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Notices by Hattie Cat (hattiecat@quitter.no), page 11

  1. Hattie Cat (hattiecat@quitter.no)'s status on Thursday, 09-Nov-2017 17:30:45 EST Hattie Cat Hattie Cat
    in reply to
    • Bob Mottram
    • h
    @bob @h About 5 year ago I talked with researchers at a US organization who were talking about self-organizing intelligent drone swarms, distributed sensors and tactics. Robot wars: politically attractive in that it doesn't attract negative publicity associated with deaths of servicemen, and if it's remote you can always deny causing any casualties, as is happening in Syria. (Anyone on the ground who says otherwise is a propagandist...)
    In conversation Thursday, 09-Nov-2017 17:30:45 EST from quitter.no permalink
  2. Hattie Cat (hattiecat@quitter.no)'s status on Thursday, 09-Nov-2017 17:12:44 EST Hattie Cat Hattie Cat
    in reply to
    • Bob Mottram
    • h
    @bob @h Modern torpedoes are basically killer robots. From what I understand, submarines don't like to "fire" torpedoes since it gives their position away. Instead, they quietly drop off an autonomous torpedo somewhere then slink away. A while later the torpedo starts off and does its thing on its own. Back in the 1990s, talking to an engineer, I heard that sophisticated ones have a sort of database of sensor signatures of what's a target and what's not, and if they miss the target they can come back and have another go. Parodied by the Guardian's cartoonist Steve Bell https://quitter.no/attachment/1520116 https://quitter.no/attachment/1520117
    In conversation Thursday, 09-Nov-2017 17:12:44 EST from quitter.no permalink
  3. Hattie Cat (hattiecat@quitter.no)'s status on Thursday, 09-Nov-2017 17:01:44 EST Hattie Cat Hattie Cat
    Intel's CPU backdoor backdoored (via El Reg, cloudflared) https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/11/09/chipzilla_come_closer_closer_listen_dump_ime/
    In conversation Thursday, 09-Nov-2017 17:01:44 EST from quitter.no permalink

    Attachments

    1. Invalid filename.
      Intel's management engine - in most CPUs since 2008 - can be p0wned over USB
      Creator of OS on the chip calls out Chipzilla for keeping his work secret
  4. clacke (clacke@social.heldscal.la)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 03:57:05 EDT clacke clacke
    Thorough analysis of how GOOG and FB took over the web and the consequences. Only skimmed it so far, it's pretty long.

    https://staltz.com/the-web-began-dying-in-2014-heres-how.html

    /by http://viewer.scuttlebot.io/@QlCTpvY7p9ty2yOFrv1WU1AE88aoQc4Y7wYal7PFc+w=.ed25519
    In conversation Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 03:57:05 EDT from social.heldscal.la permalink Repeated by hattiecat
  5. M-x nemui (nee@social.hidamari.blue)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 09:08:21 EDT M-x nemui M-x nemui
    • NekoiNemoですわ🌸
    • Miaourt
    @nekoinemo
    Skype is probably the worst big chat service. Microsoft is granting the NSA and other US agencies full access to it¹. The texts are not properly end to end encrypted and Microsoft reads them² also the voice chats are auto transcribed and scanned for keywords³.

    And from what I hear from the users, the software doesn't even work properly most of the time.

    1) https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/12/newly-published-nsa-documents-show-agency-could-grab-all-skype-traffic/

    2) https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/05/think-your-skype-messages-get-end-to-end-encryption-think-again/

    3) https://theintercept.com/2015/05/05/nsa-speech-recognition-snowden-searchable-text/
    In conversation Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 09:08:21 EDT from social.hidamari.blue permalink Repeated by hattiecat

    Attachments

    1. Invalid filename.
      Newly published NSA documents show agency could grab all Skype traffic
      from Ars Technica
      “Sustained Skype collection” of voice, video, and messages started in 2011.
    2. Invalid filename.
      Think your Skype messages get end-to-end encryption? Think again
      from Ars Technica
      Ars catches Microsoft accessing links we sent in our test messages.
    3. Invalid filename.
      How the NSA Converts Spoken Words Into Searchable Text
      from The Intercept
      Top-secret documents show the NSA can automatically recognize the content within phone calls, generating easily searched transcriptions.
  6. Hattie Cat (hattiecat@quitter.no)'s status on Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 09:37:10 EDT Hattie Cat Hattie Cat
    Bought an iPhone. Bad move? Verdict: security+, privacy Δ, freedom X
    No FOSS, walled garden. I'll keep an Android device handy.
    In conversation Thursday, 02-Nov-2017 09:37:10 EDT from quitter.no permalink
  7. Hattie Cat (hattiecat@quitter.no)'s status on Thursday, 19-Oct-2017 18:26:41 EDT Hattie Cat Hattie Cat
    Changed xmpp/jabber ID - please update your bookmarks hattiecat@xmpp.jp
    In conversation Thursday, 19-Oct-2017 18:26:41 EDT from quitter.no permalink
  8. Purism (purism@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Oct-2017 14:15:18 EDT Purism Purism

    Purism Librem Laptops Now Completely Disable Intel’s Management Engine

    https://puri.sm/posts/purism-librem-laptops-completely-disable-intel-management-engine/ https://mastodon.social/media/uJkVJ40aW7RO7DvRQJk

    In conversation Thursday, 19-Oct-2017 14:15:18 EDT from mastodon.social permalink Repeated by hattiecat
  9. Hattie Cat (hattiecat@quitter.no)'s status on Thursday, 19-Oct-2017 18:10:30 EDT Hattie Cat Hattie Cat
    1) Facebook claims it had no influence on US election
    2) Facebook's behavioral targeting helps advertisers influence people
    Only one of these can be true. Hmm... :-/
    https://quitter.no/attachment/1482764
    In conversation Thursday, 19-Oct-2017 18:10:30 EDT from quitter.no permalink
  10. Hattie Cat (hattiecat@quitter.no)'s status on Thursday, 19-Oct-2017 08:39:40 EDT Hattie Cat Hattie Cat
    LEGO(TM) set honoring women of NASA https://quitter.no/attachment/1481763
    https://quitter.no/url/1481764
    In conversation Thursday, 19-Oct-2017 08:39:40 EDT from quitter.no permalink
  11. Hattie Cat (hattiecat@quitter.no)'s status on Monday, 16-Oct-2017 20:04:15 EDT Hattie Cat Hattie Cat
    Ruh roh. (Un)Trusted Protection Modules with some Infeon chips generate weak encryption keys http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/10/16/roca_crypto_vuln_infineon_chips/
    In conversation Monday, 16-Oct-2017 20:04:15 EDT from quitter.no permalink

    Attachments

    1. Invalid filename.
      Never mind the WPA2 drama... Details emerge of TPM key cockup that hits tonnes of devices
      About a third of all crypto modules globally generate weak, crackable RSA pairs
  12. Hattie Cat (hattiecat@quitter.no)'s status on Monday, 16-Oct-2017 19:59:49 EDT Hattie Cat Hattie Cat
    • Christmas Personified as a Catgirl
    @moonman Maybe people fed up of their menfolk peeing on the floor?
    In conversation Monday, 16-Oct-2017 19:59:49 EDT from quitter.no permalink
  13. Hattie Cat (hattiecat@quitter.no)'s status on Saturday, 14-Oct-2017 20:37:19 EDT Hattie Cat Hattie Cat
    • nepfag
    @nepfag You'll need Intel Itanic systems to run them. Although a port of VMS to AMD64 is rumored. (They should really open source it...) https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/10/13/openvms_moves_slowly_towards_x86/
    In conversation Saturday, 14-Oct-2017 20:37:19 EDT from quitter.no permalink

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      VMS will be ready to run on x86 in 2019!
      Or 2018 if you're brave. For now, we have a boot screen!
  14. Hattie Cat (hattiecat@quitter.no)'s status on Saturday, 14-Oct-2017 19:57:58 EDT Hattie Cat Hattie Cat
    in reply to
    • nepfag
    • Hattie Cat
    @nepfag "VAXclusters reached the point where the cluster as a whole essentially never went down. Rolling upgrades even allowed the system operators to upgrade the OpenVMS system software, shutting down, upgrading, and rebooting individual nodes while the cluster as a whole continued processing. Cluster uptimes are frequently measured in years with the current longest uptime being at least sixteen years." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VMScluster
    In conversation Saturday, 14-Oct-2017 19:57:58 EDT from quitter.no permalink
  15. Hattie Cat (hattiecat@quitter.no)'s status on Saturday, 14-Oct-2017 19:53:07 EDT Hattie Cat Hattie Cat
    • Diego Islas Ocampo
    @hyuchiadiego True, but learning python (being forced to by hiring someone who knew python, then having to fix their code!), which I previously avoided for being badly designed (read "I don't agree with this design"!), fragmented (python2 vs python3) and too unstable has shown my that being too conservative can mean you miss out on some things. Python has given me a new lease of life by showing me the way into map and geographical information processing. However, I'm looking for something else for data processing, finding python still unsatisfactory as a language - maybe Julia.
    In conversation Saturday, 14-Oct-2017 19:53:07 EDT from quitter.no permalink
  16. Hattie Cat (hattiecat@quitter.no)'s status on Saturday, 14-Oct-2017 19:48:27 EDT Hattie Cat Hattie Cat
    • nepfag
    @nepfag We were doing this with VAX clusters back in the 80s.
    In conversation Saturday, 14-Oct-2017 19:48:27 EDT from quitter.no permalink
  17. Hattie Cat (hattiecat@quitter.no)'s status on Saturday, 14-Oct-2017 19:43:57 EDT Hattie Cat Hattie Cat
    Although I try to learn new stuff all the time, old habits from when I began programming die hard and maybe I'm too conservative. I hardly ever use a debugger - I prefer to use printfs and think about what's happening. I eschew IDEs (which change from version to version and I find overly complex) and stick with vi (or vim) and makefiles. I tend to use windowed desktops as somewhere to stick a lot of terminals and use the command line rather than GUI tools. I tend to stick with tried-and-trusted (read "ancient, obsolete") libraries and techniques and avoid jumping on the latest and greatest until it's been shown that it won't go away and obsolete hard-earned knowledge. Learning python has shown me there's a lot I could be missing out on, especially numerical and GIS stuff, though.
    In conversation Saturday, 14-Oct-2017 19:43:57 EDT from quitter.no permalink
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