randywaterhouse

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by randywaterhouse 13y ago
Right. This would emphasize the need to always be cautious in your use of cryptosystems, since you cannot simply claim "oh my data is Truecrypt'd". That will not save you from everything by itself. But if you look into the do
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by randywaterhouse 13y ago
Interesting writeup and cool that Mr. Ligh has provided these plugins / tools. On the whole though, doesn't appear to contain much novel information. Of course, partition-only encryption has weaknesses in that the OS may store dat
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by randywaterhouse 13y ago
As the stream opened (just now), the head of enginehere.com just mentioned he was worried about concurrents, specifically saying he thinks 65 concurrent viewers with video is about the max... Hopefully it works, I'm watching and intere
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by randywaterhouse 13y ago
It seems they must have, unless Facebook brute-forced or otherwise obtained the key which the database used to encrypt (two-way encryption, big no-no) the passwords. Based on this article it's not immediately obvious how Facebook check
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by randywaterhouse 13y ago
Easy to configure, simple functionality, niche-use. I think it's a pretty cool idea, and definitely might come to use it if I ever get a machine in-house infected with something interesting and I want to just toy with it (/ keep a
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by randywaterhouse 13y ago
Indeed. The article is also published in 2011, I'd say this post title merits a (2011). Clearly not a current event, threw me off too.
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by randywaterhouse 13y ago
I believe, personally, and know others who commit to open-source projects on a personal basis (and then those who I only read of on the internet), that many developers who work on these projects don't need monetary compensation in the
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by randywaterhouse 13y ago
I, for one, applaud the initiative, for which the bitcointalk forum announcement (by this post's submitter) exists here [0]. It's interesting to think of a system to support development of open source software, providing monetary
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by randywaterhouse 13y ago
As Peter (sibling) mentioned, the force would not be equal across the surface. If it was propelled straight (i.e. orthogonal to the radius of the Earth), then there'd be some serious eddy effects of airflow around the circular edge (cr
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by randywaterhouse 13y ago
One would think at a speed that great (on the order of escape velocity, ~11 km/s) there'd be some serious deformation of the plate due to the frictional heat from the air on the plate. Another piece of space junk? A lost relic to
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by randywaterhouse 13y ago
Incredulity reflects how people really believe that other people may, in fact, operate in some sort of rational world. When we think of ourselves, for the most part, we tend to think we would make rational decisions in all circumstances we
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by randywaterhouse 13y ago
This is interesting, and in my opinion definitely deserving of the prize they got for it. But I think it's real value (in contrast to "replacing A/C") is in developing markets, where a little wristband could really impro
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by randywaterhouse 13y ago
I've found myself in a similar position, in the past (although not for a few years). SAD is a real thing, and it has actual physical consequences. I remember when I had it I would change my workout routine (read: go from running daily
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by randywaterhouse 13y ago
I agree, her thoughts absolutely don't diminish the significance. The kind of science that isn't on the frontpage today [0] is driven by facts, empirical analysis, and of course theoretical postulation. I, for one, am glad that we
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by randywaterhouse 13y ago
While I don't wholeheartedly agree with the honeypot allegation, I do agree that you should take most VPN providers with a grain of salt, be it that they are in fact a honeypot, occasionally leak data, or do shady things like actually
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by randywaterhouse 13y ago
I'll even just go to LocalBitcoins if I want the anonymity (at a premium, but that's a cost of doing business without a fully FINRA-compliant broker, of course LBC is a marketplace so it has no business being compliant). And if I
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by randywaterhouse 13y ago
A very interesting read. The final point is probably the most notable one, that key-generation immediately following a boot up can compromise the PRNG (as we know). Also a cool thought, comparing all those keys. I just compared the few keys
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by randywaterhouse 13y ago
While I think you're right, in the sense that an attacker who can forge your DNS request for ssh.example.com to direct your SSH from 192.168.1.111 to 192.168.1.200 might have the ability to manipulate the TXT entry of your public key s