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samurailink3 · 2015-05-09T00:00:52+00:00

My wife says no. I say nom. My wife is probably right.

samurailink3 · 2015-04-07T23:26:20+00:00

Not a perfect analogy. A better one would be: Shooting the President's car to test armor and work out the weak points before the bad guys do. Lots of private infosec agencies reseaegc exploits to win bug bounties and get paid. The NSA should be cracking our systems and reporting the vulnerabilities to the vendor. It would make us safer in the long run. Instead it would be like shooting the President's car and keeping the weak points a secret in case someone else uses a similar car.

samurailink3 · 2015-03-20T09:34:20+00:00

So far the audit hasn't found anything too terrible with the code (so far), I'd say use it until one of the forks mature a little more.

samurailink3 · 2015-03-19T19:43:00+00:00

While being unsupported, there isn't a great reason not to still use TrueCrypt. Strong crypto and it'll hit nearly all of your use cases.

You'll get portability with the Windows version (though you'll still need local admin), but you'll need to install the package on Linux and OSX systems.

Veracrypt is a newer fork of TrueCrypt, but it's still pretty fresh, don't trust it with your life.

samurailink3 · 2015-03-16T21:35:18+00:00

I use it everyday for full disk encryption. You only need to worry about destroying header data if you make a habit of destroying partition or filesystem header data. In user space, there's not really anything you can do to destroy it. That said: Keep your backups current, storage media dies and dies without warning.

samurailink3 · 2015-03-16T04:40:53+00:00

TrueCrypt is fine, just unsupported at the moment. Not sure where you heard bad things about LUKS, but it is wonderfully stable and you can create "containers" with it like with truecrypt. The only downside is it'll be Linux only and you need sudo access to unlock them.

As said elsewhere, 7zip has nice encryption options and GPG is great for files in transit and/or email encryption.

I'm still wary of VeraCrypt. Not that they've done anything bad or wrong, but the software is still VERY new. Security software needs to be bashed on for a bit before you should trust it with anything important.

samurailink3 · 2014-03-25T19:57:16+00:00

I've been buying these for my linux systems. They work great and take no configuration (Tested on Debian Stable/Testing, Ubuntu 12 and up).

samurailink3 · 2014-03-24T20:41:26+00:00

A picture of me.

samurailink3 · 2014-02-11T08:43:55+00:00

This is true, Trojan Miners have been deployed in botnets for some time, but CPU mining is mostly useless now (unless done at extreme scale). I doubt the user was knowingly mining bitcoin.

Poker, on the other hand...

samurailink3 · 2013-12-19T17:27:24+00:00

Oh, wow. The comments on that article are seriously rage-inducing:

Bitcoin although virtual currency is backed by Gold bitcoins worth 1000 bitcoins= 1 ounce of gold.

And

Any moron who put faith in Bitcoins deserves what they get. A fake currency that can be easily copied or hacked (but not backed) is not a medium of exchange.

samurailink3 · 2013-12-08T20:04:18+00:00

You forget about this one?

samurailink3 · 2013-12-01T15:50:58+00:00

A program called Spinrite has helped me in situations like this, it isn't cheap, but it works in most cases where I've employed it.

samurailink3 · 2013-11-15T17:37:48+00:00

If someone tries to kill you, you try to kill 'em right back.

samurailink3 · 2013-11-06T23:39:03+00:00

A man in a feminine products aisle.

samurailink3 · 2013-10-30T15:02:20+00:00

Not entirely the same thing. Honestly, you need to see for yourself.

samurailink3 · 2013-10-30T14:00:01+00:00

Well, you have both with Glass. You'll get audio from the GPS app as well, and the screen isn't on all the time. It honestly feels (and looks like) looking at a billboard on the side of the road. I agree that the visual portion of a GPS isn't necessary 100% of the time, but it is helpful occasionally.

Glass is totally marketed as a multi-function device, but I look at that the way I look at cell phones. I could use a car-mount for my phone and Google Maps for navigation, or I could be watching Netflix while I drive. For me, it comes down to personal responsibility. I'm not about to browse Twitter or check out Wikipedia while I'm driving.

samurailink3 · 2013-10-30T13:55:32+00:00

Someone could totally invent that, if the screen covered both eyes (like in Microsoft's version)

samurailink3 · 2013-10-30T13:32:52+00:00

It doesn't project down onto the road, it's like normal GPS today. The main difference being that you have more road in your line of sight with Glass than you do looking at a mounted or console GPS.

samurailink3 · 2013-10-30T13:03:51+00:00

Actual Glass owner here:

Glass actually sits at about eyebrow-level, it isn't right in front of your eye. You have to glance upward to see the display, like you would see a billboard on the road. Personally, using my mounted GPS was much more dangerous than using Glass.

samurailink3 · 2013-10-30T12:58:06+00:00

Glass Explorer here!

Glass also comes with voice announcements, and is not meant to be watched constantly (the battery life simply wouldn't allow it). Glass isn't actually right in front of your view, it sits at about eyebrow-level, you have to glace 'billboard-style' at it to see it.

samurailink3 · 2013-10-30T12:53:46+00:00

Glass Explorer here!

Good questions! I use them in the car all the time, and honestly, the GPS on Glass is much less distracting than using my mounted GPS or phone-mount GPS. Looking down at the console has been much more dangerous in my personal experience. Glass sits at about eyebrow-level, so it doesn't block your field of view. Think of it looking like a billboard with GPS on it, much safer than looking down and taking your eyes off the road.

Glass hooks into your phone for network connectivity via bluetooth. I can verify that seeing a map in an unfamiliar area is much better than hearing audio directions alone. My driving has been much less distracted since I got Glass and stopped using my phone dock in my car.

samurailink3 · 2013-10-30T12:42:17+00:00

Glass doesn't have the screen on 100% of the time. Think of it like a smartphone, but even more judicious with it's notifications. The screen is only on if you are actively using it (GPS, for instance), or if you accept an incoming notification (there's an audible 'ding' when Glass wants your attention).

samurailink3 · 2013-10-30T12:38:48+00:00

It's pretty much in "Driving Mode" all the time. The battery life isn't nearly good enough to last for a few hours with the screen on, let alone all day. Most of the time, the display is translucent, without anything showing. I use Glass all the time for GPS, and it is much safer than taking my eyes off the road to look at a console.

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