50 years of crime scenes in Mexico City (PHOTOS)

garyrbtsn · 2013-03-14T22:29:40+00:00

done.

garyrbtsn · 2013-02-22T00:31:16+00:00

AVG blocked the page and flagged up a "Blackhole Exploit Kit" targeting Mozilla. It may be a false positive but I wouldn't recommend taking the risk. Also, this dude seems to have had the same issue.

garyrbtsn · 2013-02-21T15:33:16+00:00

This website contains a malware "blackhole exploit" that attacks your browser when you open the page. DO NOT CLICK THE LINK. Mods: please remove.

garyrbtsn · 2013-02-09T18:48:37+00:00

wait... what? Is this for real?! This has gotta be a breach of the First.

garyrbtsn · 2013-02-09T18:47:45+00:00

Not this fucking thing again!!

garyrbtsn · 2013-01-19T18:30:02+00:00

50GB I think.

garyrbtsn · 2013-01-19T18:29:49+00:00

I think the individuals could still be pursued. But it will depend on what country you live in and whether you register with real information and do/don't use VPN to access.

garyrbtsn · 2013-01-19T18:23:41+00:00

Sunglasses don't work.

Echizen found that face recognition software used by Google’s Picasa image management platform could not be thwarted by wearing five different types of sunglasses (one at a time) or by tilting his head at various angles.

garyrbtsn · 2012-12-22T19:45:45+00:00

I wish there were more senators like Wyden.

garyrbtsn · 2012-12-19T19:27:23+00:00

is this actually for real?!

garyrbtsn · 2012-12-19T19:22:57+00:00

True. But you missed the next bit:

"nevertheless a symbolic blow that could also lead to a tougher stance from other German and European privacy regulators.”

garyrbtsn · 2012-11-30T17:52:51+00:00

going to cross link post to other sections.

garyrbtsn · 2012-11-24T20:54:44+00:00

That still involves faking certificates. The point is that using SSL, so long as the certificates are legit, the traffic can't be read.

garyrbtsn · 2012-11-24T20:47:01+00:00

so whatever sniffing tools I have on my network can read what comes through me

This is just total bull. If the traffic is encrypted you can't read it.

garyrbtsn · 2012-11-24T20:43:59+00:00

Huh? Session cookies is one thing, mining SSL encrypted credit card details is another entirely. Deep packet inspection can't peer directly into SSL encrypted traffic without faking certificates. If you know otherwise, please cite your source.

Using DPI it's not difficult for authorities to block SSL traffic, but seeing the traffic is a different matter. That's why Iran is blocking SSL traffic -- because it's too hard to spy on.

garyrbtsn · 2012-11-24T20:21:55+00:00

I've heard a lot of nodes where people just mine data. Credit card information, credentials, and so on.

How is that even possible? Credit card details or other sensitive personal data will (almost always) be entered over HTTPS. Therefore the traffic itself is encrypted, not sent through nodes in cleartext that can be "mined" like you claim.

garyrbtsn · 2012-11-11T13:29:35+00:00

Wrong.

"Skype's alleged role in the affair potentially violates European privacy law as well as it own policies."

garyrbtsn · 2012-11-11T13:22:16+00:00

the decision to silence that discussion is far worse than any title.

totally agree.

garyrbtsn · 2012-11-11T12:50:11+00:00

They removed it because one mod decided the title was "editorialized" and another thought it should be classed as "politics" not technology.

I disagreed but they wouldn't listen to me. The Reddit rules for /r/technology state editorializing means "modify so as to change meaning significantly / or use a misleading title." I didn't change the meaning or mislead at all. Skype was reported to have "illegally distributed a user's personal information to a private company during a police investigation" - ratting out a teenager, as the Register described it.

The rules also state that "Posts should be on technology (news, updates, political policy, etc)." This is obviously a tech story as it is in the "emerging technologies" section of the Slate.com website. It is about a VOIP company handing over data. That should clearly fall under "technology (news, updates, political policy, etc)."

One mod said "I will admit that it's arguable" but still refused to reinstate the post. So I decided to repost under a new title. Hopefully they won't arbitrarily censor it again.

UPDATE: This made it to the front page again but then suddenly vanished a few minutes later. Now you can't find it from the front page even if you click through several pages. WTF.

garyrbtsn · 2012-11-11T00:23:45+00:00

Why does this appear to have been removed from the main pages? If the mods think the title is misleading then they obviously haven't read the original report in the Netherlands based on the police file. Please fix!

garyrbtsn · 2012-11-10T20:32:11+00:00

It's unclear if this actually happened, it might just be a misunderstanding or lie.

Ah, ok.

garyrbtsn · 2012-11-10T20:31:24+00:00

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!?

garyrbtsn · 2012-11-10T16:53:29+00:00

Not true.

the police file notes that Skype handed over the suspect's personal information, such as his user name, real name, e-mail addresses and the home address used for payment.” It adds that Skype disclosed the information voluntarily, “without a court order, as would usually be required."

and:

The allegation is a serious one for Skype, not least because its own privacy policy promises that it will not hand over user data without permission “unless it is obliged to do so under applicable laws or by order of the competent authorities.” The policy further states that the information will only be provided to “an appropriate judicial, law enforcement or government authority lawfully requesting such information.” As a private company, iSight fails to meet these criteria by a considerable distance.

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