Call for Papers hack.lu 2005

== Call for Papers hack.lu 2005 == The purpose of the hack.lu convention is to give an open and free playground where people can discuss the implication of new technologies in the society. hack.lu is a balanced mix convention where technical and non-technical people can me

Re: Ready, Aim, ID Check: In Wrong Hands, Gun Won't Fire

On 2005-01-10T15:04:21-0500, Trei, Peter wrote: > > John Kelsey > > > >Ready, Aim, ID Check: In Wrong Hands, Gun Won't Fire > > > By ANNE EISENBERG > > > > I just wonder what the false negative rates are. Seem like a > > A remarkable number of police deaths are 'own gun' > incidents, so the

Re: Ready, Aim, ID Check: In Wrong Hands, Gun Won't Fire

On 2005-01-10T15:42:47-0500, Tyler Durden wrote: > > And we'll probably have many years of non-Smart-Gun type accidents...eg, > Drunk guy at party put gun to his head and blew his own brains out, > assuming it was a smart gun, or, trailer park momma gives gun to toddler > assuming its a "safe"

RE: Should Anarchists Take State Money?

Hey! I just created a small replica of Rodan's "The Thinker" by sculpting it out of my poop! -TD From: "R.A. Hettinga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Should Anarchists Take State Money? Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 18:18:15 -0500 Mis

Re: Ready, Aim, ID Check: In Wrong Hands, Gun Won't Fire

On 2005-01-11T10:07:22-0500, Trei, Peter wrote: > Justin wrote: > > > > I don't believe the article when it says that smart guns are useless > > if stolen. What do they have, a tamper-proof memory chip storing a > > 128-bit reprogramming authorization key that must be input via > > computer befor

Re: Google Exposes Web Surveillance Cams

Riad S. Wahby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I love how all of the coverage leaves out the actual search strings, as > if it's hard to discover what they are at this point. A fairly comprehensive list of search strings per camera/manufacturer can be found here: http://www.i-hacked.com/Computer-Com

RE: Ready, Aim, ID Check: In Wrong Hands, Gun Won't Fire

Justin wrote: > > On 2005-01-10T15:04:21-0500, Trei, Peter wrote: > > > > John Kelsey > > > > > >Ready, Aim, ID Check: In Wrong Hands, Gun Won't Fire > > > > By ANNE EISENBERG > > > > > > I just wonder what the false negative rates are. Seem like a > > > > A remarkable number of police deaths

Adware for Windows Media Player spreading by P2P

http://www.theregister.com/2004/12/31/p2p_adware_threat/ According to an article in The Register, Overpeer is spreading adware-infected Windows Media Audio and Windows Media Video files via P2P. PC World Magazine did some research, ran Etherpeek, and found that the adware was going to Overpeer, whi

RE: Ready, Aim, ID Check: In Wrong Hands, Gun Won't Fire

Justin wrote: > On 2005-01-11T10:07:22-0500, Trei, Peter wrote: >> Justin wrote: >>> >>> I don't believe the article when it says that smart guns >>> are useless if stolen. What do they have, a tamper-proof >>> memory chip storing a 128-bit reprogramming authorization >>> key that must be inp

RE: Ready, Aim, ID Check: In Wrong Hands, Gun Won't Fire

Justin wrote: > > I don't believe the article when it says that smart guns are > useless if > stolen. What do they have, a tamper-proof memory chip > storing a 128-bit > reprogramming authorization key that must be input via computer before > allowing a new person to be authorized? And what's