On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 10:21:57AM -0500, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
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>The FBI appears to have begun using a novel form of electronic
>surveillance in criminal investigations: remotely activating a
>mobile phone's microphone and using it to eavesdrop on nearby
>conversa
At 07:21 AM 12/2/2006, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
Quoting:
The FBI appears to have begun using a novel form of electronic
surveillance in criminal investigations: remotely activating a
mobile phone's microphone and using it to eavesdrop on nearby
conversations.
The technique is cal
At 07:21 AM 12/2/2006, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
Quoting:
The FBI appears to have begun using a novel form of electronic
surveillance in criminal investigations: remotely activating a
mobile phone's microphone and using it to eavesdrop on nearby
conversations.
BTW, its easy to thwar
Jon Callas wrote:
Moreover, AES-256 is 20-ish percent slower than AES-128.
Compared to AES-128, AES-256 is 140% of the rounds to encrypt 200% as
much data. So when implemented in hardware, AES-256 is substantially faster.
AES-256 - 18.26 bits per round
AES-128 - 12.8 bits per round
I imagi
On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 05:15:02PM -0500, John Ioannidis wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 10:21:57AM -0500, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
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> > Quoting:
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> >The FBI appears to have begun using a novel form of electronic
> >surveillance in criminal investigations: remotely activating a
> >