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  1. Re:If everyone... on DHS Sends Tourists Home Over Twitter Jokes · · Score: 1

    You may want to enter the US, fly in the US or get a security clearance in the US one day.
    The US also has friends around the world who might fly you for free to spend same time with a list of questions from the US.

  2. Re:Can they simply delete it? on Megaupload User Data Could Be Destroyed Soon · · Score: 1

    In 5 or 10 years some university/think tank/private/open source, fast, easy, open court presentable version of a NSA zip/rar password finder will be used on vast amounts of files :)
    They have your upload/download ip's, your CC detaits, isp logs, name? and an unknown set of file at this time. They know who you might be on average, just not what your uploaded/downloaded files had in them if encrypted to be shard with a very select group with a very long, one time letter/digit password over a set of days.
    They have a complex file database at a point in time with all ip's in the wild, time to look at some pixels, ip's, unique pw's and filenames - not just a tiny fraction of files backtracked from other forums, chatrooms ect.

  3. Re:Ah, the DHS. on DHS Sends Tourists Home Over Twitter Jokes · · Score: 1

    There are only so many smart, security cleared, patriotic, family cleared, drug test passing, police cleared, non "dual citizens" who can be accepted for work within the US gov.
    The DIA, CIA, NSA.... FBI... health, Energy, Space ... all want staff from the same very limited pool of talent.
    Their parents and grandparents exchanged colourful tracer fire with real Soviets (from Russia, not some locals) in South America, Asia, Africa ... they studied hard and stayed clean and found their way into the system.
    But thats not what the DHS wants. You have to be of a certain mind set to be soak up radiation everyday or tell your staff with a smile thats its fine.
    A problem seems to be that NSA and FBI like telco power is getting very cheap and very fast. What was the world wide skill set of the NSA with huge dictionary network efforts has now become so diluted.
    http://www.allgov.com/Top_Stories/ViewNews/FBI_Stepping_Up_Monitoring_of_Social_Media_120128
    Lots of people can now do vast dictionary drift nets when people of interest offer their details.
    The difference is you would have never known that the NSA or other "smart" US agency would have contacted the GCHQ, MI6, MI5, Ireland, Scotland Yard ect and passed or not passed them.
    Nobody would have known, no press, no forums, no comments - now many people are a bit more aware that Web 2.0 is a US trap and they will be more careful making US dictionary network efforts much less helpful.
    What will tourism in the US be reduced to? Education swaps and people who want to feel the rush of entering a police state?

  4. Re:let me answer that with a question on DARPA Targets Computing's Achilles Heel: Power · · Score: 1

    More a "Battle of Stalingrad" fuel supply convoy, fly in vs huge demand on the ground math problem.
    Every aspect of fuel use and cooling is been looked at. From HQ servers, air conditioning, servers in a tank to sensor networks.
    They all need lots of electrical power that comes from very long fuel supply networks.

  5. Re:Validate claims? on Indian Site Offers Reward For Googler Vandal · · Score: 1

    He or she had a great job and would have told family, friends, neighbours, mixed with other people in same the computer community -
    10? people know personally, 100? know after gathering around a friend of a friends display at work - 1000?'s share in the IT photo news - a few will will have the finale say to hire.
    If you got that far to get a top brand name job, what work is to the left or right of you or just below you?
    Its a very small world at the very top and your now very famous.

  6. FBI wants a new keyword monitor for Facebook on Facebook Expected To Go Public Next Week · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    http://www.allgov.com/Top_Stories/ViewNews/FBI_Stepping_Up_Monitoring_of_Social_Media_120128
    Careful if you Web 2.0 about terrorism, surveillance operations, online crime and other criminal matters in any of 12 languages.
    800 million members - whats that in Persona Management Software terms?
    Don't chat about insider trading - before big valuations.

  7. Re:Names Please? on New Privacy Laws Could Boost EU Cloud Industry · · Score: 1

    Khaled el-Masri http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalid_El-Masri was "released" at night on a desolate road in Albania after US rendition.
    More at http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,490514,00.html
    The NSA may be at Shkoder http://cryptome.org/jya/nsa-scs.htm

  8. Re:But which places are... on New Privacy Laws Could Boost EU Cloud Industry · · Score: 2

    Snuggly the Security Bear for the little pony and the teletubbies generation.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-34Iyz7EYk
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybyHW3PK0nQ
    More at http://www.markfiore.com/snuggly_0

  9. Re:But which places are... on New Privacy Laws Could Boost EU Cloud Industry · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Stay away from the UK, Canada, Australia ect. via http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK–USA_Security_Agreement
    Stay away from anywhere the UK/US has had bases "British Bases in Cyprus and Signals Intelligence" e.g. http://cryptome.org/2012/01/0060.pdf
    Stay away from anywhere that has cheap telco peering loops to the USA thats going to save you lots .....
    Your down to failed states, theocracies, Kingdoms, disputed zones with expensive telcos, changing local laws, taxes, gifts and investors fine print.
    If you upset the USA, most of the EU has friends willing to help with some form of rendition.
    Enjoy classified charges, no lawyer to evaluate or challenge the evidence.

  10. Re:Arrested for knowledge? WTF? on Man Who Downloaded Bomb Recipes Jailed For 2 Years · · Score: 1

    When your stopped, asked if your a citizen and have a "drug' dog walk around your vehicle miles from the border - thats internal :)

  11. Re:Arrested for knowledge? WTF? on Man Who Downloaded Bomb Recipes Jailed For 2 Years · · Score: 1

    The US Constitution applies within the US. Around the edges (100 miles) stop and question, anywhere without suspicion is just fine.
    http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2008/10/aclu-assails-10/
    Enjoy that border search exception too. Better make sure you computer or storage device is band new/clean too.

  12. The red bus thing on grey and System V is... on Non-Copied Photo Is Ruled Copyright Infringement · · Score: 4, Insightful

    http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/40152586/
    Seems like a lot of artists should get some legal PO Box in the UK and a good UK lawyer. From patent trolling to art trolling?
    As for the US Unix is Linux case, if only they had thought about UK law and followed the libel tourism trade :)
    "When you go to the bookshop and look in the UNIX section, there's books on 'How to Programme UNIX' but when you go to the Linux section and look for 'How to Programme Linux' you're not gonna find it, because it doesn't exist""

  13. Re:Interesting background on the coup on Revolutionary Wants Technology To Transform Libya · · Score: 1

    He had oil/gas exports, water projects (massive public projects), education, medical care, housing, cheap sat telco for Africa and was going to change African banking with gold.
    He was very coup worthy just for any one of the above projects.

  14. Re:Right, "by chance" on Revolutionary Wants Technology To Transform Libya · · Score: 2

    The BBC just found out "SAS on ground during Libya crisis" - 9 January 2012
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16624401

  15. Libya had a communications satellite on Revolutionary Wants Technology To Transform Libya · · Score: 3, Informative

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_African_Satellite_Communication_Organization
    http://articles.janes.com/articles/Janes-Space-Systems-and-Industry/Rascom-Libya.html
    "'ground network includes gateway Earth stations and low cost," -
    It made parts of Africa spend less on Intelsat and a lot less on big telco interconnection fees.
    Now the West is back and wants their telco interconnection fees back... all of them.

  16. They did go reinvent on Mozilla Releases Rust 0.1 · · Score: 1

    Ada for the next generation.

  17. Re:Forgot about IRC? on Filesonic Removes Ability To Share Files · · Score: 1

    You have to find the server, mb register, find the file, work out what the trigger is, the download might be very slow ....

  18. In thousands of basements on Filesonic Removes Ability To Share Files · · Score: 1

    Voices echo up suburban stairs - "Mommy I will be a little late with your stories tonight"

  19. Re:Self-Destruct anyone? on Air Force Says Iran Didn't Down Drone · · Score: 1

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Belgian_MiG-23_crash
    Drone glides/fails into home/school/hospital/nursing home and ... crash or .....?
    You can say it just had optics ect. and its sort of ok.
    Traces of explosives found is less good.

  20. Re:Uh on Air Force Says Iran Didn't Down Drone · · Score: 0

    If a US drone lands/fails/is zapped and crashes in your part of the world:
    1) Get to the optics, control and electronics in a very fast way and get as much out as you can.
    2) If a missile hits/team lands to destroy the drone, every second counts.
    3) If you can keep the parts for a show and tell at a later date - use a very safe location that would be great for more PR if the US sends in a missile...
    4) The gear up/down may give away details of settings used/not used. Keep the flights final settings a mystery ...
    Any missing parts/cut holes may be used as PR to say its a big hoax.. so don't show too much

  21. Re:No sign of the fuel? on Endoscopic Exam of Fukushima Reactor · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Re What are the possibilities?
    http://fairewinds.com/content/cancer-risk-young-children-near-fukushima-daiichi-underestimated
    January 17, 2012 Arnie Gundersen - energy advisor with 39-years of nuclear power engineering experience -(Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in nuclear engineering)

  22. Re:Those downloading LOIC... on Downloads of DoS Attack Tool LOIC Spike · · Score: 1

    No, they might just watch your search logs for a few weeks and then sort you into a weapons, drugs, crime or porn raid.
    Camps get messy - too many smart people mixing, talking, making new friends, demanding lawyers, medical care, a few escapes with images, deaths, guards having fun...
    You will see camps when less than 1% of the population is protesting - a big number for the USA.
    Until then its very personal raids with courts or black sites.

  23. Re:Is it worth a year in a hellhole? on Downloads of DoS Attack Tool LOIC Spike · · Score: 1

    A "trap" as in going from http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/01/social-radar-sees-minds/ - been watched
    to been a COINTELPRO (Counter Intelligence Program) like trap - 'lets download tools and ..."
    or http://cryptome.org/0006/anonymous-wabc.htm
    http://cryptome.org/0006/anonymous-mused.htm

  24. Re:Is it worth a year in a hellhole? on Downloads of DoS Attack Tool LOIC Spike · · Score: 1

    Your DA needs to build up his/her cyber crime numbers before moving to new levels of politics?
    Sorts the ip's and finds all the middle/low class locals. Makes sure none are too rich or connected in some way - then the morning raids are set.
    Thats the strange thing about all this - skilled hackers are usually turned or have life 'issues'.
    This all seems like a huge trap with ip's been in the open, waiting to be tracked.

  25. Re:This is extremely suspicious... on DARPA + Makers + School = the Future of Innovation · · Score: 1

    The US military and state, federal private/gov groups are going to need/sell/build/work on a lot of drones and other devices.
    Until laws change and they can buy in complex sub systems from low wage areas of the world they still need the US "classified" or like paperwork.
    If a drone drops on to US suburbia "It was a Soviet era SAM..." may not stop the local press from asking more questions.
    So the US needs skilled workers but expect to see a lot imported form "friendly" cheaper places.