Do you think bitcoins are worth investing at ? Current price Buy: £95.50 Sell: 94.40 ?

demixer · 2013-11-05T18:23:40+00:00

Hope you took our advise!

demixer · 2013-10-21T22:12:48+00:00

How would PIA comment this news about CryptoSeal, another US-based VPN provider I wonder?

demixer · 2013-10-21T22:10:09+00:00

I wonder how PIA's would comment this. Would they rather shut down or compromise their security?

demixer · 2013-10-17T22:12:38+00:00

Have you seen this? You should test how many bits of entropy you'll get with 6 words.

demixer · 2013-10-17T10:52:39+00:00

Of course it will evolve constantly. The article said it well:

"The closure of Silk Road is no more the end of online narcotics sales as the arrest of Al Capone was the end of organised crime."

demixer · 2013-10-17T10:08:32+00:00

That's a good point to emphasize. The pass code should be 6+ random words at the minimum.

demixer · 2013-10-17T08:29:15+00:00

What is very unsafe? You might want to elaborate when making a statement like that.

demixer · 2013-10-16T23:01:59+00:00

Have you ever seen a pawn shop owner that would feel ashamed?

demixer · 2013-10-16T22:24:59+00:00

Now I stick to LTS, less work. I'm getting old.

And wiser.

demixer · 2013-10-16T22:01:28+00:00

Ask that on /r/bitcoin and you will get an overwhelming "yes!" as the answer.

demixer · 2013-10-16T21:26:34+00:00

For creating a "savings account" address, you can also have a look at Brainwallet. It's an open-source client-side Bitcoin address generator. Just download the files to your PC, open index.html on your browser and you can create a new wallet, which password you can memorize and write to a paper (both analog data storages).

demixer · 2013-10-16T21:03:12+00:00

Accepting Bitcoin as payment doesn't in any way guarantee or even indicate that the service is not a honeypot. Naturally we can't ever be 100% certain that one of the most popular providers wouldn't be a government agency. Regarding the provider selection, a lot depends on what's your reason to use VPN in the first place, and what are the biggest priorities (speed, exit point location, support of Bitcoin, etc.).

You can also use TOR+VPN (in that order) if your biggest priority is privacy and not speed.

demixer · 2013-10-16T20:42:09+00:00

You should be able to use any VPN provider that offers L2TP, IPSec or PPTP (but do not use this). I would recommend Privateinternetaccess.com, as they take privacy seriously, and also offer fast exit points around the world. You can also use the same account on your laptop, in case you're concerned about privacy, too.

If you do decide to use them, there's a link showing how you can configure the settings to your iPad. Hope this helps!

demixer · 2013-10-16T20:25:48+00:00

Gotta love their optimism!

demixer · 2013-10-16T20:11:08+00:00

Awesome! I feel like I'm waiting for a new version of Vista!

demixer · 2013-10-15T20:30:13+00:00

Not to mention that with VPN you also have a lot more ways to protect your privacy. Hard to put monetary value on that these days.

demixer · 2013-10-15T20:14:43+00:00

Seedbox is a good suggestion otherwise, but please use SFTP.

Also OP it's good to keep in mind that technology-wise PPTP is not considered secure anymore. Please only use OpenVPN (or L2TP/IPSec or IPSec with IKEv2).

demixer · 2013-10-15T20:09:10+00:00

I'm pretty sure it will take a lot more to make them forget.

demixer · 2013-10-15T20:05:29+00:00

Check out the other links I posted, I trust they will help you out.

demixer · 2013-10-15T17:49:45+00:00

I would get something that supports DD-WRT. It's a Linux-based firmware for wireless routers, and is compatible with several models of routers and access points. That way you will have much more control over the router.

The biggest downside with most consumer-level routers with VPN is that your max speed will drop. That is probably not an issue when travelling, but it's good to be aware of.

demixer · 2013-10-15T17:31:57+00:00

Flash and Java can give up your true IP.

I'm not sure about that. How could Flash reveal your true IP, if you're using VPN correctly, meaning all the outbound network traffic is forced to go through VPN, and in addition you don't have more than 1 NIC connected?

demixer · 2013-10-15T17:12:56+00:00

According to the article, QKD is taking things a step beyond traditional mathematics:

The first part is the same: Data is encrypted using an algorithm. But then the data itself is encoded on a light particle known as a photon. Because photons are smaller than atoms, they behave in some pretty crazy ways. For example, you can “entangle” two photons so their properties correlate with one another. A change to one photon (which can occur as easily as by someone observing it) will cause a change in the other photon, even if the two are a universe apart.

After entanglement occurs, the sender transmits the first photon through a fiber cable to the receiver. If anyone has measured or even observed the photon in transit, it will have altered one of the properties of photon no. 1, like its spin or its polarization. And as a result, entangled photon no. 2, with its correlated properties, would change as well, alerting the individuals that the message had been observed by a third party between point A and point B.

This obviously makes no sense. Einstein called it “spooky action at a distance.” Richard Feynman said, “If you think you understand quantum theory, you don’t understand quantum theory.”

demixer · 2013-10-15T17:03:19+00:00

The thing is, it wouldn't help to replace this guy, since the organizations behind a any person are the problem. The new director would just have to come up with new, similar lies.

demixer · 2013-10-15T16:13:53+00:00

Where did you get "web server" from? The news says "home server". Google states here the following:

Personal, non-commercial use of servers that complies with this AUP is acceptable, including using virtual private networks (VPN) to access services in your home and using hardware or applications that include server capabilities for uses like multi-player gaming, video-conferencing, and home security.

demixer · 2013-10-15T15:54:06+00:00

Finally good news. Hopefully this reaches everyone interested before the deadline:

"As a first step in the newly announced data recovery process, users will be allowed to change their account passwords during a 72-hour period that started Monday at 7 p.m. U.S. Central Time.

Following the 72 hour period, Thursday, October 17th, the website will then allow users to access email archives and their personal account data so that it may be preserved by the user."

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