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Twitter: TextSecure baked into CyanogenMod
Nice! @CyanogenMod and @whispersystems cooperating to bring encrypted SMS/secure messaging to the masses. https://t.co/edkHuhq6ZS — Riyad Preukschas (@riyadpr) December 9, 2013 Post on the CyanogenMod...
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Hillariously embarrassing “cyber expert”
How this “cyber expert” embarrasses herself is priceless. I laughed so hard my stomach hurts. xD The post Hillariously embarrassing “cyber expert” appeared first on Bi·lak.
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Dell Regrets The “Inconvenience”
riyad Did you buy a #Dell server with a #NSA backdoor? Dell "regrets the inconvenience". https://twitter.com/DellCares/status/417812096072818688 31. December 2013 The post Dell Regrets The...
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justdelete.me
Just Delete Me – Find out how to delete your account on a service you don’t want to be on any more. … Did somebody say Facebook? The post justdelete.me appeared first on Bi·lak.
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Passwörter und Fingerabdrücke mittels Smartphone abfilmen
Forscher der TU Berlin haben herausgefunden, dass die Frontkameras von Smartphones so gut auflösen, dass man an den Reflexionen in den Augen oder Brillen Passwörter auslesen kann. Außerdem gelang es...
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Choosing Comfort Over Privacy
It looks like Apple “needs” to upload even your unsaved documents to its servers to make the newly introduced Continuity “feature” work. Also it seems Apple silently uploads names and email addresses...
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They Don’t Care About Your “Online” Privacy
Messenger apps show your friends’ online status. Anytime you open the app, they’ll notify the service that you’re “online” at the moment. Now everybody else can see it in their contact lists. And with...
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Privacy Consequences of the SPE Hack
Bruce Schneier in his comments on the recent Sony Hack cites a Gizmondo article that sums it up very well why privacy is important to everyone even for mundane everyday stuff we do on the internet:...
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No, You Go First
Bruce Schneier talks about how security companies sat on knowledge and research data about military-grade Regin malware for at least six years. They only decided to share their knowledge because the...
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Security Fence
Security Fence by Clay Bennet The post Security Fence appeared first on Bi·lak.
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New RC Cars
What’s so new about RC cars? Oh … they’re the real, “off-the-shelve” ones, those where people ride in … and they can be hijacked by anybody with the same cellular provider … over the Internet, no...
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Encrypt All Your Devices
Ars Technica has compiled a guide for how to encrypt laptops and phones. There are brief descriptions for all the relevant systems. The post Encrypt All Your Devices appeared first on Bi·lak.
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NSA’s MITM attack on Cryptome
The moment you find out the NSA is performing MITM attacks on your website’s visitors from a leaked slide deck: But here is the thing — and this is crucial — the address for Cryptome is listed to be...
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CFSSL FTW
After reading how CloudFlare handles their PKI and that LetsEncrypt will use it I wanted to give CFSSL a shot. Reading the project’s documentation doesn’t really help in building your own CA, but...
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Leaky Apps
How much data are the most popular apps on Android and iOS leaking to third parties (i.e. people who have nothing to do with the app you’re using). A LOT! The post Leaky Apps appeared first on Bi·lak.
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Ramen Code
The plaintiffs in Toyota’s Unintended Acceleration lawsuit had someone with knowledge in building embedded software had a look at Toyota’s source code: possible bit flips, task deaths that would...
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Data Is A Toxic Asset
Bruce Schneier also finds data is actually a toxic asset. 😶 The post Data Is A Toxic Asset appeared first on Bi·lak.
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TSA’s Random Lane Picker
This is so moronic I almost fell off my chair laughing: it seems like the TSA spent $47,000 on a “random lane picker.” Please, you be the judge whether it was worth it: It needs to be operated manually...
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WhatsApp End-to-end Encryption
WhatsApp just announced they enabled end-to-end encryption for all their users … this is huge news. They have put a white paper up describing their implementation. Good news: it’s based on the Signal...
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What Mafia Teaches Us About Trust & Security
David Eaves has some interesting thoughts on what Mafia can tell us about trust and security. He also has a few ideas on how the physical game setup gives advantage to different parties. The post What...
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