I think that using the one-time-pad to encrypt multiple items ends up leaking information if someone gets their hands on those multiple updates. Since you are sending out those updates to "everyone", that doesn't sound optimal. I don't know that this "attack" is particularly feasible however.

You would have the data on a drive unconnected to the network, and of course the password for the encryption is given to them on paper. If you are trying to guard against a dedicated group targeting you specifically, then of course more paranoia would be appropriate. The rest of us are not important enough to worry about that.

Then you WRITE IT DOWN. Then give her the piece of paper with it written down upon. Or give the encrypted files and/or paper with the password to one or more lawyer types to do the holding on for, if you want to really have it properly curated.

I recently got back from a trip to Latin America. Blackerries were *everywhere,* with everyone BBMing like mad. iPhones were almost non-existent, with a smattering of older Android devices. I think we tend to take an America / Western Europe approach when in fact it's apparent that BB remains strong in 'emerging' markets.

The problem I have with 'drone' is there isn't a clear definition of what a 'drone' is.

A thousand-kilogram General Atomics MQ-1 Predator raining freedom (via Hellfire missiles) down upon terrorists is a 'drone' as is one-kilo quadcopter taking webcam pictures of some housing development.

Back in my day, the former was a 'drone' and the latter was a 'remote controlled plane.'

Bikes aren't dangerous ... bimbos in SUVs are dangerous. Cell phone drivers are dangerous. Bikes are devices. People are the problem.

The fact that 'people are the problem' are what makes bikes dangerous.

If you're behind the wheel of a Smart car and you're hit by a bimbo in an SUV you get up and walk away.

If you're on a bike you're a dead skidmark if you're lucky and in a wheelchair for the rest of your life if you're not.

Loud pipes are compensation for 75 year old technology

Incorrect. "Loud pipes" are compensation for a small penis.

I've already argued endlessly with these guys

Waste of breath / pixels. After all, this is Slashdot, where perfect is the enemy of good and the edge use case wins every time.

They were spying on the militaries of countries they were at war with

They were spying on British Citizens too... If you went to your shortwave in your attic and typed out a coded message that you sent across the Channel to occupied Europe, Bletchley Park would decode it.

How long has it been since BlackBerry has had more than a negligible share of the consumer market?

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I recently returned from trips to Mexico City and Bogota. 'Berries were in the hands of everyone you saw, all BBMing like mad. Occasionally you saw an older Android device, almost zero iPhones.

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Because under the socialist Obama administration, there's no point to innovating and trying to increase your company's profits: the taxman is going to take it all.

Because under a Republican administration, there's no point to innovating and trying to increase your company's profits:

With infrastructure crumbling, education failing and the middle class fading the environment that fosters capitalist success is fading away. Better to start up in a country like Germany that creates an environment where it's worthwhile trying to innovate.

But the earth is only 6,000 years old?!?

An American congressman told me so, so it must be true.

I did not know that.

I saw what you did there.

Rent.