Kjellander - Slashdot User

Comment: To all Syrian Activists (Score 4, Informative) 139

by Kjellander on Friday May 04, @01:53PM (#39892935) Attached to: Syrian Government Uses Skype To Push Malware To Activists

In order for this not to happen again do the following:

Stop using Windows and MacOSX.
Download and install Fedora F16.
When installing, encrypt the harddrive with a really hard to break password.
Install pidgin and off the record like this: 'yum install pidgin pidgin-otr'
Generate keys and verify them before communicating.
Be _very_ careful if who you usually talks to changes their key, they might have been arrested.
Never ever communicate in the clear.

Using this strategy you will not be immune, rubber-hose-cryptanalysis with still defeat this. Also you can be tracked so your oppresive government can see that you communicate, they will just not be able to read what you are saying. And not using major OSes will keep you away from the most common exploits and trojans.

Also, try to use TOR, HTTPS-everywhere and other good tools.

References:
https://fedoraproject.org/
http://fr2.rpmfind.net//linux/RPM/fedora/16/x86_64/pidgin-otr-3.2.0-4.fc15.x86_64.html
http://www.cypherpunks.ca/otr/

Good luck.

Comment: Re:Paypal (Score 1) 667

by Kjellander on Friday March 16, @07:40PM (#39384837) Attached to: Iran Deleted From the World's Banking Computers

Totally. To all Iranians doing business. Switch to bitcoins right now.

US Lawmaker Opens up ACTA to Online Comments-> 0

Submitted by

WhyNotAskMe

on Tuesday March 06, @10:10PM

WhyNotAskMe writes "Representative Darrell Issa, a California Republican, posted ACTA on his Keepthewebopen.com site Tuesday. Even though the U.S. and seven other countries signed the agreement in October, the public needs to be included in the debate as President Barack Obama's administration begins to implement ACTA, Issa said.

Issa criticized the agreement, saying most negotiations were in secret. The deal appears to violate Congress' authority to make policy affecting U.S. trade and intellectual property law, he added. "ACTA appears to be an unconstitutional power grab started by President George W. Bush and completed by President Barack Obama."

Gee — President Obama seemed to be such a nice guy. Then he sold out to the entertainment lobbies. "Yes we can — bypass Congress and impose a treaty developed by the MPAA on the whole world". Now that's optimism!"
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$1B of TSA Nude Body Scanners Made Worthless -> 0

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TheNextCorner

on Tuesday March 06, @08:11PM

TheNextCorner writes "This video is here to demonstrate that the TSA’s insistence that the nude body scanner program is effective and necessary is nothing but a fraud, just like their claims that the program is safe (radiation what?) and non-invasive (nude pictures who?). The scanners are now effectively worthless, as anyone can beat them with virtually no effort."
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Building Blocks: Awesome Lego Science Models-> 0

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 06, @04:30PM

An anonymous reader writes "There may be no better way to engage kids of all ages in learning about science than with a Lego-based DNA molecule, robot or rocket.

Wired.com scoured the internet for the best, quirkiest, most innovative examples of science-inspired Lego creations, including a space shuttle, MRI machine, particle collider and mushroom cloud."
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Comment: Re:Winter? (Score 1) 40

by Kjellander on Tuesday February 28, @05:03PM (#39189345) Attached to: Geohashing Conquers the South Pole

They have limited internet access, so I'm told, would be hilarious if someone there posted in this thread.

Dang its early in the morning here. Of course they have access, or we wouldn't have seen their uploaded picture...

They have very low bandwidth and only connection when a satellite is overhead so it is very spotty.

Comment: Re:Winter? (Score 1) 40

by Kjellander on Tuesday February 28, @05:01PM (#39189323) Attached to: Geohashing Conquers the South Pole

staying there over winter

It may be cold at the South Pole, but it's Summer there.

No winter lasts from mid feb thru mid october at amunseon-scott. I donno anything about the schedule this year specifically, but its almost March... last trip out was probably a couple weeks ago and they're stuck there until almost Halloween. They have limited internet access, so I'm told, would be hilarious if someone there posted in this thread.

Exactly. It is still light there but the weather is so tough they can't fly in or out. So it is technically winter there already.

Geohashing conquers the South Pole-> 0

Submitted by Kjellander on Monday February 27, @05:20PM

Kjellander writes "Randall, of xkcd fame, and inventor of Geohashing, has commented on the recent successful expedition of a Globalhash less than 1 km from the Amundsen-Scott research station by 5 brave scientists staying there over winter. The last continent has been conquered and many records broken."
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Malware IQ Test-> 0

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snydeq

on Monday February 27, @09:52AM

snydeq writes "InfoWorld's Woody Leonhard offers 20 questions to test how much you know about the malware underworld of spam, botnets, viruses, and cyber crime. The Morris Worm, Chernobyl, polymorphic virus, what it means when a virus is 'in the wild' — 'put on your sleuth specs and set your ever-so-slightly-gray hat at a jaunty angle and see if you're in tune with the multi-billion-dollar industry — or just a victimized bystander waiting to get duped by the next rogue bits.'"
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South Pole team on a record-setting globalhash expedition-> 0

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 26, @06:22PM

An anonymous reader writes "The record for the Southern-most geohash hardly be beaten anytime soon after a team from the Scott-Amundsen South Pole Station visited a globalhash on Sunday.

Geohashing is a Spontaneous Adventure Generator that was created by the online comic xkcd (http://wiki.xkcd.com/geohashing/)."
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