Archive for the 'Technology' Category
The Amazon 1Button App Is Very Bad
July 14th, 2013I doubt that any of you have this installed, but just in case… Via: Kotowicz: Though intercepting HTTPS connections is possible, we can only do it via: hacking the CA social engineering (install the certificate) relying on click-through syndrome for SSL warnings Too hard. Let’s try some side channels. Let me show you how you […]
Kremlin Security Agency to Buy Typewriters to Avoid Leaks
July 13th, 2013Is this real? As a fan of Meanwhile in Russia, nothing would surprise me. Via: BBC: Russia’s agency responsible for the Kremlin security is buying typewriters – a move reportedly prompted by recent leaks by WikiLeaks and Edward Snowden. A 486,540-rouble (£9,860) order for electric typewriters has been placed by the FSO agency on the […]
ATLAS Humanoid Robot
July 12th, 2013Via: DARPA / Boston Dynamics: Say hello to ATLAS, one of the most advanced humanoid robots ever built! ATLAS was developed for DARPA by Boston Dynamics. Software-focused teams from Tracks B and C of the DARPA Robotics Challenge will use the robot to compete in the first physical competition of the Challenge in December 2013 […]
NSA Code Used in Google Phone to “Enhance Security” *wink*
July 12th, 2013Via: Democracy Now: The tech giant Google has confirmed the National Security Agency furnished some of the code installed in its new Android phone. The NSA says the code is intended to enhance security against hackers and marketers, but will not confirm whether it also aids the agency’s PRISM program monitoring the global Internet.
Australia: Telstra Has Been Storing Customer Data on Behalf of U.S. Government for Over a Decade
July 12th, 2013Via: Sydney Morning Herald: Telstra agreed more than a decade ago to store huge volumes of electronic communications it carried between Asia and America for potential surveillance by United States intelligence agencies. Under the previously secret agreement, the telco was required to route all communications involving a US point of contact through a secure storage […]
Encryption According to Microsoft: Cops and Spooks Can Access Your Data
July 12th, 2013Via: Guardian: Microsoft has collaborated closely with US intelligence services to allow users’ communications to be intercepted, including helping the National Security Agency to circumvent the company’s own encryption, according to top-secret documents obtained by the Guardian. The files provided by Edward Snowden illustrate the scale of co-operation between Silicon Valley and the intelligence agencies […]
Scientists Create Artificial Human Chromosome
July 11th, 2013Via: Independent: Scientists have created genetically-engineered mice with artificial human chromosomes in every cell of their bodies, as part of a series of studies showing that it may be possible to treat genetic diseases with a radically new form of gene therapy. In one of the unpublished studies, researchers made a human artificial chromosome in […]
Lack of Experienced Pilots, Boneheaded FAA Policies and Over Reliance on Flight Automation Systems Will Cause More Plane Crashes
July 11th, 2013Via: Natural News: When flight 214 crashed last week at the San Francisco airport, killing two people and injuring dozens, many people were in a state of disbelief. How could a Boeing 777 — the “Titanic” of commercial airliners — be piloted so carelessly that the pilot seemingly flew it into the seawall and caused […]
Solar Powered Plane Completes Cross-Country Flight
July 8th, 2013Via: AP: A solar-powered aircraft completed the final leg of a history-making cross-country flight Saturday night, gliding to a smooth stop at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport. The Solar Impulse touched down at JFK at 11:09 p.m., completing the final leg of the cross-continental journey that started in California in early May. For […]
Firefox 22: How to Zoom Text But Not Images
July 8th, 2013With version 22, Firefox is now paying attention to the system wide zoom setting in Windows 7. This is resulting in both the text and images being enlarged in Firefox for those of us who set the global zoom at “Medium – 125%” or “Larger – 150%” in Windows 7 Control Panel – Appearance and […]
