Microsoft calls this the "secure attention sequence." I have heard that older PCs' keyboard interfaces would directly generate an interrupt on reception of ctrl+alt+del, but I can't find anything to back that up.

Supposedly ctrl+alt+del was chosen to be the SAS in Windows NT because no existing app used it as a key combination.

Deterrence is easy to measure if you're wiretapping everyone.

You're right -- liquids over 100ml are still not permitted through the checkpoint.

This is exactly how the PS3 got thoroughly 0wned. I'm curious what the problem with SecureRandom is.

... is that supposedly Android's "secure" random number generation... isn't. This could potentially affect much more than Bitcoin wallets.

Does anyone know what the issue is? This article seems to suggest it's a vulnerability in the SecureRandom class, but no actual details.

The only content you can create on the Surface are Office docs. And only personal content -- use of the included Office software for any organization (including non-profits) requires a separate, full Office license.

No. The bootloader is locked down, and since there are code signing requirements for apps, you can't even run a VM.

... about 2 seconds.

This sounds almost like what the government is already deploying. In one context, x-ray trucks are terrorism. In the other, they're part of the counter-terrorism effort.

And yes, I know the doses would be different, but where do you draw the line?

I believe these use Cell Broadcasts, which allows SMSes to be broadcast to all phones subscribed to them.

Verizon will no longer sell you BRI ISDN in the northeast US.

One interesting thing that episode mentioned is that Verizon is no longer selling ISDN BRI service.

It seems pretty clear to me that circuit switched networks will be phased out in the next 10 years. AT&T has petitioned the FCC to transition to an all-IP network by 2018. At that point, you might have virtual circuit-switched connections, but with none of the advantages of real circuit-switched networks or the cost savings of IP. Existing copper lines were never intended to carry much bandwidth, so while they're still used for last-mile access in many cases (e.g. DSL), going forward it seems like coax or fiber are going to be the only competitive technologies. I believe some telcos are already replacing twisted pair bundles damaged by Hurricane Sandy with fiber.

If you read the linked article, it sounds like he was detained for making threats towards people in the federal government. Given his training, these threats have to be taken seriously.

Why do you think they've left those CS2 download links up, despite tons of people believing Adobe is giving it away? If they cared, they could implement minimal serial number validation.