Re: Fact checking

Damian Gerow wrote: Why bother putting something up in a library? Chances are, if someone's reading it there, they're already somewhat knowledgable about the candidates. Or heck, maybe they're even there to do /research/ on them! > [...] I don't see any way to educate the mass public. Indeed, why

BBC on all-electronic Indian elections

Current report: The tech: Bit scant on details.. anyone know anything more about how the machine (/system) "is fully tamper-proof"? .g -- "I Me My! Strawberry Eggs"

"Hey be careful, I have three bombs in here"

Surprised this hasn't gone through the list yet. Did it get much coverage in the US? 'According to the arrest report, Miss Marson placed her bag on the belt at a security check, telling a Transportation Security Administration screene

Re: QuizID

On Thursday 17 Oct 2002 3:15 pm, Adam Shostack wrote: > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2334491.stm > and www.quizid.com [snip] > > The card works in conjunction with the Quizid vault - a large > > collection of computers that can process 600 authentications per > > second. The system cost mi

Re: JYA ping

Eugen Leitl wrote: > On Wed, 2 Oct 2002, Anonymous wrote: > >>Cryptome has nor been updated since 9/23 ... any clues, anyone ? > > No. Anyone knows whether John Young is okay? Can't get through to http://www.jya.com/ either (plus Google hasn't cached it, for some reason...?) - can't resolve it

Re: Hollywood Hackers

Anonymous wrote: > On Tue, 30 Jul 2002 20:51:24 -0700, you wrote: > >>When we approve a file, all the people who approved it already get >>added to our trust list, thus helping us select files, and we are >>told that so and so got added to our list of people who recommend >>good files. This give

Re: CNN.com - Bush to announce new intelligence agency - June 6, 2002

Jim Choate wrote: > http://www.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/06/06/bush.security/index.html "...Answering questions about the creation of the 'Department for Prevention of ThoughtCrime', Bush noted that this was 'clearly a step in the plusgood direction'..."

Re: FC: Hollywood wants to plug "analog hole," regulate A-D

Mike Rosing wrote: > On Mon, 3 Jun 2002, Dave Emery wrote: > >> And telling the public that they face serious jail time if they >>don't turn in that Creative Soundblaster from the old PC in the attic >>closet isn't going to fly. The sheeple may be sheep but even they >>aren't going to acce

Re: sources on steganography

Hector Rosario wrote: > Why would I be interested in "fool[ing] [you]." All I asked was for some > help with sources. If you cannot be of help, at least don't be a > hindrance. Besides, don't claim to speak for others. If envy is what > drives you, then I suggest that you work on that. > > hr >

Re: When encryption is also authentication...

Mike Rosing wrote: > If digital crypto, signatures or e-cash are going to get into mass appeal, > then their operations will be "magic" to the majority. And it all has to > work, to 1 part in 10^8th or better, without user comprehension. > > It may well take "user intervention" to create a si

Re: Got carried away...

Jan Dobrucki wrote: > I do have an idea thou. I'm thinking how to implement PGP into car > locks. And so far I got this: The driver has his PGP, and the door > has it's own. Path of least resistance - *access* to the car is generally not the problem. Instead weaker attacks such as breaking the

Re: FUCANN Fully UnCentrallized Authority for Naming and Numbers

Frob the Builder wrote: >> The problem comes when the server a domain points to is the map >>for several domains, say via Virtual Hosts or selected forwarding. Many servers >>use this if they're on a dedicated web-hoster, or for subdomains. > > Ahah, because the 'physical' server uses the URL to

Re: signal to noise proposal

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] > - ... the mailing list > simply records # of posts written by each poster. call > this "P" > > - mailing list records # of times someone wrote > a post that was replied to. ... call this "R" > > - pseudoreputation is a measure of the above two > parameters. one

Re: Security co-processor keeps PC platforms safe

*chortle* Kerry Thompson wrote: > http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/nat/nat158.html > "National Semiconductor has developed a novel PC security coprocessor [snip...] > "We have recognised the need for increased "trust" in PC platforms. Harrr, this easily wins "ironic quote of the month", and

Cheney: "Atrocity of 9/11 to save tech sector"

Technology to pimp itself out to a capitalist police state (anyone have a transcript of the speech?) : http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/7/24204.html Atrocity of 9/11 to save tech sector - Cheney By Thomas C Greene in Washington Posted: 26/02/2002 at 12:46 GMT A profitable surveillance stat

BBC article: "Vehicles 'tracked'"

An attempt to ease congestion, using GPS. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_1838000/1838185.stm "...The Commission, which provides independent transport advice to the government, said Global Positioning System satellites would track vehicles via electronic black boxes fixed to the das

Re: Microsoft want to be trusted...

Graham Lally wrote: > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/23715.html Just to pick up on some of the points in this... Firstly, Bill's defining MS' next big catchphrase, "Trustworthy Computing" (Capitalised. Always with the capitals). After a load of blah regarding wh

Microsoft want to be trusted...

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/23715.html Windows TC, anyone? -- "When we say Windows XP is the most secure system ever we're not saying it's perfect" - Tom Laemmel, Microsoft spokesman (Nor secure?) "Sometimes I use Google instead of pants."

Re: MS DRM OS

Michael Motyka wrote: > Since it seems that the possibility to accomplish what Microsoft has > patented has existed for years prior to their disclosure isn't their > patent a bit weak? While I must admit that the implementation of such an idea is intriguing from a purely technical point of v

Concerts to raise money for battle against record companies

From Slashdot... http://www.sacbee.com/state_wire/story/1348770p-1418333c.html [...] "The Recording Artists Coalition, a trade group representing more than 100 entertainers, has booked several sites in Los Angeles for the Feb. 26 concerts. "Money raised from the concerts will help fund an of

Re: MS DRM OS

Ralph Wallis wrote: > pedanty isn't a word, and the original poster mentioned "denying root > access", which is an analogy. Damn, I spent ages looking up that word. M-W doesn't list it, true, so here it is from http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=pedanty pedanty \Ped"ant*y\, n. An a

Re: MS DRM OS

Ralph Wallis wrote: > On Monday, 17 Dec 2001 at 07:58, Michael Motyka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Could someone who knows more than I do explain to me why this MS "IP" is >>anything other than making the owner of a PC unable to have root access >>to their own hardware/OS? If so it seems to be

Re: FBI wants worm's keycapture data

Khoder bin Hakkin wrote: > http://www.dailyrotten.com/articles/archive/189387.html > > December 17, 2001 > FBI wants access to worm's pilfered data Have to reply to this - the outcome of this is great... > Last week the FBI contacted the owner of MonkeyBrains, Rudy > Rucker, Jr., [I *assum

Re: FBI Surveillance Software to be Part of Windows XP Updates (fwd)

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 13 Dec 2001, at 22:33, Jei wrote: > > This has to be a joke/hoax. Aye, but by whom, on whom? "A _tongue_in_cheek_ announcement from the group claims that cDc 'has more targeted experience than anyone else in this field'." (emphasis is mine) For me (and thus, nat