The question is not breaking the key but determining the message underneath. The blocks are still only 128 bits in length, deducing these can be trivial, and that is how the HTTPS/SSL/TLS attach are accomplished, via known plain text attacks.
Today on CNN, the commentators after the Brennan press conference said that the CIA was correct in saying that no non-bad-guys were killed by drone strikes. That's because the CIA redefined bad-guys to be any human of fighting age (13-60). So, that means that Grandma and your kid brother are free to use encryption, because they definitely aren't terrorists. They get to keep their shoes on at the airport, so there you go!
Thanks TechyImmigrant! Lost track of the block size for a moment. Over the last three years, I've been developing a block cypher. I was surprised to see that AES sole security is XORing the key with mono-substitution translations of the plain text. The 128 bit version can be broken on my laptop...
Don't forget it is the NSA who approves what type of encryption are legal for citizens to own. In the case of AES relies solely that combining 256 random bits with 256 non random bits, sufficiently, is too difficult to decipher except for the most powerful computer systems.
There was a case where Best Buy (long time ago when 100MB Zip disk were the rage) re-sold Zip-disks containing someone's pr0n stash. So the source of the media doesn't really matter.
Any media, no matter what it's packaging can be a vector for viruses. USB is the most heinous because a device could be the size of a micro BlueTooth tranciever, report it self as a keyboard, and install gigabytes of virus code on a computer system. There's no bigger risk to security than physical contact.
Or for that matter "made in China" and sold by a US brand. Are there any consumer electronics that are not?
By the way, would a "Made in Russia" tag be a worse or better?
Mexico really got the short end of the stick, but it happened for a couple of reasons. First off was the nationalization of oil production. US oil and gas companies had explored and drilled for oil and were reaping the benefits of harvesting it. Then the government declared these oil operations were owned by the government (part of a socialist movement, still alive in Mexico today).
Although Mexico was one of the most stable Latin American countries from 1920-1970, the oil crisis of the 1970's (caused by Nixion's decision to take the US of the gold standard and cause US currency to be 100% fiat) caused major inflation during that time period. This causes Mexico to default on its external debt, in 1982. Through out the '80s, the result was inflation and devaluation, causing major harm to many Mexicans who did not have inflation protection based on debt obligations (i.e. the common man).
Sub-living wage is pushing it. I think the goal is to keep programers at a wage similar to other "office workers." But in reality programers are more like engineers, who like accountants and actuaries receiver a higher pay scale than your average human-resources wonk.
As a US citizen, I can't agree with you more. We have perceived immigration issues, because millions of people have entered on foot or otherwise across the southern boarder without stopping at an immigration station to register. All because there is so much money to be had from performing manual labor compared to any type of employment in many so called Latin American countries. This, of course, is illegal, because laws were enacted to keep undesirables out of the country.
So at the same time, a law that is ineffective in discouraging people from entering without legal documentation, discourages many who would normally immigrate with complete authorization because the process is too cumbersome and limited. I personally don't know what a better process would be, but contribution the non-black-market economy is good for everyone, in the end.
I live in Nebraska and a lawyer friend of mine told me that non-compete clauses have little weight because there has to be parity between the contracted parties. So, unless you have a golden parachute that will pay you for your time during your non-compete duration, the company can sue your new employer, but will loose. This doesn't mean that you won't get socially blackballed for taking your client list with you to your next job.
Which is the opposite of states such as California and New York. My sister occasionally worked as an extra on a daytime-drama filmed in Manhattan (New York). Upon her sixth engagement, she was met by the union steward and told that if she were to return again she would have to present her Screen Actors Guild card or he would shutdown production for the day. Yearly membership cost approximately 6 days of pay. When the director invited her back, they agreed to pay her membership dues so that she could return as an extra again. Guild membership gave here nothing more than the privilege of a couple more days of uncredited extra work. If you got to another occupation that has union involvement, you have to join that union too.
This is what it means when a state does not have Right-To-Work legislation.
Aldus Huxley Brave New World ought to be required reading. Of course, leaving genetics to the chance of birth seems so bourgeoisie and no where near the egalitarian needs of the populace of the twenty-first century.
Most non-scientists are not in a position to evaluate the claims of any given scientist.
I'm pretty sure that was the argument the Church had against releasing full, translated copies of its data, a.k.a. the contents of the Christian Bible.
This argument doesn't pass the sniff test. It is the job of a "scientist" to present claim and data that supports said claim in such a way that it may be consumed by anyone and still stand on its own, only then is there "consensus."
Without life, Biology itself would be impossible.
