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An Examination of Zerodium's Price Chart
by Ryan Carboni 10 Feb '17

10 Feb '17

https://www.zerodium.com/program.html To remotely jailbreak iOS is worth one and a half million dollars. To break OpenSSL, $50,000. To hack your antivirus program, $40,000. To hack Tor Browser, $30,000. To hack flash player, $100,000. It appears the only secure way to access the internet is using iOS, but only to connect to static websites hosted by other smartphones, using (probably) PolarSSL. I recommend reading Personal Privacy in an Information Society, written in 1977. > A recently publicized example of a government information system with > inadequate security involved the computer and telecommunications system, > SSADARS, which connects private insurance companies acting as Medicare > intermediaries for the government with the Social Security Administration > (SSA) data file. The Social Security Administration reported at the > Commission hearings on Medical Records in July 1976 that its longstanding > policy of protecting the confidentiality of individually identifiable > information in its files had been adequately carried out in its > administrative and technical safeguards. On October 23, 1976, however, SSA > announced that it had discovered that it was mistaken in its belief that > there was "no way the Medicare intermediaries and carriers can use their > telecommunications system to gain access to the files used to administer"30 > other SSA programs. SSA staff found that the SSADARS terminals installed in > the offices of two intermediaries could have been altered relatively > easily, thereby permitting access to files other than the Medicare > eligibility files the intermediaries needed to see. Although no actual > access to other SSA program information is believed to have occurred, the > technical safeguards to assure the confidentiality of information in the > SSADARS system were not as effective as SSA had thought. In fact, all the problems in our modern day have been predicted long before CFAA and Wargame (the movie) were ever put to paper. The fact that no action has been taken is alarming in itself, and indicative of some sort of mass undiagnosed neurological disease.

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[WAR] Immigrant Crime Rates in Germany - the numbers
by Zenaan Harkness 10 Feb '17

10 Feb '17

Impressive numbers: Immigrant Crime Rates in Germany February 19, 2016 http://www.unz.com/akarlin/immigrant-crime-in-germany/ " ... Frankly even I was rather surprised by some of these figures – perhaps not so much the figures on rape, but I do find the killer performance of the likes of Lebanon, Tunisia and Algeria in the homicide rates to be unduly impressive. After all, according to international homicide rate statistics, the Maghreb is actually rather civilized – 2.2/100,000 in Tunisia and Morocco, and a mere 0.7/100,000 in Algeria (lower than in Germany itself at 0.8/100,000). Lebanon for all its chaos is also at 2.2/100,000. Homicide rates are the one major type of crime that can be reliably measured across countries, so that actually makes them safer than large chunks of Eastern Europe, including Poland before the 2000s. But for some reason when they come to Europe their homicide rates soar by an order of magnitude. "

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Hardware Hacker's Korner: Electromagnetic Pulse Generator in a backpack
by Razer 10 Feb '17

10 Feb '17

(Snigger) The backpack nuke, the B-54 Special Atomic Demolition Munition (SADM) - entered into the US arsenal in 1964. The weapon was only 18 inches tall and 12 inches in diameter, yet was as powerful as a thousand tons of TNT. Special Forces units called "Green Light teams" would prep in using SADMs for tactical strikes behind enemy The use of SADMs was green lighted by the US military for use both within and outside NATO countries. In the case of an enemy advance, SADMs would be set off to destroy key infrastructure preventing the Soviets from acquiring it. Greenlight teams were also prepared to use SADMs to destroy installations in Warsaw Pact countries, including enemy bunkers, rail lines, and anti-aircraft grid locations. Some Green Light team instructors would insist their team had to stay within visual range of the detonation to ensure success. More... But don't tell those alt-right gunnut neonazi xtian identity folks. They might get ideas. http://www.businessinsider.com/9-facts-about-the-uss-backpack-nukes-2014-2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Light_Teams

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NPR All Things Considered: Cryptoparties
by grarpamp 10 Feb '17

10 Feb '17

http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2017/02/06/513705825/cryptopa… https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2017/02/20170206_atc_cryptopa…

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Molestation of the Mind: Feminizing Males and Mainstreaming Perversion
by Coordinator 10 Feb '17

10 Feb '17

The inevitable backlash/ response to the violent decades long 'marginalization of the mainstream' by the "Liberal Leftys" continues... *MOLESTATION OF THE MIND: FEMINIZING MALES AND MAINSTREAMING PERVERSION* http://newswithviews.com/Daubenmire/dave496.htm " All of the sudden the word pedophile has wriggled its way into mainstream America. Just like the diabolical double of transgenderism and homosexuality, a generation ago the mere mention of those illnesses was something whispered out of earshot of anyone under the age of eighteen. As the book of Ephesians clearly states there were some topics that warned we “let it not be named once among you.” Even thought this spiritual wickedness has been around since the fall of man, the idea that such deviancy would ever be taught to our children was unthinkable What is going on in our public schools is nothing less than moral molestation. I hate to go old fashioned on you but there was a time in America when we took seriously the crime of corruption of a minor. "

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Hypernormalisation
by No 09 Feb '17

09 Feb '17

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fny99f8amM aka inception asto propaganda about propaganda +_+ Opinions about ^ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13603570 let's see how long it takes before the usual suspects start bashing eachothers worldviews. nazis, nazis everywhere and oh hitler and ... sigh

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NES Classic: Hacked
by grarpamp 09 Feb '17

09 Feb '17

http://kotaku.com/people-have-started-hacking-nintendos-nes-classic-and-a-1… https://www.reddit.com/r/nesclassicmods/ It was only a matter of time before people found a way to hack Nintendo’s NES Classic, and that time has come. Earlier this week, modders trading tips on a Russian forum discovered a way to add ROMs to add extra games to the system that was previously limited to only thirty. A modder going by the name madmonkey posted a guide to hacking Nintendo’s NES Classic on a Russian forum last Wednesday. His method requires having a save file in the starting slot for Super Mario Bros., but no actual mechanical or electronic alterations to the hardware, allowing owners to potentially add ROMs of old NES games to the hardware if they are brave enough to be on the front lines of experimenting with new hacks. The exploit involves connecting the console to a computer via a USB cable... Now with 700+ games.

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How did this not lead to the end of asset forfeiture in the US of A?
by Ryan Carboni 09 Feb '17

09 Feb '17

https://archive.is/b1zfN United States officials correctly designated an Islamic charity, > Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation Oregon, as supporting terrorism but > improperly seized its assets, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday. The > United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that the > Treasury Department was correct in finding the organization connected to > terrorism because one of its board members was designated by the Treasury > Department as linked to terrorism and because the group financed such > activities in Albania and Chechnya. But the appeals court found the > department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control improperly seized the > charity’s assets using a “blocking order” to freeze them without a warrant > supported by probable cause, violating the Fourth Amendment right against > unreasonable seizures. Is there some sort of secret court opinion that says that because all drug trafficking in the US is from the proceeds of CIA operations, the government can steal it at any time? Anything is believable at this point.

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NSA contractor indicted over mammoth theft of classified data
by Cecilia Tanaka 09 Feb '17

09 Feb '17

< http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cybersecurity-nsa-contractor-idUSKBN1… > Martin is set to appear before a federal judge in Baltimore next week on Tuesday, February 14th. He will have a pretty interesting Valentine's Day! ;) OT bonus: - Trump's Supreme Court pick dispirited by president's tweets . < http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-immigration-idUSKBN15L0GC > ------- "Don't let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity. It's your place in the world; it's your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live." - Mae Jemison

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[WAR] - Ukraine "government" fires ballistic missile at its own people, into heart of Donetsk city - insanity knows no limits
by justa 09 Feb '17

09 Feb '17

Wow. ** The Ukronazis Fired a Ballistic Missile at the Center of Donetsk http://thesaker.is/the-ukronazis-used-a-ballistic-missile-to-strike-at-the-… ------------------------------------------------------------ by The Saker on Tue, Feb 7, 2017 Reports are coming in of what appears to be a ballistic missile strike which hit the city center of Donetsk. Until now, only the western and northern suburbs of Donetsk had been affected by a massive barrage of artillery strikes (thousands of shells) fired by the Ukronazi forces. Multiple rocket launchers were also used. This time, however, the type of missile used as a tactical ballistic missile of the Tochka-U type shown here:

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