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Xyzzy 2015-10-13 22:27

[url]http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/10/how-soviets-used-ibm-selectric-keyloggers-to-spy-on-us-diplomats/[/url]

Dubslow 2015-10-15 22:47

There is a new paper out hypothesizing that the NSA has the ability to crack most current implementations of Diffie-Hellman key exchange.

[url]https://freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/haldermanheninger/how-is-nsa-breaking-so-much-crypto/[/url]

only_human 2015-10-15 23:05

[QUOTE=Dubslow;412813]There is a new paper out hypothesizing that the NSA has the ability to crack most current implementations of Diffie-Hellman key exchange.

[url]https://freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/haldermanheninger/how-is-nsa-breaking-so-much-crypto/[/url][/QUOTE]
So at the same time that it's ok for the gummint to break encryption it is wrong for researchers to even look at unencrypted code.
[URL="http://www.wired.com/2015/09/epa-opposes-rules-couldve-exposed-vws-cheating/"]The EPA Opposes Rules That Could’ve Exposed VW’s Cheating[/URL]

Xyzzy 2015-10-15 23:34

[url]http://codegolf.stackexchange.com/[/url]

kladner 2015-10-16 01:10

[QUOTE=Dubslow;412813]There is a new paper out hypothesizing that the NSA has the ability to crack most current implementations of Diffie-Hellman key exchange.

[URL]https://freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/haldermanheninger/how-is-nsa-breaking-so-much-crypto/[/URL][/QUOTE]

Some of the comments are really illuminating, as is the article. Thanks. :smile:

retina 2015-10-16 12:49

I don't know, Timmy, being God is a big responsibility
 
[url]http://qntm.org/responsibility[/url]

LaurV 2015-10-17 03:48

[QUOTE][their computer] could execute an infinite loop in less than ten seconds.[/QUOTE]Haha, brilliant, thanks for the link, I will put a variation of this to be my new motto.

kladner 2015-10-18 01:09

Rockers who died at 27
 
[URL="http://ultimateclassicrock.com/rockers-who-died-at-age-27/#photogallery-1=1"]27 rockers[/URL], no less.
I dispute that Kurt Cobain's death (as stated in the blurb about same) brought this phenomenon to light. Some of us had noticed before then. :sad:

ewmayer 2015-10-18 01:44

[QUOTE=kladner;412973][URL="http://ultimateclassicrock.com/rockers-who-died-at-age-27/#photogallery-1=1"]27 rockers[/URL], no less.
I dispute that Kurt Cobain's death (as stated in the blurb about same) brought this phenomenon to light. Some of us had noticed before then. :sad:[/QUOTE]

Surprised to not see any Spinal Tap drummers in the [strike]clickbait-o-rama[/strike] list. Were there at least any members of the "27 club" who died in bizarre gardening accidents, of the kind the police would prefer to 'leave unsolved'?

kladner 2015-10-18 02:59

Was George W. Bush President On 9/11? [URL="http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2015/10/17/3713554/guide-to-whether-george-w-bush-was-president-on-911/"]An Investigation Into The Controversy Tearing The GOP Apart[/URL]

[QUOTE]On Friday, Donald Trump generated substantial controversy when he asserted that George W. Bush was president at the time of the 9/11 attacks.


“When you talk about George Bush, I mean, say what you want, the World Trade Center came down during his time,” Trump said. “[URL="http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/videos/2015-10-16/donald-trump-on-yellen-clinton-sanders-and-taxes"]He was president, O.K.?[/URL]”


Jeb Bush immediately pushed back, calling Trump’s comments “[URL="https://twitter.com/JebBush/status/655098096649707520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"]pathetic[/URL]” and insisting “my brother kept us safe.”


The media jumped on to the burgeoning controversy. According to The New York Times the idea that Bush was president on 9/11 and failed to stop the attack is a “break from the GOP.”
[INDENT] In a break with the GOP, Donald Trump suggests George Bush failed to stop 9/11 attacks [URL]http://t.co/Y8RtgtaKBu[/URL] [URL="http://t.co/kd6m0ZoRUZ"]pic.twitter.com/kd6m0ZoRUZ[/URL]
— The New York Times (@nytimes) [URL="https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/655192776833912832"]October 17, 2015[/URL]
[/INDENT]Was George W. Bush president on September 11, 2001? It’s time to settle this once and for all.
[/QUOTE]

xilman 2015-10-18 09:37

[QUOTE=ewmayer;412976]Surprised to not see any Spinal Tap drummers in the [strike]clickbait-o-rama[/strike] list. Were there at least any members of the "27 club" who died in bizarre gardening accidents, of the kind the police would prefer to 'leave unsolved'?[/QUOTE]Or, indeed, any who drowned in someone else's vomit.


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