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by moyix 12y ago
That was true when the term firmware was first coined, but I'm not convinced it's still true. The "firmware" of a WiFi router is effectively a full Linux system, and it needs to be updated as often. The case is less stro
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by moyix 12y ago
Unfortunately, this has the usual downside that end users no longer control their own devices. For example, dd-wrt/OpenWRT would become impossible, and even "open source" firmware would be basically meaningless since no one c
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by moyix 12y ago
Does Skype still do this? I know they used to -- the Chinese version was TOM-Skype -- but last I checked TOM no longer distributes a version of Skype. http://skype.tom.com/ redirects you to get something called Zoom messeng
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by moyix 12y ago
Note also that LINE routinely censors the communications of its users in China: https://citizenlab.org/2013/11/asia-chats-investigating-regi... (And it's still going on: https://citizenlab.org&#x2F
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by moyix 12y ago
This is not likely to be possible. Rob Graham was able to do it for Superfish because the SSL interceptor resides on the same machine as the browser, meaning that the private key is accessible to anyone who installs Superfish. By contrast,
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by moyix 12y ago
The prosecution said that they believe this conversation was actually someone scamming him, and that there were in fact no murders carried out. It clearly shows that DPR tried to have people killed, though (unless you think there's who
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by moyix 12y ago
Are you ignoring the attempt to have several people killed? Even if it seems he was actually getting scammed, it sure looks like he tried to arrange murder for hire.
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by moyix 12y ago
Assuming Ulbricht is found guilty and then appeals, will he get a second chance to challenge the FBI's account of how they found the server in the first place? Nicholas Weaver [1] seems to think they could have admitted to owning the s
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Ross Ulbricht got a Fair Trial (but not a fair investigation)(medium.com)
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by moyix 12y ago
The Register article goes on for a while about the "weakening" of copyright law that allowed this to happen, but never actually says what legal change occurred that makes this possible. Anyone know?
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by moyix 12y ago
I thought the Fermi Paradox (and hence the Great Filter) was about the absence of life originating in our own galaxy? I don't think anyone has suggested that any species is likely be able to cross intergalactic distances.
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by moyix 12y ago
There's a bit more information from Sarah Jeong, who has been covering this for Forbes: "Amazing moment later today: in affadavit, DHS agent referred to @a_greenberg's interview of DPR and said it sounded like Mark Karpeles.&
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by moyix 12y ago
Kudos to them for releasing their data and tools [1]! This is how science should work. [1] http://wprof.cs.washington.edu/spdy/data/
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by moyix 12y ago
I noticed this back on Dec 8 [1]. Sadly, looks like I got the wrong twitter account when trying to report it. https://twitter.com/moyix/status/542079755659390976
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by moyix 12y ago
If anyone is curious about what this would look like on a whole-system level, there is a series of patches [1] to QEMU that enables deterministic replay and reverse execution (i.e., step backward in gdb). One can also use PANDA [2], but it
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by moyix 12y ago
It has already had good effects though. Noticing that lots of the VNC servers were named QEMU, someone has prodded the QEMU developers [1] to change the default when you use the -vnc option so that it does not listen on all interfaces by de
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by moyix 12y ago
Just to add to this: the relevant case law seems to be Bowers v. Baystate Technologies [1], which held that EULA clauses prohibiting reverse engineering are enforceable. I personally think this is a terrible decision, since it also prevents
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by moyix 12y ago
I'm not sure DMCA applies here, as it only bans tools that circumvent technical measures intended to enforce copyright protections. I don't think that Kayak's data is copyrightable (on the basis of Feist Publications, Inc.,
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Reproducible Malware Analyses for All(moyix.blogspot.com)
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by moyix 12y ago
> I think you are unfairly raising the bar on the OP by calling for more rigor. If you think it's anecdotal fear-mongering then you must also object to the original responses, as their individual experiences are also anecdotal, and
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by moyix 12y ago
It's true that people don't discuss mental health problems openly, and so they're less observable. However, the initial comment was about being committed to a psych ward, which is observable, so I think it's fair to offe
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by moyix 12y ago
>At first I was thinking you are doing an excessive amount of fear mongering but then I read this sentence >"I bet that at least one of your fellow students will wind up in a psychiatric hospital." >I knew two students in
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by moyix 12y ago
Oh cool, I (indirectly) have code in this, since the Volatility memory analysis framework is used to scan memory for the malware signatures. As others have noted, this is unlikely to protect against new infections, since governments will su
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by moyix 12y ago
On the other hand, clang is very much a second class citizen on Windows.
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by moyix 12y ago
I'm not sure that's the thing he's most known for. I know his work mainly from SLOCCount [1] and his clever solution for Ken Thompson's "Reflections on Trusting Trust" hack [2]. 1. http://www.dwheele
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by moyix 12y ago
I believe they're referring to this: http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1431
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by moyix 12y ago
Censorship in China is a fascinating topic for me, because it's an area where we can use technology to figure out things about social issues on the other side of the world. A great example of this is cases where chat clients use client
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by moyix 12y ago
Assuming what's in the article is true, I suppose it's only a matter of time before a torrent of the mailbox shows up. I have to admit that if I had access to that account, I wouldn't be able to resist the urge to clone it vi
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by moyix 12y ago
I agree. The email in the screenshot smells like a hoax (assuming your level stuff is legitimate; I haven't played with the source image in GIMP myself). 63101 is the downtown area (right by the Arch) – not really a place most people l
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by moyix 12y ago
It impresses me to no end that Greg Egan, a talented science fiction writer [1], finds time to contribute to mathematical curiosities like this! I suppose it keeps him sharp, given that his novels often involve a lot of heavy math. [1] htt

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