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Re:A relatively easy to understand primer on elliptic curve cryptograp...
on Friday February 26, 2016 @11:48PM (#11186114)
Using the tangent line at that point.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliptic_curve_point_multiplic...
Re:The UK's Proposed Spy Law Would Force Apple to Secretly Hack its Ph...
on Thursday February 25, 2016 @10:12PM (#11179607)
I feel like that would be a financially detrimental move in the case of the US.
Re:Facebook's AI Points Internet Drones to Where the People Are
on Monday February 22, 2016 @01:17PM (#11152960)
Yes, this is made possible by WiFi probe requests, which broadcast your MAC address and previously associated access points.
Re:Issues with corporate censorship and mass surveillance
on Monday February 22, 2016 @12:51PM (#11152709)
> I'm skeptical that cloud flare can somehow be roped into 'corporate censorship' -- they IMHO clearly were not founded or intended to enable some sort of nefarious intent. Quite the opposite in fact.
The fact that CloudFlare makes it challenging for users from a particular network to access common resources is, in itself, a form of censorship. This is especially problematic due to the nature of people who tend to use Tor, i.e. those who seek some level of anonymity for various reasons. I don't believe CloudFlare is malicious or intends to block legitimate Tor users. But it is censorship nonetheless, hence the title.
Re:Issues with corporate censorship and mass surveillance
on Monday February 22, 2016 @12:33PM (#11152570)
Thank you. That is a good first step to tackling this problem.
Re:Beware of hacked ISOs if you downloaded Linux Mint on February 20th
on Saturday February 20, 2016 @11:07PM (#11143253)
Linux Mint doesn't seem to prioritize security in general. No TLS for ISOs, no easily spottable signatures for ISOs, marking security updates untrusted by default...
Re:Early Impacts of Let's Encrypt
on Saturday February 20, 2016 @05:19PM (#11142233)
Yes, it's almost too convenient. Lazy me is still slightly miffed that auto nginx is not fully supported, however.
Re:San Bernardino County tweets it reset attacker iCloud password at F...
on Saturday February 20, 2016 @05:13PM (#11142209)
Apple has the encryption keys for data stored on iCloud servers. The FBI wants a backdoor into the phone itself.