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MICROSOFT ROOLZ #1

RRR-GGGGRRR HURRRN!
posted by Ash at 2006-02-14 23:40

gps: that url better have something to do with zombies

You may already know this, but your cell phone happens to be a miniature tracking device that can be used to monitor your location from afar
posted by coderman at 2006-02-14 22:24

Ash: coderman propoganda machine never sleeps.. big brother loves you! he would never hurt you!
coderman: "the FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice have seized on the ability to locate a cellular customer and are using it to track Americans' whereabouts surreptitiously--even when there's no evidence of wrongdoing.
Ash: FREE KEVAN
silentfury: The US Government doesn't obey the law - SHOCK!
coderman: "A pair of court decisions in the last few weeks shows that judges are split on whether this is legal." - clearly we need less legislating from the bench
coderman: or something...

Pretty damned good jalapeno chip
posted by dopp at 2006-02-14 21:35

dopp: http://taquitos.net/snacks.php?category_code=29 list of 79 different jalapeno chips

http://www.flickr.com/photos/32773575@N00/show/
posted by albo at 2006-02-14 20:39

http://www.osx86project.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=116&Itemid=2
posted by gps at 2006-02-14 19:45

gps: MacOS X 10.4.4 security broken - run it under vmware
gps: a cpu with SSE3 is required

Apple's MacBook Pro ships w/faster CPUs
posted by huslage at 2006-02-14 16:43

huslage: Apple ROX! They upgraded the proc speeds in the MacBook Pro and didn't change the price...even people who ordered 1.6ghz are getting 1.8 and those who ordered 1.8 are getting 2.0!
seti: Way to get into the spotlight again, a month after initial product announcement
uid0: that rocks unless you want the fastest one, which you have to call and pay extra for and then wait longer for it to ship

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/14/419er_jailed/
posted by rik at 2006-02-14 13:39

rik: Nigerian 419er jailed in Nigeria for 376 years.
j_blogs: Did they convict the gullible greedy american fool who thought he was merely taking part in a scam to defraud the Nigerian Health system?
j_blogs: in a cafe, in a canyon, communicating for a crime, lived a minor, 419-er, and his daughter clementine

Phishing scam was granted valid SSL cert by Geotrust automated cert authority
posted by j_blogs at 2006-02-14 12:38

j_blogs: screening done by "a rigorous [software app that checks] for phishy certificate requests that relies on algorithms which check cert requests for certain words, misspellings or phrases that may indicate a phisher is involved"
j_blogs: hahahahahahaha. hahahahahahahahar.
C-Keen: The reason you should always check the certificate...
j_blogs: is... ? the certificate was valid.
C-Keen: wether it is the certificate you are expecting of course
j_blogs: and check it against ... what?
j_blogs: the whole point of a cert authority is that you check if it was issued by the authority, and that is supposed to be enough. which your browser does for you using pre-loaded certs
j_blogs: of course we all know Verisign is trustworthy because it is owned/staffed (i forget which .. maybe both) by (ex?)CIA
j_blogs: Can't believe this journalist let them get away with the old 'they're all in a security conference'. hahahahahahaha. IN THE FREAKING BAHAMAS. WITH YOUR MONAY.
j_blogs: HELLOOOO YOUR CA IS ROOTED. CAN YOU CALL THEM OUT OF THEIR SECURITY CONFERENCE FOR A CHAT?

Slime mold taught to make slashdot postings
posted by j_blogs at 2006-02-14 12:30

ping
posted by j_blogs at 2006-02-14 09:00

Windows Access Control Demystified
posted by C-Keen at 2006-02-14 08:46

j_blogs: <C-Keen> Nice comment here http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=970
C-Keen: Yes I know Bruce Schneier talks about it also...
j_blogs: steal this url
j_blogs: that's that extra key on my keyboard, right?

Australian Senate Q&A re ePassport
posted by j_blogs at 2006-02-14 08:38

j_blogs: remember, this is a politician answering the questions ...
j_blogs: presumably the chip is detectable and indicates that the Australian citizen has Something of Value (TM) in their possession
j_blogs: to someone with the technology to screen for Things of Value (TM) marked with sophisticated highly secure RFID chips
j_blogs: meaning the answer to 5 (c) turns out to be incorrect
j_blogs: even assuming the answers to the other questions were correct .. which isn't always a safe assumption
j_blogs: but then, I guess the Govt doesn't want citizens to feel too empowered or safe when travelling outside their home country ... ?
j_blogs: ALWAYS BE ALERT, CITIZEN

How to seriously fuck a kid up emotionally in one quick step.
posted by Mutiny at 2006-02-14 03:41

C-Keen: site will be restructured. Link is dead.
j_blogs: That name again: GEOTRUST. ya right. geofuck.

http://www.quirksmode.org/
posted by lllllllll at 2006-02-14 02:33

lllllllll: Browsers > Explorer 5.2 on Mac OS X, which is, sadly, a bug ridden crash prone piece of junk.
j_blogs: C also

An Idea on Hiding Encrypted Data Within DNS Packets
posted by powerpenguin61 at 2006-02-14 01:32

j_blogs: i would be more interested in an idea on finding encrypted data within dns packets ...
j_blogs: saves having to come up with data interesting enough to want to hide in dns packets yourself
gps: see dan kaminski's work on abusing dns for fun and profit from a year or two ago (presented at codecon 2005)
    
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