large theft, and still know absolutely nothing useful about the thief's identity.
Does this mean I can no longer rely on my 6 character passwords?
If you really can't part with 30 dollars a year or whatever, then self sign. Users will still get the security warning (as well they should), but it is infinitely more secure than exposing all your users data.
Well, next time you get something you can leak, you can upload it to liveleaks, or distribute it yourself, or whatever. When actual journalists get the videos distributed by wikileaks, the journalists are the ones in charge of non biased reporting. The job of wikileaks is to let everyone know that if you want to disclose something, going through them is the safest way to do it.
Followed up by http://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/9412020034 a few months back
"Finally cracked the encryption to US military video in which journalists, among others, are shot. Thanks to all who donated $/CPUs."
I was under the impression that they sniffed a satellite feed, and created a BOINC project to crack the key.
Further reason why I think companies should have to pay property tax on their IP. When someone tries to buy the IP, companies should either be forced to sell, or increase the value, and 10% of that value should be going to the USPTO every year on tax day. I think this would work if IP was not allowed to decline in value, and if the upkeep was not paid, then the IP becomes unregulated by the US government.
Downloading music is illegal now? I live in the US and am aware of laws to stop the *distributing* of copyrighted works, but I have never seen any legal restrictions on downloading or possession. I am also under the impression that the MPAA/RIAA has never been able to show that an IP address is a person, and thus bound by the distribution laws.
Because they would spend 37k on hardware and hire 100 contractors at 1m/year to port everything over.
Once upon a time in the US, having someone's social security number was all you needed to completely steal someone's identity. Since it was a long number, everyone assumed that everyone only knew their own, so it was all you needed to open up a bank account, get a credit card, take out a loan, get a job, get a state ID, etc. Most of that has been locked down in the past couple decades or so, but through proper use of social engineering, you can still escalate a social security number pretty far.
Sounds more like someone was trying to brute force their accounts. Slashdot, what does everyone keep telling you about inflammatory headlines?
I don't know anyone with an iPhone that doesn't have it unlocked. It's trivial to do and the benefits are endless.
Process backgrounding, custom themes, bluetooth tethering, unlocking the 3g restrictions, bittorrent, and video game emulators are all good reasons to unlock your iPhone. Pretty much everything that people always bitch about as problems with the iPhone have been solved for anyone willing to take the ~15 minutes of time and dedication required to unlock their phone.
I still spend maybe 20 dollars per month at the app store.
I am still looking for a good obex client and a2dp support, but as I understand it, android is still pretty far away from that as well. I think we are still in the age where all phones suck.
That's what the prison sentence was for.. I find it extremely unfair that even after you get out, the only job you can get with a felony like that is gas station attendant. I think equal opportunity laws should cover people with criminal records for this very reason.
From what I could tell from the xfinity commercial I saw last night, it's more than just a brand change. It looks like they are offering 100mb residential lines, which means deploying DOCSYS 3.0 network. It also looks like they are offering a some sort of netflix style media services as well, which is a really good call on their end.
Also, I have a comcast business line (internet, no tv) in Portland, and love it. I have a really solid connection, and if my internet goes out (which has happened once in the past 6 months since I got the service) I have a phone number for a guy that I can call and yell at. This is also the only ISP I have ever dealt with that never gave me any crap for seeding terrabytes and terrabytes of movies, tv shows, and software.
On the plus side, Freenet is coming along nicely. The network itself has gotten far more efficient, and 0.8 is due to be released soon. The freetalk (robust forum system) and web of trust (user moderation) are in beta now, but will be in the 0.8 release, and make it far more accessible than before.
If you are worried about running out of charge while driving through rural areas or something, why not invest in an EV Trailer?
http://www.evnut.com/rav_longranger.htm
It's a bit heavy, but it essentially temporarily turns your car into a hybrid when you need a gas engine for longer trips etc. They will likely become less useful as quick charge stations and battery swap stations become more popular, but it is a good temporary solution.
Also MIT has 18/8 which they are hardly using. I don't see why any university would need more than a /16.
Google isn't evil anymore apparently, so google checkout might be a reasonable option.
Google is no longer filtering search terms for China, that doesn't mean that Google is somehow going to take down the great firewall.
Do you think google got compromised by an IE 0day? I doubt that. it was likely one of the many MANY other buggy pieces of code that everyone has installed all over their companies. Remember every year people spend their firefox 0day and pwn to own lust like they spend their IE and Safari 0day, which means browser bugs are typically worh less than 2k, which is on the low end of the vulnerability market.
What is SSL complicated or something?
Why even have logins at all? Why require passwords? Why not let anyone post under whatever name they want?
Slashdot is a service with accounts and authentication, all of which is made useless when nothing is encrypted. People said the same bullshit about freenode, and then lilo got his password popped because he logged into freenode, in cleartext, at a coffee shop, and the GNAA ran freenode for a week. Remember that? And freenode still doesn't support encryption.
I would bet that mentality of "no one will hack me, I'm not important enough" causes a majority of the security breaches you read about every day. Slashdot is the only web service I know of on the Internet where you are supposed to log in, but is not even running ssl on the web server.
It would be nice if they started building editors for various file formats, so through google docs we could collaboratively do some video editing, programming, photo editing, etc
Hacking used to mean breaking into government databases, and pulling source code from software companies. Now it means building toy robots from kits and making them dance.
Nice comparison, between a phone that came out last year and a phone that just came out. You won't be able to judge anything until you look at the 2010 iphone specs. Apple has been working on a delayed timeline, only releasing features when a major competitor enables the feature first. Now that android has finally gotten it's act together, we will see what apple puts in it's new iphone. I think they will be able to keep up (since they did have a 2 year head start), but if they can't, then I will finally be moving over to android (something I thought I would be doing years ago).
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