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Comment The Land of the Free and the Home of the Scared (Score 1) 956

by eeyore (#50533215) Attached to: 9th-Grader May Face Charges After Homemade Clock Mistaken For Bomb
I trust that Mr Mohamed's Alarm Clock has been restored to to him, after the "grown-ups" have finished making it safe.
My suggestion would be to place a switch in he clock to disarm de-activate the alarm when you don't want the whole school to evacuate when it's time for Maths.
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Submission + - Linus Torvalds: Apple's HFS+ is probably the worst file-system ever (itworld.com)

Submitted by sfcrazy
sfcrazy writes: It’s been long since we heard a good rant from Linus Torvalds. Linux doesn't rant much, but when he does he hits the nail and he doesn't mince worlds and this time he targeted Apple's HFS+. Linus says, "The true horrors of HFS+ are not in how it’s not a great filesystem, but in how it’s actively designed to be a bad filesystem by people who thought they had good ideas."

Submission + - This USB Wall Charger Secretly Logs Keystrokes From Microsoft Wireless Keyboards

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Privacy and security researcher Samy Kamkar has released a keylogger for Microsoft wireless keyboards cleverly hidden in what appears to be a rather large, but functioning USB wall charger. Called KeySweeper, the stealthy Arduino-based device can sniff, decrypt, log, and report back all keystrokes — saving them both locally and online. This is no toy. KeySweeper includes a web-based tool for live keystroke monitoring, can send SMS alerts for trigger words, usernames, or URLs (in case you want to steal a PIN number or password), and even continues to work after it is unplugged thanks to a rechargeable internal battery. That’s an impressive list of features, especially given that Kamkar told VentureBeat the whole process “took a few days” including a few over Christmas break and this past weekend when he decided “to properly document it.”

Submission + - UK Prime Minister seeks to resurrect the zombie of compulsory key escrow

Submitted by Dr_Barnowl
Dr_Barnowl writes: The BBC Reports that UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, has vowed to introduce a "comprehensive piece of legislation" aimed at there being "no piece of communication" .. "which we cannot read", in the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris.

The only logical means by which this could occur would be by the introduction of compulsory key escrow, and the banning of forms of encryption which do not use it. While the UK already essentially has a legal means to demand your encryption keys (and imprison you indefinitely if you don't comply), this would fall short if you have a credible reason for not having the key any more (such as using an OTR plugin for your chosen chat program).

The US tried a similar tack with Clipper in the 90s.

As we all know, terrorists with any technical chops are unlikely to be affected, given the vast amount of freely available military-grade crypto now available, and the use of boring old cold war tradecraft.

Ironically, France used to ban the use of strong cryptography but has largely liberalized it's regime since 2011.

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