Re: [free-software-melb] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WIKILEAKS, Vault 7: CIA Hacking Tools Revealed

2017-03-09 Thread Russell Coker
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/03/09/opinion/the-truth-about-the-wikileaks-cia-cache.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&referer=http://m.facebook.com/ -- Sent from my Nexus 6P with K-9 Mail. ___ Free-software-melb mailing list Free-software-melb@lists.softw

Re: [free-software-melb] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WIKILEAKS, Vault 7: CIA Hacking Tools Revealed

2017-03-09 Thread Adrian Colomitchi
In plain english: "WikiLeaks will provide technology companies with exclusive access to CIA hacking tools it possesses, allowing them to patch software flaws, founder Julian Assange says." Source: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-10/wikileaks-offers-cia-hack-information-to-tech-companies/834199

Re: [free-software-melb] Free software router

2017-03-09 Thread Alex Fraser
Hi everyone, Thanks for all the great suggestions! I think Adam's MSY modem is what I was thinking of. But since other people mentioned it, I checked, and I've just found out that I'll be (supposedly) getting the NBN near the end of this year. I'm not sure if it's worth the trouble of getting a ne

Re: [free-software-melb] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WIKILEAKS, Vault 7: CIA Hacking Tools Revealed

2017-03-09 Thread Jookia
On Thu, Mar 09, 2017 at 06:41:00PM +1100, Russell Coker wrote: > I agree that reducing the attack surface is good, but I doubt that dealing > with BIOS bugs actually achieves that goal. To get to the BIOS an attacker > has to either compromise the kernel/acpid or gain physical access to the > s

Re: [free-software-melb] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WIKILEAKS, Vault 7: CIA Hacking Tools Revealed

2017-03-09 Thread Russell Coker
On Thu, 9 Mar 2017 02:27:00 AM Andri Effendi wrote: > "The Debian GNU/Linux project says that former Tor developer Jacob > Appelbaum is no longer welcome at its events, after charges of sexual > misconduct were levelled against him" > > The article you are looking at isn't factually accurate. > >