Re: [funsec] Still think climate change is just an academic curiosity?

2012-11-08 Thread Chris Boyd
On Nov 8, 2012, at 10:46 AM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon Hannah wrote: (I discovered Antarctica Diet Guarana at a conference in Brazil in 2005, and if the secret ever gets out, Coke and Pepsi are in big trouble.) Time to start shorting them then. It's pretty consistently

Re: [funsec] Automatic cyber-counter-attacks

2012-09-12 Thread Chris Boyd
On Sep 11, 2012, at 1:52 PM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon Hannah wrote: http://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2012/09/get-ready-computers-worldwide- automatically-smother-cyber-strikes/57977/ Can't see anything possibly going wrong with this, right? It's implementation dependent :-)

Re: [funsec] Automatic cyber-counter-attacks

2012-09-12 Thread Chris Boyd
On Sep 12, 2012, at 8:03 PM, Bruce Ediger wrote: On Wed, 12 Sep 2012, Kyle Creyts wrote: What happens when the immune system overreacts, or reacts improperly to deal with a threat? Cyberthritis, Cyberlupus, maybe Cyberallergies? I like tube-itis

Re: [funsec] Automatic cyber-counter-attacks

2012-09-12 Thread Chris Boyd
On Sep 12, 2012, at 9:38 PM, Michael Collins, Aleae wrote: So we're going to respond, what, six months after the attack by reading pastebin posts? Send index pictures of the attacker's porn collections to their moms? ___ Fun and Misc security

Re: [funsec] Did the borg start this way?

2012-01-17 Thread Chris Boyd
On Jan 17, 2012, at 2:18 PM, michael.blanch...@emc.com michael.blanch...@emc.com wrote: I'm sorry, but that is AWESOME! Think about all the diseases that a microchip can cure... Parkinson's, epilepsy, Alzhiemers, etc etc And OMFG! One philosophical question could arise once we'll be

Re: [funsec] Israeli hacker tries to rob bank...

2011-12-06 Thread Chris Boyd
On Dec 6, 2011, at 12:44 AM, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: Gadi, do you know this guy? ;) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJVHTQSvUIo Thanks, that's hilarious :-) --Chris ___ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts.

Re: [funsec] Goodbye

2011-05-22 Thread Chris Boyd
On May 20, 2011, at 11:28 PM, Marc wrote: Being sent on 21 May 2011, we all hope this is a tongue-in-cheek, or tongue-somewhere-more-fun, poke at the folks at www.familyradio.com Has anyone been able to get to their web site today to see if it shows -1 on the counter today?

Re: [funsec] Photo tracking protecting you and family

2011-04-12 Thread Chris Boyd
On Apr 12, 2011, at 12:13 PM, RandallM wrote: I know this is a problem and been one..but started to think on it again. Who can add to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2vARzvWxwY Someone should build droplet applications that just whack all the EXIF data. But even then you are not

[funsec] Linked In has Lost It?

2011-04-01 Thread Chris Boyd
So how many people have John Watson Dr. Watson at 221B Baker Street and J. R. R. Tolkien Father of modern fantasy literature In the People you may know... section? Good April1 joke! --Chris ___ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts.

Re: [funsec] Vancouver scientists take the headache out of red wine

2011-02-14 Thread Chris Boyd
On Feb 14, 2011, at 7:25 PM, Vaughn, Randal L. wrote: Sorry, this story is not available what's this about doing something for us? ;P Aye, same thing here. Perhaps the Canadians are trying to hold out? But crappy white wine alawys gives me a headache faster than red.

[funsec] Some of y'all might like this (virus link)

2011-01-19 Thread Chris Boyd
This came in a spam today. http download card.exe from 200.223.205.137 Don't know what it is, but ClamAV latest version for Mac says it's not hostile. Funny, but I don't beleive that. --Chris ___ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts.

Re: [funsec] Some of y'all might like this (virus link)

2011-01-19 Thread Chris Boyd
On Jan 19, 2011, at 12:41 PM, Nick FitzGerald wrote: ClamAV has been detecting that file since at least 2011-01-12 08:25:20 UTC... On Jan 19, 2011, at 1:59 PM, Peter Kosinar wrote: The detection name might explain it easily -- PUA.IRC-Client.mIRC-3. Quick look at ClamAV manpage confirms

Re: [funsec] California opts out of 4th Amendment

2011-01-08 Thread Chris Boyd
On Sat, 2011-01-08 at 22:53 +1300, Nick FitzGerald wrote: I believe that at least blackberries have that capability (10 bad passwords and wipe). That's not strictly a duress password. To me, that term designates a specific feature where a special password is configured such that, if

Re: [funsec] California opts out of 4th Amendment

2011-01-07 Thread Chris Boyd
On Jan 6, 2011, at 6:49 PM, Paul Ferguson wrote: LEAs have some nifty tools to get around that. ;-) I'd have an issue with that, since they are going beyond a casual examination of the device. Since the purported excuse for the inspection is officer safety there's no reason for them to use

Re: [funsec] California opts out of 4th Amendment

2011-01-07 Thread Chris Boyd
On Jan 6, 2011, at 7:59 PM, John Bambenek wrote: The moral of the story is to not carry incriminating evidence when you go and get yourself arrested... ;) Son, can you show us the original receipt for the CDs that you ripped these mp3 files from? :-) --Chris

Re: [funsec] Don't tell me you weren't all thinking that anyhow.. :)

2010-11-18 Thread Chris Boyd
TSA - Touching you where Google can't. :-) ___ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.

Re: [funsec] Buy now! There is no later!

2010-05-17 Thread Chris Boyd
On May 17, 2010, at 5:22 PM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon Hannah wrote: (I like the pets are free mention. Nice touch. And, if you *were* going to build a shelter, it would extend the protein supply.) You can get all kinds of post disaster services if you look around.

Re: [funsec] anybody here from facebook?

2010-05-05 Thread Chris Boyd
On May 4, 2010, at 6:35 PM, Gadi Evron wrote: Exactly, if a person chooses to email you, it's not bulk and it's not spam (not the same). It may be unwanted, but blaming facebook of spamming means your definition of spam includes opt-in mailing list sign-ups. I was willing to forgive

Re: [funsec] Fairly disgusting news story of the week

2010-04-19 Thread Chris Boyd
On Apr 16, 2010, at 5:27 PM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon Hannah wrote: or possibly year: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8623332.stm (I'm really, really glad to know that it has small genitalia.) There's also the candiru:

Re: [funsec] Polarizing morality

2010-04-06 Thread Chris Boyd
On Apr 5, 2010, at 9:19 PM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon Hannah wrote: http://tinyurl.com/demagmoral Maybe the people who have been complaining about magnetic fields from high power lines and cell/mobile phones are correct. That would explain a lot about modern society ... Mu

Re: [funsec] Undetectably open locked (zipper) suitcase, in seconds

2010-04-03 Thread Chris Boyd
On Fri, 2010-04-02 at 13:37 -0800, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon Hannah wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eeidgmRvjU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5mvvZl6pLI This can be used to remove, or add, goods (or bads). Somebody is marketing a set of tags to make this attack

Re: [funsec] big brother at school

2010-02-22 Thread Chris Boyd
On Mon, 2010-02-22 at 16:58 -0500, Benjamin Brown wrote: Interesting: http://strydehax.blogspot.com/2010/02/spy-at-harrington-high.html So do you get expelled if you put a bit of electrical or duct tape over the camera now? --Chris ___ Fun and Misc

Re: [funsec] Wired: Pentagon Searches for 'Digital DNA' to Identify Hackers

2010-01-27 Thread Chris Boyd
On Jan 27, 2010, at 12:32 PM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon Hannah wrote: People leave signatures in attacks. People leave signatures in the text they write. People leave signatures in the code they write *and* the executables ultimately produced. Lots and lots of signatures.

Re: [funsec] Don't use Skype if you have a Web page ...

2010-01-10 Thread Chris Boyd
On Sat, 2010-01-09 at 16:26 -0800, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon Hannah wrote: http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/25.90.html#subj2 The latest version of Skype (partly owned by eBay) is causing major irritations amongst web designers and users. By default when downloaded and installed it

Re: [funsec] Family tech support

2009-11-29 Thread Chris Boyd
On Nov 29, 2009, at 4:12 PM, Larry Seltzer wrote: Netbooks were widely available with Linux and users rejected them in droves, demanding (!) Windows XP instead. Which is a damn shame. Dell did an excellent job making Unbuntu 8.04 work on the Mini 10v I just got. --Chris

Re: [funsec] Family tech support

2009-11-29 Thread Chris Boyd
On Sun, 2009-11-29 at 18:51 -0500, Robert Portvliet wrote: Because that's what they know, $DEITY forbid they have to learn anything new... *sigh* I can't see Linux ever really being big on the desktop, pretty much just for this reason. I think that the user retraining issue is overrated.

Re: [funsec] Onstar - throwing the baby out with the bath water

2009-11-18 Thread Chris Boyd
On Nov 18, 2009, at 12:25 PM, Alex Eckelberry wrote: I'm not so sure. While I empathize with the mother, Onstar does have a point--they can't reactivate the Onstar system without someone pressing the Blue button. A software design/architecture issue, which could undoubtedly be fixed

Re: [funsec] mac is not unix [Re: What was that about hubris?]

2009-09-30 Thread Chris Boyd
On Sep 30, 2009, at 2:54 PM, Gadi Evron wrote: Well actually, I believed that as well. But as it was explained to me by a very nice guy, an operating system is built of three components. The core, the GUI and the command interface. Of all these, only the last is Unix-based. The myth

Re: [funsec] OK (OT?), take 5 (:09) and chill out

2009-07-24 Thread Chris Boyd
On Fri, 2009-07-24 at 15:01 -0800, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon Hannah wrote: http://tinyurl.com/mxhtlw or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-94JhLEiN0 Gives a whole new meaning to wedding rehearsal. --Chris ___ Fun and Misc security

Re: [funsec] British Television

2009-06-09 Thread Chris Boyd
On Jun 9, 2009, at 5:01 PM, Ned Fleming wrote: Canadian TV? Utterly unremarkable, like watching snow fall. No, not entirely (and I'm not Canadian either). Early Red Green episodes are hilarious, but the later ones just cover too much of the same ground. The segments where Red Green

Re: [funsec] Spam contributes to global warming

2009-04-28 Thread Chris Boyd
On Apr 28, 2009, at 10:34 AM, Paul M. Moriarty wrote: This will get them to stop, I'm sure. http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=HomePageid=0316c935-9fa4-4726-89f8-c3bc9c1790ddHeadline=Stop+spam+and+save+planet+from+greenhouse+gases Hmm. If we mounted a

Re: [funsec] UK: Police e-Crime Unit Teams With Banks For First Arrest

2009-04-10 Thread Chris Boyd
I've met a few members of PCeU, much better than what was in place previously. Little bit concerned that many of them have been drafted in from random parts of the force even though they might not have much actual computer knowledge. However, my biggest issue with it is when I was given ye

Re: [funsec] Tweet This: I Don't Care

2009-03-16 Thread Chris Boyd
I like Twitter. Hated it at first, but it's pretty useful to me for a number of reasons. 1) I now know a bunch of security researchers from different companies by name and interact with them quite a bit, whereas previously I could only have pointed and said the company name, entirely