Thanks for the good analysis and code comparison.

RE: Advanced binary analysis of CherryOS: proof of theft

For all you Speedpass users out there... PANIC! No, don't panic actually..

Excerpt: "Faraday shielding offers a short-term, partial remedy. In particular, users may encase their DSTs in aluminum foil or some suitable radio-reflective shielding when not using them. This would defend against active scanning attacks, but not against passive eavesdropping."

Are you thinking what I'm thinking? I can't tell, this foil is suffocating. Cheers, -Pk

Good read. Thanks, PK.

Analysis of the Texas Instruments DST RFID (e.g. Speedpass)

In the stupidest security move microsoft has made to date, they've decided that pirated copies of microsoft products should not recieve security patches.

What's next, 'How to write a worm', published by Microsoft Press?

[ This was inevitable. Its a good idea for their business and a bad idea for computer security on the whole. Its hard to argue that Microsoft has a moral obligation to patch stolen software, but on the other hand this is going to make a bad situation worse. ]

-I think this will backfire on them. All we need is a few very fastly spreading worms and the damage to their reputation will increase as linux's user friendliness increases.

I don't think its a good move on their part - for a lot of reasons.

Microsoft: No Patches for Pirated Windows

They are not required to notify you. The secret service uses the 'feature' to trace counterfeit money back to where it was printed.

Some laser printers encode documents so they can be traced

No, I'd not seen those. That is hilarious.

] This website pays homage to the fake trees that disguise
] our cell phone towers. Have you seen these things??!
] Every time I see a Bogus Botanical or a Counterfeit
] Conifer, I get a big smile on my face. These Sham Shrubs
] have been manufactured so that you and I can communicate
] with each other, while protecting our delicate aesthetic
] sensibilities.

Fraud Frond.com

] Overdue debtors beware: You may not be able to rely on
] Caller ID to screen out those annoying bill collectors
] much longer. A California entrepreneur has a plan to
] bring the hacker technique of Caller ID spoofing to the
] business world, beginning with collection agencies and
] private investigators.
]
] Slated for launch this week, Star38.com would offer
] subscribers a simple Web interface to a Caller ID
] spoofing system that lets them appear to be calling from
] any number they choose. "It creates an extra avenue for
] them to have someone pick up the phone," says founder
] Jason Jepson.

US website offers Caller ID falsification service | The Register

Unprepared or ill-prepared schools can find themselves facing network problems, service disruptions, and in the worse case FBI agents driving onto the campus with subpoenas to haul off PCs, servers, and computer log data.

University IT MUST deal with the Patriot Act

He studied at the Emanuel School in Wandsworth and later read physics at the Queen's College, Oxford, where he was banned from using the university's computer after being caught hacking.

Tim Berners Lee banned from university after being caught hacking - Now Knighted

I'm watching this situation closely. It seems like a lot of half.com sellers are moving to alibris.com.

To sell there, there is a one time 20.00 fee with a minimum of 500 books on inventory at all times.

So while they will fill the need for larger volume sellers, the average little joe college student with 5 books to sell will currently be forced to pay up on eBay it seems.

Sellyouritem.com could pick up the slack, since they have free listing and the ability to import from excel files, but they are missing the boat and not jumping on this.

-K.

Acidus wrote:
] ] Ebay is closing half.com in mid July.
]
] GOD DAMNIT! I have turned to half.com for several years now as
] the place to get technical books cheap that are not listed
] anywhere else.
]
] The void for cheap online store service will hopefully be
] filled by someone else. I don't have the time to watch ebay
] for a few weeks to happen to catch when a item goes up for
] auction.

RE: Half.com closing in July

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

This has to be the _most_ ignorant and irrational decision ever made by a cable network. Granted, G4 is Comcast's "baby", but that channel absolutely _sucks_ and is very likely to continue to suck. TechTV has managed to produce consistently entertaining and informative programming for quite some time now. Are newbies expected to now learn about computing technology from Microsoft press releases or something?

TechTV Staff Being Fired?