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Comment Re:Nice (Score 1) 719

>So the Nobel Peace Prize = "I HATE AMERICA" Prize.

In addition to that: "I HATE AMERICA BUT I LOVE THE EU"Prize.
Guess who won the Nobel Peace prize last year? Huh? Huh?
The US? Nope... Try again!

If they reward him (Snowden) the NPP, it shows that the committee has a backbone of Titanium and balls of Wedontgiveashitium. But is it the smartest thing to do? Mnnnnehdont think so.

Comment Re:Physical bug needed (Score 1) 163

In a related story to that, some researchers had a proof of concept that they could filter out the keyboardstrokes from a power line. Everytime a button on a usb-keyboard is pressed in it will give off some 'fingerprint' on the grounded bit. They somehow got information out of that. Then again, this was in a controlled lab-environment, where the power source was completely stripped of any distortion and the return was examined for little changes. Nevertheless I thought it was quite clever.
I dont think that it would work on a big office with hundreds of usb-keyboards, coffeemachines, electric pencilsharpeners and whatnot. But it is a good story around the camp fire on the next NSA camping trip :-)

Submission + - Kremlin Turns to Typewriters to Avoid Information Leaks (securityweek.com)

wiredmikey writes: Forget about disconnecting computers from the Internet to lower the risk of attack and data compromise, Russian officials are going a step further in order to protect confidential communications. The Federal Guard Service, which is in charge of protecting President Vladimir Putin, is buying several old-fashioned typewriters to prevent leaks that could stem from computer systems.

Pro-Kremlin newspaper Izvestia said the state service was looking to purchase 20 typerwriters because using computers to prepare top-secret documents may no longer be safe. Unlike printers, every typewriter has its own individual pattern of type so it is possible to link every document to a machine used to type it, Izvestia said. "This purchase has been planned for more than a year now," a source at the service, known by its Russian acronym FSO, said on Thursday.

Submission + - Russian Federal Guard Service (FSO) "upgrades" to electric typewriters (telegraph.co.uk)

Razgorov Prikazka writes: The Russian Federal Guard Service (FSO), who are in charge of protecting high level politicians like president Putin (amongst others), are "upgrading" to electric typewriters for writing sensitive documents with. They have found out that computers pose a security risk and this is their answer to it.
On first sight this seems like a very pragmatic and cost-efficient thing to do. However, the FSO has its roots in the KGB and those were the one's who placed keystroke loggers on the popular IBM Selectric electric typewriter 40 years ago! (http://www.qccglobal.com/news/first-keystroke-logger.php)
So how much safer does this make them?

Comment Re:Really (Score 0) 229

Although I am against violence I must admit that some smug glasshole would be able to enrage me. Since I do agree with you that violence is not a civilised path to a better world (a glasshole free one preferably) lets go through the options.
1 - Give them the finger. CONTINUALLY. That way obnoxious behaviour is met with obnoxious behaviour. They will either figure it out, or ask their glasses.
2 - Hold your mobile up to him/her as if you were filming him/her. If he/she ask you if you are filming them just shrug and reply: Maybe.
3 - Refuse to talk to anyone with that stupid thing on their head but acknowledge their existence. Give them any excuse you see fit when they ask for it.
4 - Ignore them completely and totally and so on. No talking, no looking in their direction, nothing. When at a party and the smug ass is in your group drop the line how you used to like that person, but since he became a glasshole not anymore. When they put them off for a second warmly greet them and tell them that just a second ago a glasshole was here.
5 - When left unregarded for a second, put it in a 'safe place'. No need to trash it or throw it in a canal, but just put it somewhere and give it back when you are about to depart the situation you are in.
6 - When they try to enter your house / shop / workplace / bar / other, tell them that this is a glasshole-unfriendly place and have them put it away. Make sure they are well informed NOT to take it out under ANY circumstance.
7 - Make jokes about Glassholes. It is wrong to make jokes about people who NEED glasses (or any other stuff they cant help), but it IS funny to make jokes about stupid choices. Like jokes about neo-nazis or sports-fanatics or glassholes.
8 - Shout at them not to look at you. Be firm leaning to aggressiveness. If they want to pivot the glas-mounting-point shout even louder. "DONT LOOK AT ME. DONT LOOK AT ME! I DARE YOU!!!. (this is not assault right?)

Ok, I am out of ideas, care to add some?

Comment Re: Really (Score 1) 229

Hear! Hear! One of the sweetest things about irony is that you never see it coming!
Weird reaction too; I broke my nose and the glasses are somewhere orbiting my optical nerve right now, but the whole thing is in the cloud now! Happy happy joy joy! Hopefully the court will indeed say; that is your own fault for harassing people, now bugger off!
http://youtu.be/xKTseEpWrYc

Submission + - Russia claims Snowden did not cross their border. (bbc.co.uk) 1

Razgorov Prikazka writes: The BBC reports that the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated: [Snowden] had not crossed the Russian border. "We are in no way involved with either Mr Snowden, his relations with US justice, nor to his movements around the world," Mr Lavrov said. Correspondents say Mr Lavrov's comments suggest that Mr Snowden remained airside after landing in Moscow, and so has technically never entered Russian territory.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23045790
So where is Snowden now? The Dutch comic "Fokke & Sukke" have a tip for Snowden: If you dont want to be tried at an American court there is only one place to go: Guantanamo Bay. http://foksuk.nl/

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