DIY Decrypting GSM phone calls
Using GnuRadio you record the data from the air, Airporbe parses the data, Kraken cracks the A5/1 key and Airprobe decodes voice. GSM is broken. Fortunately, UMTS isn’t. Decrypting GSM phone calls | srl.
London CCTV: Only 1% of crimes caught are serious. 96% of the camera’s are wasted money. Police don’t understand ‘hard drives’ but can handle VHS.
The number of suspects who were identified using the cameras went up from 1,970 in 2009 to 2,512 this year. The number of cameras in Britain has gone up from 21,000 in 1999 to 59,753 in 2010, The Met said among the 2,512 suspects caught this year, four were suspected murderers, 23 rapists and sex Read more about London CCTV: Only 1% of crimes caught are serious. 96% of the camera’s are wasted money. Police don’t understand ‘hard drives’ but can handle VHS.[…]
Anonymous internet surfing is suspicious and should be investigated in NL
Because a wish for privacy is extremely suspicious and counter to our overlords controlling intentions. ‘Afschermen IP-adres is verdacht gedrag’ | Webwereld.
UN defends human right to WikiLeaked info
The commission on human rights gently reminds governments that in order for people to be able to be part of a democracy they have a right to know what their governments are up to and there are only very strict exceptions to this. UN defends human right to WikiLeaked info • The Register.
Facebook status updates analysed
People use status updates to share what’s on their minds, to tell others what they’re doing, and to gather feedback from friends. The different ways people use status updates form some interesting patterns. In this study, we looked at the usage of words in different “word categories” in status updates. This led us to discover Read more about Facebook status updates analysed[…]
Why .gov should stay out of DNS – DHS ‘evidence’ for DNS takedowns is a joke
Not only was it prepared by a recent college graduate, agent Andrew Reynolds basically just listened to the MPAA – who have a vested and misinformed agenda. This takedown is a horrible joke gone wrong: no one seems to have any idea of how technology, or indeed just surfing the internet, works, but they have Read more about Why .gov should stay out of DNS – DHS ‘evidence’ for DNS takedowns is a joke[…]
D0z.me — the Evil URL Shortener
Posing as a legitimate URL shortening service, it serves users the requested pages in an iFrame, while simultaneously participating in a DDoS attack in the background. No interaction is required beyond clicking the link and staying on the page. This makes it relatively trivial to quickly mount large-scale DDoS attacks, and affords willing participants plausible Read more about D0z.me — the Evil URL Shortener[…]
theory of free radical ageing debunked some more
Worms that were genetically modified by McGill University researchers not only survived exposure to a banned poison, they lived even longer than normal worms, challenging scientists’ understanding of the aging process. Dr. Siegfried Hekimi and his student Dr. Wen Yang, who are in the Montreal university’s biology department, planned to test the so-called “free radical Read more about theory of free radical ageing debunked some more[…]
Facebook: Why our ‘next-gen’ comms ditched MySQL
About a year ago, when Facebook set out to build its email-meets-chat-meets-everything-else messaging system, the company knew its infrastructure couldn’t run the thing. “[The Facebook infrastructure] wasn’t really ready to handle a bunch of different forms of messaging and have it happen in real time,” says Joel Seligstein, a Facebook engineer who worked on the Read more about Facebook: Why our ‘next-gen’ comms ditched MySQL[…]
American Express Identifies ‘A New Era of Pause and Purchase’ With Five Key Trends Driving Consumer Spending in 2011 and Beyond
American Express Identifies ‘A New Era of Pause and Purchase’ With Five Key Trends Driving Consumer Spending in 2011 and Beyond Report Finds Locally-Sourced Goods, Digital Shopping and “Give-a-nomics” Are Among Top Trends Re-Shaping the American Consumer More Than Half (54%) of Americans Said They Try to Support Their Local Economy Over a Third (38%) Read more about American Express Identifies ‘A New Era of Pause and Purchase’ With Five Key Trends Driving Consumer Spending in 2011 and Beyond[…]
Yemen Cargo Bombs Designed to Thwart DHS Detectors
So basically the huge investment into backscatter porno scanners was a huge waste of money (as we all knew). The threat was (once again) thwarted through the use of good old fashioned investigative work. Yemen Cargo Bombs Designed to Thwart DHS Detectors – Blog.
French gov censors internet without legal recourse
Section 4 of the Bill Loppsi 2, text tote on Homeland Security, was finally adopted. It will allow the government to filter the Internet using a blacklist issued by the Ministry of Interior, without the intervention of the judiciary. A measure that the government justify the need to better fight against child pornography sites and Read more about French gov censors internet without legal recourse[…]
The Top 50 Gawker Media Passwords
On Sunday night, hackers posted online a trove of data from Gawker Media’s servers, including the usernames, email addresses and passwords of more than one million registered users. The passwords were originally encrypted, but 188,279 of them were decoded and made public as part of the hack. Using that dataset, we found the 50 most-popular Read more about The Top 50 Gawker Media Passwords[…]
Tribler – p2p searching
Tribler is a social community that facilitates filesharing through a peer-to-peer (p2p) network. A p2p network is different from a centralised service, where every user downloads his files from one central server. With p2p, the user/downloader is also an uploader to another user. This way, there is no central computer required that provides every file Read more about Tribler – p2p searching[…]
Gov’t crackdown spurs initiatives to route around DNS
With the US Government suddenly having become a muscle-flexing player in the DNS root servers, many don’t trust DNS any more and are developing and using alternatives. This is a roundup of several possible contenders. Gov’t crackdown spurs initiatives to route around DNS | ITworld.
FlyerTalk – The world’s most popular frequent flyer community
FlyerTalk is an interactive community that provides up-to-date information on travel-related loyalty reward programs. It’s the hub that brings everyone together — from leisure travelers to mileage junkies — to converse about programs, get the latest program buzz or discuss how to maximize points or miles. You’ll even get some good general travel information! via Read more about FlyerTalk – The world’s most popular frequent flyer community[…]
NASA ejects nanosatellite from microsatellite in space
On Dec. 6 at 1:31 a.m. EST, NASA for the first time successfully ejected a nanosatellite from a free-flying microsatellite. NanoSail-D ejected from the Fast, Affordable, Science and Technology Satellite, FASTSAT, demonstrating the capability to deploy a small cubesat payload from an autonomous microsatellite in space. via NASA ejects nanosatellite from microsatellite in space.
Revealed: Assange ‘rape’ accuser linked to notorious CIA operative
Plus, after the ‘sex by surprise’ (the charge isn’t for rape), she boasted about it on social media! Revealed: Assange ‘rape’ accuser linked to notorious CIA operative | Raw Story.
State Dept. warning prospective recruits to steer clear of Wikileaks
Because if you discuss the material on there, obviously you can’t handle sensitive information and so are not fit to work in government. Or in other words, you have too much of an independent opinion and won’t fit in with the superconformist monkeys and thus are not fit to work in the US Government. State Read more about State Dept. warning prospective recruits to steer clear of Wikileaks[…]
Feds routinely track financial transactions in the US, without a judge’s consent.
Federal law enforcement agencies do not limit their surveillance of US residents to phone calls, emails and geo-location information. They are also interested in calling cards, credit cards, rental cars and airline reservations, as well as retail shopping clubs. The document also reveals that DOJ’s preferred method of obtaining this information is via an administrative Read more about Feds routinely track financial transactions in the US, without a judge’s consent.[…]
Activate an Iphone with a non-stock sim
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Life Built With Arsenic – life will never be the same!
NASA-funded astrobiology research has changed the fundamental knowledge about what comprises all known life on Earth. Researchers conducting tests in the harsh environment of Mono Lake in California have discovered the first known microorganism on Earth able to thrive and reproduce using the toxic chemical arsenic. The microorganism substitutes arsenic for phosphorus in its cell Read more about Life Built With Arsenic – life will never be the same![…]
GymyGym: The World’s First Ergonomic Exercise Chair
It’s a chair, which is also a gym. Loads of excercises! Only $599,-
Sarah Palin says: target WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange like the Taliban
“His past posting of classified documents revealed the identity of more than 100 Afghan sources to the Taliban. Why was he not pursued with the same urgency we pursue al-Qaeda and Taliban leaders?” via Sarah Palin says: target WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange like the Taliban – ComputerworldUK.com. Wow, she’s even more nuts than Hillary Clinton!
US SecDef Gates is realistic on Leaks, Wiki and Otherwise
This is the most realistic sound I’ve heard coming from the US about the wikileaks affair. If only Clinton and the rest could be so normal, maybe we would like the US a bit more… “Now, I’ve heard the impact of these releases on our foreign policy described as a meltdown, as a game-changer, and Read more about US SecDef Gates is realistic on Leaks, Wiki and Otherwise[…]