Stephen,
On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 11:39 PM, Stephen Loosley
wrote:
> "WikiLeaks said it was not releasing the computer code for actual, usable
> cyberweapons "until a consensus emerges on the technical and political nature
> of the CIA's program and how such 'weapons' should be analysed, disarme
Roger Clarke wrote:
> 1. From the very beginning of the 'appliance' market, users have been
> precluded from having mobile general-purpose computing devices - because
> the capabilities are tightly limited by the provider to suit the needs of
> the provider not the customer.
>
That's true but i
Roger,
On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 8:21 AM, Roger Clarke wrote:
>>Sinan Eren, vice president of Czech anti-virus software maker Avast, called
>>on mobile software makers Apple and Google to supply security firms with
>>privileged access to their devices to offer immediate fixes to known bugs.
>>"We
At 08:21 AM 9/03/2017, Roger Clarke wrote:
>Or will desktop/laptop OS follow mobile OS, with the effect of denying normal
>people access to general-purpose computing devices?
This seems to be the way things are going - even Microsoft is moving to more
tightly controlled "approved" applications
Okay, CIA internal documents claim they've hacked prettymuch everything worth
attacking:
Tech firms scramble for fixes after CIA hacking dump
https://www.itnews.com.au/news/tech-firms-scramble-for-fixes-after-cia-hacking-dump-454024
>The 8761 leaked documents list a wealth of security attacks on A
Andy writes,
>> Wikileaks has carefully reviewed the "Year Zero" disclosure and published
>> substantive CIA documentation while avoiding the distribution of 'armed'
>> cyberweapons
>
> Yeah, I looked at the "leaks" earlier this morning and pretty much found
> nothing. It was basically saying "wit
On 08/03/2017 21:01, Stephen Loosley wrote:
Wikileaks has carefully reviewed the "Year Zero" disclosure and published
substantive CIA documentation while avoiding the distribution of 'armed' cyberweapons
Yeah, I looked at the "leaks" earlier this morning and pretty much found
nothing.
It w
Vault 7: CIA Hacking Tools Revealed
WikiLeaks Press Release
https://wikileaks.org/ciav7p1/
Today, Tuesday 7 March 2017, WikiLeaks begins its new series of leaks on the
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Code-named "Vault 7" by WikiLeaks, it is the
largest ever publication of confidential docume
