bigfoottoo - Slashdot User

Comment Re:this is disgusting (Score 0) 278

by bigfoottoo on Sunday December 28, 2014 @09:41PM (#48686989) Attached to: Snowden Documents Show How Well NSA Codebreakers Can Pry

I give the NSA a lot of credit though. They're tough competitors. A real class act.

Comment Re:Not that surprising thanks to CALEA (Score 1) 74

by bigfoottoo on Monday December 15, 2014 @02:21PM (#48602347) Attached to: Govt Docs Reveal Canadian Telcos Promise Surveillance Ready Networks

Xipher, if I understand CALEA correctly, it applies to the hardware manufacturers and covers voice, VOIP, and broadband internet. Does CALEA apply to the USER of the hardware. That is, if a person roots his phone and installs an encryption app, does CALEA apply?

Comment Re:How about this one? (Score 1) 62

by bigfoottoo on Thursday November 20, 2014 @11:12AM (#48425797) Attached to: US Intelligence Unit Launches $50k Speech Recognition Competition

I agree. Check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

Comment Re:Some technical info for slashdotters (Score 1) 61

by bigfoottoo on Sunday November 09, 2014 @11:15AM (#48345099) Attached to: Researchers Simulate Monster EF5 Tornado

Wonderful, Orp. Absolutely beautiful work. Kudos.

Comment Re:Ban when you are done testing? (Score 1) 322

by bigfoottoo on Wednesday September 03, 2014 @09:56PM (#47822281) Attached to: The Argument For a Hypersonic Missile Testing Ban

Another video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?... The Russian version has a terminal speed of over Mach 4. A few meters over the water with jinking.

Comment Re:Ban when you are done testing? (Score 3, Interesting) 322

by bigfoottoo on Wednesday September 03, 2014 @09:48PM (#47822255) Attached to: The Argument For a Hypersonic Missile Testing Ban

Rather neat video of Yakhont launch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Comment Re:Hamas are Terrorists (Score 1) 402

by bigfoottoo on Sunday August 03, 2014 @03:14PM (#47594925) Attached to: The High-Tech Warfare Behind the Israel - Hamas Conflict

George Friedman of Stratfor has an excellent analysis of the situation. His opening statement is, "We have long argued that the Arab-Israeli conflict is inherently insoluble." Definitely worth a read.

Comment Re:Good luck with that (Score 1) 340

by bigfoottoo on Saturday June 21, 2014 @10:08AM (#47288283) Attached to: Russia Wants To Replace US Computer Chips With Local Processors

http://www.moneyandshit.com/us...

Comment Re:It's not really a myth anymore (Score 1) 222

by bigfoottoo on Friday June 06, 2014 @06:25PM (#47183621) Attached to: The Sci-Fi Myth of Killer Machines

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

Comment Re: President McCain strikes again! (Score 1) 76

by bigfoottoo on Saturday May 10, 2014 @06:34PM (#46969153) Attached to: DOJ Requests More Power To Hack Remote Computers

"And now I'd like to entertain everybody with some fancy pageant walkin' "

Comment Scrambler (Score 1) 83

by bigfoottoo on Friday April 25, 2014 @10:10PM (#46846105) Attached to: Man Builds DIY Cellphone Using Raspberry Pi

Lovely! Linux with complete access to the mic and speaker. Should be able to pair these up and have reasonably secure scrambled voice communications.

Comment Re:April Fools? (Score 1) 274

by bigfoottoo on Tuesday April 01, 2014 @08:43PM (#46635629) Attached to: NSA Confirms It Has Been Searching US Citizens' Data Without a Warrant

Trogre, you have asked the right question, "Now what, O citizen, are you going to do about it?" The best answer I can see is this: we techheads need to work towards end-to-end encryption in every project we touch. This includes phone conversations. Let the NSA eat static.

Comment Re:Welcome to City 17 (Score 1) 208

by bigfoottoo on Tuesday March 25, 2014 @01:46PM (#46575589) Attached to: White House To Propose Ending NSA Phone Records Collection

"For it was said they had become like those peculiar demons, which dwell in matter but in whom no light may be found." ... An obvious reference to the NSA!

Comment Re:And that's my problem with Snowden... (Score 1) 77

by bigfoottoo on Sunday March 09, 2014 @03:24PM (#46440857) Attached to: The NSA Has an Advice Columnist

I have pondered long and hard about how to characterize you NSA-Types. And, then it came to me in a flash: You guys are the weasels in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit". That's it! From now on, when one of you starts spouting off I will instantly form an image of those slimy bastards! Thanks for your inspirational posting, TrekkieGod!

Comment Re:since when is the FBI a spy agency? (Score 1) 324

by bigfoottoo on Friday February 21, 2014 @01:26PM (#46304725) Attached to: Schneier: Break Up the NSA

"Their systems aren't set up to intercept your calls. It's metadata only."
Johnny, do you honestly expect anyone on Slashdot to believe that?

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