The problem with occasionally looking at Huffington Post is that I'm subjected to such things...
Matt Damon: *"He broke up with me," the "Elysium" star said. "There are a lot of things that I really question, you know: the legality of the drone strikes, and these NSA revelations they’re, you know, it’s like, they’re, you know, Jimmy Carter came out and said we don’t live in a democracy. That’s, that’s a little, that’s a little intense when an ex-president says that. So, you know, he’s got some, some explaining to do, particularly for a constitutional law professor."* http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/09/matt-damon-obama-broke-up-with-me_n_3732426.html?utm_hp_ref=entertainment On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 11:44 PM, Yishay Mor <[email protected]> wrote: > Cory Doctorow > > ----- sent from my phone. > On Aug 12, 2013 9:33 PM, "Francisco Ruiz" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Quick request. >> >> In comments to a recent post, people seemed to agree that publishing a >> video of someone reading a hash might be a fairly hard-to-hack way to >> deliver that hash to the public, and thus assure the authenticity of a >> piece of code, a public key, or whatnot. The problem is that the sample >> youtube video I linked had yours truly reading the hash, and people >> naturally objected that I wasn't Justin Bieber and, consequently, weren't >> too convinced that the video was authentic. >> >> Aside from the fact that an adversary might be able to convince Justin >> Bieber to make a video reading a fake hash (not that I believe Justin >> doesn't care; it's just a hypothesis), the idea of getting a celebrity for >> this kind of video has a lot of merit. I'd like to engage one for the next >> update of my app. >> >> So, here's my question. Does any one know of a celebrity who cares enough >> about computer security to be persuaded to take one minute of his/her time >> to read a hash before a camera? >> >> Thanks a million! >> >> -- >> Francisco Ruiz >> Associate Professor >> MMAE department >> Illinois Institute of Technology >> >> >> PL13lok=WsH3zTgZn8V3hnIqjdbfPus+5YF5n+LBRPuH9USMMp8izPv+hsLoZKv+jaCFMapJFfiA11Q9yJU1K1Wo0TbjXK/=PL13lok >> >> get the PassLok privacy app at: http://passlok.com >> >> -- >> Liberationtech is a public list whose archives are searchable on Google. >> Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: >> https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. >> Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at >> [email protected]. >> > > -- > Liberationtech is a public list whose archives are searchable on Google. > Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at > [email protected]. > -- *Collin David Anderson* averysmallbird.com | @cda | Washington, D.C.
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