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France Suspects Russian Space Attack Targeted Military Satellite(bloomberg.com)
3 points by assafs 8y ago|0 comments
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Caesars Palace security intimidates DEF CON goers, seize soldering irons(arstechnica.com)
44 points by assafs 8y ago|8 comments
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by assafs 12y ago
What about Lenovo? There is quite a non-trivial number of Chinese firms that have managed to do so, but admittedly not in the consumer space.
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by assafs 13y ago
What is such a misogynistic link even doing on HN? Not only is it offensive, but it literally offers no value -- banal visualisation, based on the author's PERSONAL EXPERIENCE and some data he got off a pickup artists' forum? Seri
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by assafs 13y ago
A good deal of encrypted material these days depends on the security of the private key, though -- e.g., HTTPS loses a good deal of security if the server's private key is known. Given the reach of PRISM and related projects, and given
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by assafs 13y ago
Even if Moore's Law holds up that long, Second Law of Thermodynamics says you can't brute-force 256-bit keys[1]. However, it's entirely possible (though unlikely) that actual, significant progress will be made either in DLP o
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by assafs 13y ago
In other cases, a very complex problem can be stated very simply, especially to a lay person. A good example is the Jordan curve theorem[1], which at first sight seems like a trivial problem but in effect requires a good deal of topology an
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by assafs 14y ago
What's wrong with it? It keeps system with less cruft, allows the vendor to focus on current attack surface only, and makes everyone stay more-or-less up to date. Just look at how quickly, relatively, the whole Flashback outbreak simply...
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by assafs 14y ago
Me, too!
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by assafs 14y ago
Try 'ad hominem'
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by assafs 14y ago
"Some credit cards were stolen during breach of company X; to see if your card was stolen, please enter your card number, CCV and zip code!" NEVER give your password to a third party; the only safe recourse is to change the LinkedIn passwor