Submission + - NSA has total access via Microsoft Windows (wnd.com)
An anonymous reader writes: NSA has total access via Microsoft Windows http://www.wnd.com/2013/06/nsa-has-total-access-via-microsoft-windows/?cat_orig=politics
Submission + - Self-Hosted E-mail Alternatives 1
Likes Microsoft writes: It seems likely that the NSA's PRISM program is an extension of previously known efforts to tap and record large portions of information-rich internet traffic. Namely, as discussed in Security Now #408, the NSA is probably tapping internet traffic close to where it goes in and out of the likes of Google, Microsoft and Yahoo, as well as large ISP's. Most SMTP e-mail traffic is unencrypted in any way, and I don't like the idea that even without a warrant, the government can be snooping my communications in a catch-all dragnet.
I read the Slashdot discussion, Ask Slashdot: Self-Hosted Gmail Alternatives. However, I am mainly interested in getting my e-mail traffic away from the fat pipes that the NSA is most likely to be drinking from. I would be willing to consider a high-quality, low-traffic webmail service that might sidestep at least some of the surveillance. Of course, since I subscribe to one of those large ISP's (Comcast), and don't have much other choice in my location, I would need to be able to connect using well-secured SSL in the browser or with POP/IMAP.
I read the Slashdot discussion, Ask Slashdot: Self-Hosted Gmail Alternatives. However, I am mainly interested in getting my e-mail traffic away from the fat pipes that the NSA is most likely to be drinking from. I would be willing to consider a high-quality, low-traffic webmail service that might sidestep at least some of the surveillance. Of course, since I subscribe to one of those large ISP's (Comcast), and don't have much other choice in my location, I would need to be able to connect using well-secured SSL in the browser or with POP/IMAP.
Comment Re:What's the harm? (Score 1) 141
Can't mod so: Insightful!
P.S.: I think it is: Mit der Dummheit kämpfen selbst Götter vergebens
Comment Misleading title (Score 1) 121
It wasn't a mutation they talk about in this paper but rather a gene that is different expressed in mice and Human. This little difference leads to remarkable different brain size. It is a big step towards understanding why our brain has this huge cortex (which is folded) and it is this cortex where all our higher brain functions are located, Math, language, etc. Of course a big brain is not necessary more intelligent than a smaller brain, but given the right input while its develops it is far superior to every other brain. For prove see history...
Comment Re:"sleep well"? Really? (Score 1) 197
a) from whom are you hearing this no more secure...?
b) in this very special case the mentioned Open/DD-WRT system doesn't have this security hole?
Comment Re:What about OpenWRT? :) (Score 1) 197
Yeah great, first thing to do when you get a new router. But you do realize that you are on slashdot and neither my father nor my kids or any of my friends know slashdot or would dare to flash a new router... In other words 99% of the population do know everything about facebook and angry birds, but nothing about router systems, security, backdoors or anything closely related that isn't an icon they can click or touch...
Comment Re:One small problem (Score 1) 368
Yes, I know scaling a voltage on a Josephson junction might be difficult, but apart from those little technical problems ... ;-)
Comment Re:One small problem (Score 2) 368
The AC Josephson effect (Wikipedia)
With a fixed voltage across the junctions, the phase will vary linearly with time and the current will be an AC current with amplitude and frequency . The complete expression for the current drive becomes .... This means a Josephson junction can act as a perfect voltage-to-frequency converter.
So if you can apply 30 V to a Josephson junction you would get 14 THz...
Comment Re:Great, more OSS fracturing (Score 1) 214
"...as a reminder to me of why the open source movement is at such a disadvantage and never seems to make any real progress..."
Funny, software development is a kind of evolutionary process which causes forks and branches, some proliferate (android) some die. What's your point,if it doesn't make any progress, get rid of all your linux devices close by, that would include settop boxes, media servers, most of the backbone of your internet provider and you wont believe it but also your dish washer. Linux and Opensource is nowadays so abundant, you can't get anything with a system running (house security systems in particular) except you want Windows :-)
Submission + - University education without spending a dime ? Thi (simbadirectory.com)
simbadirectory writes: If you are an entrepreneur like me this page is really not for you, but for most of young people out there, education is the only way out of poverty or a bridge to their long term goals. Young people these days have been under a lot of pressure to meet academic goals, due to high demand in most jobs on university graduates. From this perspective, getting your masters or phd degrees will definitely increase your chances of landing that dream job of yours !!
Submission + - Steve Jobs recommends Android for fans of porn (wired.com)
hansamurai writes: "After being asked about the App Store's recent ban on "sexy apps," Steve Jobs responded, "We do believe we have a moral responsibility to keep porn off the iPhone. Folks who want porn can buy an Android phone. You know, there's a porn store for Android, you can download nothing but porn. You can download porn, your kids can download porn. That's a place we don't want to go, so we're not going to go there." Apps such as Playboy's and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition are still available on the App Store, however, as they come from "more reputable companies.""
Submission + - UK Decides It Needs More Cameras (telegraph.co.uk)
idealsam writes: The increasing surveillance of UK citizens seems to know no bounds as the British government begins testing of new satellite-based speed cameras. "The cameras, which combine number plate reading technology with a global positioning satellite receiver, are similar to those used in roadworks."
Comment Re:Correction (Score 1) 135
Wouldn't they get even shorter interconnects between the cores, if the finally go into the third dimension? "Cube" would have a totally new meaning. they just have to solve these heat problems...
Comment Re:But... (Score 1) 207
Come on, look at the numbers (uid) he's still learning...humor, irony, all that B.S.
Successful Launch of ESA's Herschel and Planck 121
rgarbacz writes "Today at 13:12 GMT, the ESA launched successfully new and long-awaiting spacecraft: Herschel, the infrared telescope with a 3.5m mirror, and Planck, the CMB mapper. The spacecraft were carried by the Ariane-5, which lifted off from Kourou in French Guiana. They will stay in L2 to perform the research. This launch is one of the most expensive and important missions of the European Space Agency. Planck will measure the CMB with an accuracy more than 10 times better than the previous mission, WMAP. Because of this high sensitivity, both spacecraft are cooled to temperatures close to absolute zero by on-board liquid helium; staying in L2 is very helpful to maintain this state. Both spacecraft are designed to observe the Universe at its infancy: Herschel by observing the first stars and galaxies (whichever came first), and Planck by scrutinizing the first photons that were set free, making up the cosmic microwave background radiation."
