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Re:UK’s NHS Covid-19 App
on Thursday May 07, 2020 @03:34PM (#23107206)
https://github.com/nhsx/COVID-19-app-Android-BETA/blob/maste... appears to be looking for Apple devices to wake them back up.
Re:Tin Found in Israel from 3k Years Ago Comes from Cornwall
on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @07:46AM (#22117026)
There has always been speculation that there was a Phoenician connection to Cornwall, but not a lot of archeological evidence.
This stemmed from things like Cornish place names having an unusual number of z's (a Phoenician letter) in them, and other similarities.
Re:The “Cobra Effect” that is disabling paste on password fields
on Monday June 27, 2016 @09:03AM (#11985864)
Yes, I wrote it and it is intended as a demo only. I have not put in the finite field logic in that implementation. It shows the concepts though.
Re:The “Cobra Effect” that is disabling paste on password fields
on Sunday June 26, 2016 @06:34AM (#11980191)
They can use Shamir's Secret Sharing to achieve this with no plaintext.
see http://willtracz.co.uk/shamir-secret-sharing-and-passwords
Re:Logjam TLS attack
on Wednesday May 20, 2015 @05:36AM (#9575282)
This was fun to find at the end of two days last week when a third-party system was trying to connect via SSL.
Java 8 is the first to allow above 1024-bit Diffie-Hellman parameter values.
Re:Social Login Buttons Aren't Worth It (2012)
on Tuesday July 01, 2014 @06:04PM (#7973764)
It's more pervasive than just registration too if you allow the username to be adjusted. This is again a problem with email addresses that also allows leakage.
Regarding the probability of attack, people should monitor the number of different usernames attempted by a session/IP not just failed attempts against individual accounts. Otherwise it is very easy to try thousands of username combinations with a selected weak password.
Re:The Great Big Porn Block is coming
on Monday December 23, 2013 @10:07AM (#6954590)
This has already happened.
The Internet Watch Foundation already tell ISPs to block child pornography, and the court system can tell ISPs to block file-sharing/streaming sites.
It is a myth that the internet is uncensored in the UK at the moment.
Shamir's Secret Sharing & Password Challenges
Using Quadtrees for Image Replacements in Email
Re:Show HN: an alternative to AdSense
on Monday November 05, 2012 @10:05AM (#4743773)
Isn't this similar to Skimlinks i.e. you don't get paid by them until conversion?
Re:Referly (YC S12) Raises $1M To Bring Affiliate Commerce To Everyone
on Monday October 15, 2012 @04:14PM (#4656944)
The code to do this is on Github (at least for the UK): https://github.com/fubralimited/php-oara Affiliate network integration is not a technical challenge at all.
Re:Referly (YC S12) Raises $1M To Bring Affiliate Commerce To Everyone
on Monday October 15, 2012 @04:07PM (#4656920)
You'd be surprised at the level of data the affiliate networks make available to the people using them. Even if you are a small affiliate, purchase/basket level data is on offer.
Re:Dear ICO, Sue Us
on Wednesday September 05, 2012 @08:37AM (#4479037)
Until the ICO start taking people to court it will stay ridiculous, but I think the intent of it is important. Using etags to track individuals is really no different to a cookie with a unique ID...
Having a 10 page complaint form is what is dumb. Why can't you just send a suspect URL, then have it scoured for dubious cookies?