mirimir

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by mirimir 6y ago
Wow. Sheer arrogance, and absolute stupidity. Or at least, horrible OPSEC. I'm reminded of that 1993 cartoon by Peter Steiner in The New Yorker: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f8/Interne
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by mirimir 6y ago
> ... "deleting" the blog (it's still archived) was a bad move that makes the NYT looks bad if they go and out him. Did you mean "bold move"?
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by mirimir 6y ago
Oh. Maybe that's why I don't use it.
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by mirimir 6y ago
> If he is a nationally known blogger, he risks losing [his job] (for reasons stated elsewhere). Why? Because he posted controversially? If he's an academic, perhaps he has tenure. But even if he doesn't, and he's as good
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by mirimir 6y ago
I just went through this with a Win10 box, and had no problems with declining migration from Firefox to Edge. And when I open Edge, I see no personalization.
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by mirimir 6y ago
One can run WhatsApp in Linux. Or one can use Session, and there are apps for Windows, MacOS, Linux, Android and iOS.
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by mirimir 6y ago
I've done that a few times. And yes, it nuked my reputation, not that I've ever had a lot.
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by mirimir 6y ago
In TFA, it says that they injected the exploit via stingray or cellular network compromise. I'm pretty sure that better isolation of the browser and other apps from the cellular network would have prevented that. But yes, he would have
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by mirimir 6y ago
I'm struck by this in TFA: > In effect, Scott was trying to erect a firewall between his Internet persona and his personal and professional identities, and was relying on the entire world’s goodwill not to breach that firewall. And
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by mirimir 6y ago
This is one reason why I don't use cellphones. I suspect that Mr. Radi would have been safe if he had 1) used a PinePhone, with cellular and WiFi radios turned off, and a USB-connected cellular modem; and 2) hit the Internet through a
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by mirimir 6y ago
Maybe Steinmetz used the trope knowingly.
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by mirimir 6y ago
Wild guess: Google would just respond by nuking accounts of those submitting bogus takedown requests.
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by mirimir 6y ago
Right. But that'd be overkill. Torrents plus streaming apps do a decent job already. Why couldn't that expand to YT scale?
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by mirimir 6y ago
Here's a concise statement about "Why LokiNet?": https://github.com/loki-project/loki-network/blob/master/doc... Some excerpts: > TL;DR edition: an onion router with a tun interface for
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by mirimir 6y ago
As I understand it, Session uses LokiNet, and there are also sites, analogous to Tor onion services, and potentially other services. However, running LokiNet nodes requires a substantial stake, which is payable in Loki. The stake is at risk
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by mirimir 6y ago
I meant actually cutting them with a sharp knife, or scissors. So you could hide pieces in different places. For stuff like URLs, passphrases, wallet seeds, etc.
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by mirimir 6y ago
Wow. That is very cool. Edit: https://air-gap.it/ seems down. But https://github.com/airgap-it is up. I wonder if one could cut up QR codes, and store pieces separately. If that were done in Gimp or whateve
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by mirimir 6y ago
Session (Signal fork) doesn't require any information. It's end-to-end encrypted by default, and it connects via an onion routing network (LokiNet). And so only LokiNet nodes see the IP address that you connect through. But of c
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by mirimir 6y ago
It's also popular for arthritis. And there are mechanisms for getting meds back into the pharma distribution system. Some small wholesalers specialize in stock from failed pharmacies, and even from fire sales.
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by mirimir 6y ago
Right. The Tinfoil Chat setup uses optocouplers to enforce one-way data transmission.[0] And one can use inexpensive CD-R and micro SD cards for single-use data transfer. But transferring anything but plain text is dangerous. 0) https:&#x2
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by mirimir 6y ago
Right. Or where it matters less, VirtualBox or KVM. And where it matters more, hardware compartmentalization.
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by mirimir 6y ago
True. However, such high-value targets would be isolating the Tor process and apps at the hardware level. It's over my head, but I can imagine elements from Tinfoil Chat and Qubes Air. And yes, vulnerabilities in Tor have been exploit
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by mirimir 6y ago
Interesting. But what about ssss? Also, I vaguely recall that results may be implementation specific, in that shares must be combined with the same app that produced them. So is this implementation compatible with others?
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by mirimir 6y ago
Yes, I doubt that it's WebRTC. Or at least, I recall similar vulnerabilities in video player code that predated WebRTC. There used to be a Metasploit leak-testing site (Metasploit Decloaking Engine) which checked for IP leaks via video
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by mirimir 6y ago
In my opinion, Hernandez screwed up by not appreciating the risk profiles for Tails and Whonix. Tails is a LiveOS, which doesn't leave traces in RAM or on disk. Whonix is a pair of VMs, one with the Tor process, and the other with user
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by mirimir 6y ago
Yes, this is it, exactly. Which is why Apple didn't help the FBI break iOS. They did choose to not provide true E2E encryption for iCloud, however :(
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by mirimir 6y ago
Seems so. There is https://ipfs-search.com/ [ https://github.com/ipfs-search/ipfs-search ].
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by mirimir 6y ago
Does lower S-wave velocity imply high-viscosity liquid? And might that be due to water? Maybe oceanic crust carried by deep convection?
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by mirimir 6y ago
I'm a lot like that. Probably some mix of A... and bipolar II. I've never managed day jobs for long. So I ended up consulting.
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by mirimir 6y ago
> Basically grep for the internet. So is this a workaround for "censorship" by Google etc? And where would the crawl archives come from? Also, I wonder how this could be made usable and affordable for random individuals.

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