Refuse to just let it die and give people some form of privacy. Does the US never learn?
House Dem revives major cyber bill | TheHill.
4th Reich revives CISPA yet again
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Daily Archives: January 14, 2015
Indian Science Congress doing well.
There were a lot of controversies generated at the Indian Science Congress earlier this month, including claims of ancient aircraft in India, the use of plastic surgery there, and ways to divine underground water sources using herbal paste on the feet. One argument that could be tested using some form of evidence was the assertion by Science Minister Harsh Vardhan that the Pythagorean theorem was discovered in India
via Fields Medal Winner Manjul Bhargava On the Pythagorean Theorem Controversy – Slashdot.
UK Tory gov wants to give criminals access to everybodies secret data
By installing a back door into encrypted communications and storage, they not only allow the government unfettered access, but also criminals. Although I’m not sure where the distinction lies, nowadays.
The problem with Android not really being open source: Google won’t fix bug hitting 60 percent of Android phones | Ars Technica
Basically they say they won’t touch anything older than the current OS and also smartphone vendors then need to update their old devices, which they won’t do either.
Google won’t fix bug hitting 60 percent of Android phones | Ars Technica.
KeySweeper – a DIY usb wall charger that logs keystrokes from MS wireless keyboards
KeySweeper is a stealthy Arduino-based device, camouflaged as a functioning USB wall charger, that wirelessly and passively sniffs, decrypts, logs and reports back all keystrokes from any Microsoft wireless keyboards (which use a proprietary 2.4GHz RF protocol) in the area.
Keystrokes are sent back to the KeySweeper operator over the Internet via an optional GSM chip, or can be stored on a flash chip and delivered wirelessly when a secondary KeySweeper device comes within wireless range of the target KeySweeper. A web based tool allows live keystroke monitoring.
via KeySweeper.
Antibiotic Pulled From Dirt Ends 25-Year Drug Drought – Bloomberg
Scientists have discovered an antibiotic capable of fighting infections that kill hundreds of thousands of people each year, a breakthrough that could lead to the field’s first major new drug in more than a quarter-century.The experimental drug, which was isolated from a sample of New England dirt, is called teixobactin. It hasn’t yet been tested in people, though it cured all mice infected with antibiotic-resistant staphylococci bacteria that usually kills 90 percent of the animals, according to a study published today in the journal Nature. Bacteria appear to have a particularly difficult time developing resistance to the drug, potentially overcoming a major problem with existing antibiotics.
via Antibiotic Pulled From Dirt Ends 25-Year Drug Drought – Bloomberg.