Re: [LINK] BitCoin DDoS and/or Wallet-Hack

2013-04-18 Thread Kim Holburn
|| Vitendo Consulting > > On social media, it is easy to mistake popularity for credibility. > -- Kevin Ashton > > ___ > Link mailing list > Link@mailman.anu.edu.au > http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link -- Kim Holburn IT N

[LINK] NBN to offer 1Gbps

2013-04-18 Thread Kim Holburn
olicy: Fast train to the node. -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 404072753 mailto:k...@holburn.net aim://kimholburn skype://kholburn - PGP Public Key on request ___ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.ed

Re: [LINK] BitCoin DDoS and/or Wallet-Hack

2013-04-20 Thread Kim Holburn
__ > Link mailing list > Link@mailman.anu.edu.au > http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 404072753 mailto:k...@holburn.net aim://kimholburn skype://kholburn - PGP Public K

Re: [LINK] NBNCo Report

2013-04-22 Thread Kim Holburn
;> usage > > > I dont base my comments on some rag rubbish that I don't read or care > for. > > > >> planning to be able to deal with 60+ GB per user per month in the years >> ahead. >> > > > As they should. > > Cheers > > ___

[LINK] Tony Abbott's NBN, Mad as Hell

2013-04-22 Thread Kim Holburn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-6E5yX1E0U -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 404072753 mailto:k...@holburn.net aim://kimholburn skype://kholburn - PGP Public Key on request ___ Link mailing list

Re: [LINK] Tony Abbott's NBN, Mad as Hell

2013-04-22 Thread Kim Holburn
the CFG didn't > happen, etc - who hate Turnbull and his "small L" liberal views. Those > guys won't change their minds any time soon. In this case I doubt it's the core of the party, I would think it's the faceless corporate backers. -- Kim Holburn IT Network &

[LINK] Australian Census Data Released Under CC License, But Official Site Tries To Make It Hard To Download

2013-04-23 Thread Kim Holburn
s perfectly why it is pointless trying to make it hard for > people to download content that is CC licensed: once anyone has obtained a > copy, they can then make it available in a more convenient form, neatly > by-passing forlorn attempts to control something that has been set free

[LINK] Australian broadband speeds slow: Akamai Report (was Re: Austraian Internet Speeds Falling?

2013-04-26 Thread Kim Holburn
; > An interesting article, bu the assessment methodology is a bit suspect. > ___ > Link mailing list > Link@mailman.anu.edu.au > http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2

[LINK] Study: 45 percent of Bitcoin exchanges end up closing

2013-04-26 Thread Kim Holburn
y are also the exchanges that > suffer the greatest number of cyber attacks. -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 404072753 mailto:k...@holburn.net aim://kimholburn skype://kholburn - PGP Public Key on request ___

Re: [LINK] Battle of the voice to text translators

2013-04-27 Thread Kim Holburn
rationality of the world is to paint or > sing or write, for only in such response do we find truth. > ~Madeline L'Engle, writer > > _ __ _ > ___ > Link mailing list > Link@mailman.anu.edu.au > http://mailman.a

[LINK] A busy intersection design without stop signs or traffic lights

2013-05-01 Thread Kim Holburn
The video on this page is slow but well worth watching. I found it rather uplifting. http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2013/04/lots-cars-and-trucks-no-traffic-signs-or-lights-chaos-or-calm/5152/ -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 40407

Re: [LINK] Conroy ups the ante

2013-05-04 Thread Kim Holburn
r.com > > Our truest response to the irrationality of the world is to paint or > sing or write, for only in such response do we find truth. > ~Madeline L'Engle, writer > > _ ______ _ > ___ > Link mailing list &

[LINK] Dan Kaminsky: Let’s Cut Through the Bitcoin Hype

2013-05-06 Thread Kim Holburn
hange is absolutely manipulated over time. . > The euro is a much bigger deal than bitcoin is going to be on any reasonable > timescale. But governments are keeping an eye on it, because you know, that > internet thing eventually did become significant. -- Kim Holburn IT

[LINK] Wary of Bitcoin? A guide to some other cryptocurrencies

2013-05-11 Thread Kim Holburn
http://arstechnica.com/business/2013/05/wary-of-bitcoin-a-guide-to-some-other-cryptocurrencies/ -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 404072753 mailto:k...@holburn.net aim://kimholburn skype://kholburn - PGP Public Key on req

Re: [LINK] More ASIC -- internet filterer, worse than Conroy's

2013-05-17 Thread Kim Holburn
etworks-censor-community-education-site http://delimiter.com.au/2013/05/15/interpol-filter-scope-creep-asic-ordering-unilateral-website-blocks/ -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 404072753 mailto:k...@holburn.net aim://kimhol

[LINK] Black Code: how spies, cops and crims are making cyberspace unfit for human habitation

2013-05-18 Thread Kim Holburn
r consent, and how > they end up in a kind of emergent conspiracy to erode the net's security to > further their own ends. -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 404072753 mailto:k...@holburn.net aim://kimholburn skype://kholbur

[LINK] Excellent TV discussion of the NBN

2013-05-20 Thread Kim Holburn
Includes carrier pigeon with USB stick. http://au.tv.yahoo.com/sunrise/video/watch/17236769/impact-of-the-nbn/ -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 404072753 mailto:k...@holburn.net aim://kimholburn skype://kholburn - PGP Public Key on req

[LINK] Tax Office spends $5.2m to put e-tax on Mac

2013-05-21 Thread Kim Holburn
t was great that a Mac version was coming – "but > it's almost like [the Tax Office has] finally caught up to where they should > have been in 2007". > > "They've got a hell of a long way to get to 2013." No mention of Linux in the whole article. St

Re: [LINK] Tax Office spends $5.2m to put e-tax on Mac

2013-05-21 Thread Kim Holburn
d be a software engineer for DWS! The pay must be amazing! > > -andyf So 4 months later and $37 Million and it's still not ready. On 2013/May/21, at 10:17 PM, Kim Holburn wrote: > http://www.theage.com.au/it-pro/government-it/tax-office-spends-52m-to-put-etax-on-mac-20130521-2jxwy

[LINK] NBN: Simplistic Arguments

2013-05-24 Thread Kim Holburn
r Turnbull intends in a country where the urban population density > is more than double that of Australia. The reason for doing so was to keep > loops short enough to support 25Mbps services, as Turnbull wants to do. -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant

[LINK] Poisoning the Treaty for the Blind

2013-05-27 Thread Kim Holburn
> many observers of the negotiations, being held at the World Intellectual > Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva, believe that it's turning into a > "Treaty to Protect Rightsholders from the Blind!" -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408

[LINK] Noise-cancelling tech could lead to 400 Gbps

2013-05-28 Thread Kim Holburn
http://venturebeat.com/2013/05/27/noise-canceling-tech-could-lead-to-internet-connections-400x-faster-than-google-fiber/ -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 404072753 mailto:k...@holburn.net aim://kimholburn skype://kholburn - PGP Public Key on req

[LINK] Fear Mongering Report Suggests 'IP Theft From China' One Of The Biggest Problems America Faces

2013-05-28 Thread Kim Holburn
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130526/22281723217/fear-mongering-report-suggests-ip-theft-china-one-biggest-problems-america-faces.shtml -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 404072753 mailto:k...@holburn.net aim://kimholburn skype://kholburn -

[LINK] Finally: Australian Govt picks ODF doc standard

2013-05-29 Thread Kim Holburn
draft requiring office > productivity software used by Australian Government departments and agencies > to support version 1.1 of ODF. In evaluating the choice, Sheridan said the > Government had taken into account a number of factors. -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +

Re: [LINK] refusing contactless cards

2013-07-31 Thread Kim Holburn
mple to aim at the credit card reader in your local supermarket, > capturing all of the same information as above. > > Scott > ___________ > Link mailing list > Link@mailman.anu.edu.au > http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link --

[LINK] America highest credit card fraud (was Re: refusing contactless cards)

2013-07-31 Thread Kim Holburn
f the card fraud list with just 12% of consumers there experiencing fraud in > the last five years. -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 404072753 mailto:k...@holburn.net aim://kimholburn skype://kholburn - PGP Public Key on request _

Re: [LINK] refusing contactless cards

2013-08-01 Thread Kim Holburn
ment. > > This doesn't prevent RFID card skimming; the concern raised by Craig. No but it stops Craig's liability. That is the point surely. -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 404072753 mailto:k...@holburn.net aim://kimholburn skype:/

Re: [LINK] Australian CyberWarfare Battalion

2013-08-04 Thread Kim Holburn
gt; Legislation > > Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Research School of Computer Science, > Australian National University http://cs.anu.edu.au/courses/COMP7310/ > ___ > Link mailing list > Link@mailman.anu.edu.au > http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailm

[LINK] When you need privacy

2013-08-05 Thread Kim Holburn
; • Blocks frequencies between 800MHz – 2.4 GHz > • Blocks CDMA/GSM/DCS/PHS/3G/4G > • Blocks WiFi (2.4GHz), Bluetooth (2.4Ghz), and GPS (1-2GHz) > • Carrier, hardware, and OS agnostic -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 40

[LINK] Math Advances Raise the Prospect of breaking RSA encryption in 5 years

2013-08-06 Thread Kim Holburn
rely on that efficient algorithm not being > found,” said Jarved Samuel, a cryptographer who works for security > consultancy ISEC Partners and presented alongside Stamos. “If it is found the > cryptosystem is broken.” -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 6140

Re: [LINK] itNews: Copyright-Owners Oppose ALRC

2013-08-07 Thread Kim Holburn
urn for regular payments of royalties. In other words > ... the author would retain the copyright. I don't believe so. Authors rights were only under sufferance. Kim -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 4040727

Re: [LINK] itNews: Copyright-Owners Oppose ALRC

2013-08-07 Thread Kim Holburn
On 2013/Aug/07, at 6:21 PM, Jan Whitaker wrote: > At 06:04 PM 7/08/2013, Kim Holburn wrote: >> like from the author in return for regular payments of royalties. In >> other words ... the author would retain the copyright. >> >> I don't believe so. Authors r

Re: [LINK] No more human sysadmins??

2013-08-08 Thread Kim Holburn
securing networks > and doing things that machines are probably better at doing," And machines have shown marvellous abilities to do that so far, haven't they. -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 404072753 mailto:k...@holburn.net aim:/

[LINK] Gov’t, certificate authorities conspire to spy on SSL users?

2013-08-12 Thread Kim Holburn
gt; Update: VeriSign has commented to say, "VeriSign has never issued a fake > certificate, and to do so would be against our policies." > > The value to governments—enabling largely undetectable spying on, say, Gmail > accounts—could be substantial, as such tools are wide

Re: [LINK] NBN and personal alarm compatibility

2013-08-13 Thread Kim Holburn
e.com.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/23957/NBN-End-User-Premises-Handbook---Release-2-Jun10.pdf > for an early look at home cabling issues, that also discusses alarm systems. > > > > > Paul. > > > > __

[LINK] Schneier: NSA thinks it can increase Security by Firing 90% of Its Sysadmins

2013-08-14 Thread Kim Holburn
thousands of > sysadmins. Some of them are going to be whistleblowers. > > Leaking secret information is the civil disobedience of our age. Alexander > has to get used to it. -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 404072753

[LINK] Encryption is less secure than we thought

2013-08-14 Thread Kim Holburn
ected password much more quickly than was previously thought. > “Attackers often use graphics processors to distribute the problem,” Duffy > says. “You’d be surprised at how quickly you can guess stuff.” -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +

[LINK] 96% of all new vehicles sold in the United States have black boxes

2013-08-18 Thread Kim Holburn
ic accidents and > criminal cases. And the trove of data inside the boxes has raised privacy > concerns, including questions about who owns the information, and what it can > be used for, even as critics have raised questions about its reliability. -- Kim Holburn IT Network &am

[LINK] Controversial GCSB laws pass by two votes

2013-08-21 Thread Kim Holburn
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/9070435/Controversial-GCSB-laws-pass-by-two-votes > The controversial spy laws have been passed by Parliament by 61 votes to 59. -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 404072753 mailto:k...@holburn.n

[LINK] Finland shoppers can now pay for items with facial recognition technology

2013-08-22 Thread Kim Holburn
cent accurate, it will ask a person to input their PIN as security.” > > Mr. Pisarenko said the technology could even differentiate between identical > twins. Customers sign up for the service and input their information, which > is then stored in company databases. -- Kim Holburn IT N

Re: [LINK] SU: 'Downloads make little mark on box office'

2013-08-23 Thread Kim Holburn
imited set > of movies, the MPAA said the results were “not clear or compelling” and that > it would reserve comment until the full paper is published. > > For Kim Dotcom and his team the research is not likely to change much. They > continue their legal battles in the United States

[LINK] Ohio Forgot To Tell Residents That Cops Have Been Using Facial Recognition On License Photos

2013-08-27 Thread Kim Holburn
nalyst for the ACLU says law enforcement officials > should also have to submit some kind of paperwork at the very least, before > running a photo through the system. > > Without strict rules, “is law enforcement going to start attaching the system > to public surveillance cameras and sta

[LINK] The eye in the sky

2013-08-30 Thread Kim Holburn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGxNyaXfJsA -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 404072753 mailto:k...@holburn.net aim://kimholburn skype://kholburn - PGP Public Key on request ___ Link mailing list

[LINK] U.S. spy agencies mounted 231 offensive cyber-operations in 2011, documents show

2013-08-31 Thread Kim Holburn
emote control > of compromised machines. Even with a staff of 1,870 people, GENIE made full > use of only 8,448 of the 68,975 machines with active implants in 2011. > > For GENIE's next phase, according to an authoritative reference document, the > NSA has brought online a

[LINK] US N.S.A. Accesses Much Internet Encryption

2013-09-05 Thread Kim Holburn
> “Cryptanalytic capabilities are now coming online. Vast amounts of encrypted > Internet data which have up till now been discarded are now exploitable.” -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 404072753 mailto:k...@holburn.net aim://kimholburn skype://k

[LINK] The US government has betrayed the internet. We need to take it back

2013-09-05 Thread Kim Holburn
d. We need to take it back. > > And by we, I mean the engineering community. > > Yes, this is primarily a political problem, a policy matter that requires > political intervention. > > But this is also an engineering problem, and there are several things > engineers can –

Re: [LINK] US N.S.A. Accesses Much Internet Encryption

2013-09-08 Thread Kim Holburn
> have him around. > But when I got to 21, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven > years. > -- Mark Twain > > ___ > Link mailing list > Link@mailman.anu.edu.au > http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/li

[LINK] NSW Police photographing numberplates and storing data for five years, Four Corners reports

2013-09-08 Thread Kim Holburn
in the community are aware of the > potential of that collection and I think many would actually be quite taken > by surprise that that is occurring," she said. > "To my mind this issue raises things which are fundamental in the legislation > and that's about transparenc

[LINK] Using Certificate pinning to make yourself more secure

2013-09-08 Thread Kim Holburn
through what's known as > certificate pinning that's built into Google's Chrome browser, dedicated > Twitter apps, and some security software. More about pinning: https://www.imperialviolet.org/2011/05/04/pinning.html You can do certificate pinning in firefox with the extension: Certi

Re: [LINK] New proposal for e-voting - Turnbull

2013-09-10 Thread Kim Holburn
TN by the National Party's Fiona Nash) >it doesn't look promising. I could also add, wasn't there an emergency, the country in a parlous state? Don't they have something urgent to do? -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant

Re: [LINK] New proposal for e-voting - Turnbull

2013-09-10 Thread Kim Holburn
at have been used very successfully in the US for > decades to keep poor, non-anglo, and non-white people from voting. > > craig > > -- > craig sanders > ___ > Link mailing list > Link@mailman.anu.edu.au > http://mailman.anu.edu.au

Re: [LINK] Effect of New Government on ICT in Canberra

2013-09-10 Thread Kim Holburn
want, to stretch your metaphor is an IT dietician. -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 404072753 mailto:k...@holburn.net aim://kimholburn skype://kholburn - PGP Public Key on request ___ Link mailin

Re: [LINK] Effect of New Government on ICT in Canberra

2013-09-10 Thread Kim Holburn
On 2013/Sep/11, at 11:49 AM, Jan Whitaker wrote: > At 11:30 AM 11/09/2013, Kim Holburn wrote: >> Trouble is who do you ask? Someone who understands IT? Someone who >> thinks they understand IT? I don't agree really. Not all IT people >> want more IT. Non-I

Re: [LINK] New proposal for e-voting - Turnbull

2013-09-10 Thread Kim Holburn
be a dangerous path, excluding people from voting, just like when a member of parliament suggests it, but it makes me think. It's a pity we can't vote in specialists. For instance a parliamentary scientist, I think they have enough lawyers and business people, engineer, medical expert, mathem

Re: [LINK] New proposal for e-voting - Turnbull

2013-09-12 Thread Kim Holburn
and monitors can make it possible to detect from a distance what people vote. I believe e-voting machines were banned in the Netherlands for that reason. -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 404072753 mailto:k...@holburn.net aim://kimholburn skype://kholb

[LINK] paywave cards

2013-09-12 Thread Kim Holburn
und a card that will respond to a radio signal without me being aware of it. I'm pretty sure a very small hole drilled through the card at a particular spot would take out the paywave leaving the chip and mag stripe unscathed but would it still be valid? Perhaps not noticeably invalid. -

Re: [LINK] paywave cards

2013-09-12 Thread Kim Holburn
he small hole option. On 2013/Sep/12, at 10:38 PM, Kim Holburn wrote: > I just got a new visa card and it's one of those NFC paywave cards. > > I had a quick look online and apparently you can ask your bank to reduce the > paywave limit to $1. > > I also got a powerful

Re: [LINK] UK Royal Mail sale - AusPost outlet general retailing

2013-09-12 Thread Kim Holburn
ounters for serving customers. > For years there has been shelves full of knick-nacks, impossibly > inexpensive inkjet printers, cellphones, memory cards, stationery, CDs, > DVDs etc. etc. While waiting in the queue for a bunch of old people to pay their rent? -- Kim Holburn IT Netw

Re: [LINK] paywave cards

2013-09-12 Thread Kim Holburn
On 2013/Sep/13, at 10:44 AM, Jan Whitaker wrote: > At 09:43 AM 13/09/2013, Kim Holburn wrote: > >> I just talked to my building society and the paywave card has a >> limit of $100 per transaction and $200 per day. They can't or won't >> change that limit

Re: [LINK] Do we Vote?

2013-09-13 Thread Kim Holburn
Marghanita > -- > Marghanita da Cruz > Ramin Communications Pty Ltd > http://ramin.com.au/ > Phone:(+61)0414-869202 > > > > > _______ > Link mailing list > Link@mailman.anu.edu.au > http://mailman.anu.edu.au/m

[LINK] Friday, funny

2013-09-19 Thread Kim Holburn
https://secure.flickr.com/photos/greenoid/9693327611/ -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 404072753 mailto:k...@holburn.net aim://kimholburn skype://kholburn - PGP Public Key on request ___ Link mailing

[LINK] The Internet's problem with comments

2013-09-25 Thread Kim Holburn
; The study that Popular Science uses to justify doing away with comments > proves that hostile and polemic comments negatively affect the reader’s > perception of the article they appear under. But the study doesn’t address > how civil or informed comments might improve a reader’s perceptio

Re: [LINK] Linked In behaviour

2013-10-13 Thread Kim Holburn
. I haven't diagnosed whether it's > because of things using JavaScript from multiple domains, or something else > I haven't thought of yet. > > Why not try whichever of Chrome/Firefox/Safari you're not regularly using. > > > -- > Christopher Vance >

[LINK] Key Internet Institutions Ditch US Leadership; Brazil To Host Global Summit To Draw Up New Governance Model

2013-10-15 Thread Kim Holburn
rent. Brazil's state is now allied with the spokespersons for all of >> the organically evolved Internet institutions, the representatives of the >> very "multi-stakeholder model" the US purports to defend. You know you've >> made a big mistake, a life-chang

[LINK] Google’s Robot Cars Are Smoother, Safer Drivers Than You

2013-10-27 Thread Kim Holburn
eyewitnesses that can’t act be trusted as to what > happened—we actually have the data,” he said. “The guy around us wasn’t > paying enough attention. The data will set you free.” -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 404072753 mailto:k...@holburn.net ai

Re: [LINK] China Blocking ANU Web Access

2013-11-05 Thread Kim Holburn
hool of Computer Science, > Australian National University http://cs.anu.edu.au/courses/COMP7310/ > ___ > Link mailing list > Link@mailman.anu.edu.au > http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Se

[LINK] Brazilian government will stop buying software that can't be audited

2013-11-06 Thread Kim Holburn
there will be a gradual replacement of traditional programs by free > software like Linux, if there is no negotiating with big companies. -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 404072753 mailto:k...@holburn.net aim://kimholburn skype://kholburn - PGP P

Re: [LINK] Welcome to the jungle

2013-11-07 Thread Kim Holburn
in its inability to be traced." > > Possibly a relative of sometime linker Stilgherrian? > > - Jim > _______ > Link mailing list > Link@mailman.anu.edu.au > http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security

Re: [LINK] An Overhead NBN

2013-11-09 Thread Kim Holburn
Seems a good idea to me. If not an underground FTTH NBN, perhaps an arial > FTTH NBN? It appears a much better idea than any idiot FTTN TopHat system. > -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 404072753 mailto:k...@holburn.net aim://kimholburn skype

[LINK] Tracking phones when they are switched off

2013-11-11 Thread Kim Holburn
http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/11/samsung-nokia-say-they-dont-know-how-to-track-a-powered-down-phone/ -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 404072753 mailto:k...@holburn.net aim://kimholburn skype://kholburn - PGP Public Key on req

Re: [LINK] Tracking phones when they are switched off

2013-11-11 Thread Kim Holburn
RF emissions from it. > End of story. > > RC > > On 12/11/13 12:55 PM, Kim Holburn wrote: >> http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/11/samsung-nokia-say-they-dont-know-how-to-track-a-powered-down-phone/ >> >> > >

[LINK] RTOS: The second operating system hiding in every mobile phone

2013-11-13 Thread Kim Holburn
ected to. What could possibly go wrong? -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 404072753 mailto:k...@holburn.net aim://kimholburn skype://kholburn - PGP Public Key on request ___ Link mailing

[LINK] 24% of drivers access the internet while driving?

2013-11-14 Thread Kim Holburn
What is wrong with these people? http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/12/distracted-driving-accessing-internet/3497721/ -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 404072753 mailto:k...@holburn.net aim://kimholburn skype://kholburn - PGP Public

Re: [LINK] Trans-Pacific Partnership IP Chapter Leaked

2013-11-14 Thread Kim Holburn
Geist commentary: http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6996/125/ Australia sides with US for ISP liability : terminating subscriber Internet access and content blocking http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6994/125/ -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 6140240

[LINK] Coalition's FttN network unlikely to start rolling out before 2015

2013-11-17 Thread Kim Holburn
services and the nodes won’t commence until next > year. > > Commencement of the actual rollout is dependent on a number of factors – the > selection of the equipment (kit) vendor, the all-important Telstra > renegotiation and the ACCC’s approval. -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security

[LINK] NBN deadlines missed, can Turnbull make industry play nice?

2013-11-18 Thread Kim Holburn
ence and hard work” as the industry's new captain works to > turn the ocean liner that is Labor's NBN plan towards the Port of Broadband > Mediocrity. But as Turnbull's nascent ministry misses deadline after > deadline, and staggers from one broken promise to another, it&#

Re: [LINK] Thanks, Pandora

2013-11-30 Thread Kim Holburn
On 2013/Dec/01, at 12:00 PM, Richard wrote: > Jan, > > Good work Pandora. > > May I ask how come the Wayback Machine has left the collective > consciousness? Because you can somehow ask them to remove your entries and they do. -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Securi

Re: [LINK] One gigabit on NBN

2013-12-07 Thread Kim Holburn
the market place?" Mr Brown > said. > > The 1Gbps service was first considered in 2010 and announced earlier this > year. > > In October, Google Fibre boss Kevin Lo said given access to 1Gbps services, > consumers and entrepreneurs would "rise to that occasion&

Re: [LINK] Fwd: [PRIVACY] [apfma] AAP: AFP to use DPI to collect email metadata

2013-12-09 Thread Kim Holburn
gt; _ __________ _ > ___ > Link mailing list > Link@mailman.anu.edu.au > http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 404072753 mailto:k...@holburn.net

[LINK] GCHQ Forced Secure Email Service PrivateSky to Shut Down

2013-12-13 Thread Kim Holburn
mers who used it and you don't have any > recourse on it or let the subject know that you have been approached to > monitor their communications, as that is also against the law. > > "It was all too heavy, and all too cloak and dagger for what we wanted to do, > and t

[LINK] Google's driverless car is evil (by Buick)

2013-12-14 Thread Kim Holburn
l devices we carry to corporate control of the > vehicles that carry us. -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 404072753 mailto:k...@holburn.net aim://kimholburn skype://kholburn - PGP Public Key on request __

Re: [LINK] Google's driverless car is evil (by Buick)

2013-12-14 Thread Kim Holburn
through our vehicle screens. An economist might say, with some justification, that this could make everything more efficient. It might even end up costing less in fuel if done well. Kim -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408

[LINK] UN declares that the right to privacy, including online privacy, is a human right

2013-12-17 Thread Kim Holburn
activities. http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2013/gashc4094.doc.htm -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 404072753 mailto:k...@holburn.net aim://kimholburn skype://kholburn - PGP Public Key on request ___

Re: [LINK] UN declares that the right to privacy, including online privacy, is a human right

2013-12-17 Thread Kim Holburn
or Australians I'm afraid ... we no longer have any human rights. > > Just my 2 cents worth ... > --- > On 18 Dec 2013, at 8:42 am, Kim Holburn wrote: > >> http://news.softpedia.com/news/United-Nations-Approves-Internet-Privacy-Resolution-403948.shtml >> >>&g

Re: [LINK] A security question

2013-12-17 Thread Kim Holburn
ot hacked a > some time ago). > > Bobj > > Dr Bob Jansen > Turtle Lane Studios > PO Box 26 Erskineville NSW 2043 Australia > Ph: +61 414 297 448 > Skype: bobjtls > http://www.turtlelane.com.au > > > ___________ &g

Re: [LINK] UN declares that the right to privacy,

2013-12-18 Thread Kim Holburn
llance operation except pissing a lot of > people >> off and promoting privacy awareness. >> >> - Jim >> ___ >> Link mailing list >> Link@mailman.anu.edu.au >> http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/l

Re: [LINK] UN declares that the right to privacy,

2013-12-18 Thread Kim Holburn
When you can communicate via email to someone who is not technical then maybe but at the moment, gpg/pgp is not ready for non-tech use. Even techs find it hard to use. On 2013/Dec/18, at 10:27 PM, Karl Auer wrote: > On Wed, 2013-12-18 at 21:35 +1100, Kim Holburn wrote: >>> Ind

[LINK] UN right to privacy passes

2013-12-18 Thread Kim Holburn
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-25441408 -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 404072753 mailto:k...@holburn.net aim://kimholburn skype://kholburn - PGP Public Key on request ___ Link mailing

Re: [LINK] Depiction of wind at various altitudes, other weather pages

2013-12-18 Thread Kim Holburn
understand those dramatic peaks in temperature are driven largely by > Hadley cells. > > - Robin > > > > > > ___ > Link mailing list > Link@mailman.anu.edu.au > http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/lin

[LINK] Inside TAO: Documents Reveal Top NSA Hacking Unit

2013-12-29 Thread Kim Holburn
e, when they intercept shipping deliveries. If a target > person, agency or company orders a new computer or related accessories, for > example, TAO can divert the shipping delivery to its own secret workshops. > The NSA calls this method interdiction. At these so-called "load stat

Re: [LINK] Heavan, Hell and Teresa

2014-01-04 Thread Kim Holburn
_ > Link mailing list > Link@mailman.anu.edu.au > http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 404072753 mailto:k...@holburn.net aim://kimholburn skype://kholburn - PGP Public Key on

[LINK] Will Digital Networks Ruin The Middle Classes?

2014-01-08 Thread Kim Holburn
reformulating the economy — creating what he calls a > “humanistic economy” — offer much food for thought. Lanier wants to create a > dynamic where digital networks expand the pie rather than shrink it, and > rebuild the middle class instead of destroying it. -- Kim Holburn IT Network &a

Re: [LINK] Jamming GPS seems to be pretty easy

2014-01-08 Thread Kim Holburn
ax.com.auhttp://www.xamax.com.au/ > > Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Law University of N.S.W. > Visiting Professor in Computer ScienceAustralian National University > _

Re: [LINK] Jamming GPS seems to be pretty easy

2014-01-08 Thread Kim Holburn
On 2014/Jan/09, at 3:28 PM, Roger Clarke wrote: > At 15:18 +1100 9/1/14, Kim Holburn wrote: >> Seems like these guys are just jamming their own cabs. That'd be >> fraud I guess but it would also be possible, I would think, to jam >> your own cab devices without radi

[LINK] Privacy dooms digital copyright (and vice versa)

2014-01-26 Thread Kim Holburn
lobbying so hard > for more surveillance, wiretapping, tracking, and data retention (they > understand this perfectly). -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 404072753 mailto:k...@holburn.net aim://kimholburn skype://kholburn - PGP Public Key on request

Re: [LINK] Privacy dooms digital copyright (and vice versa)

2014-01-26 Thread Kim Holburn
> 'good for society' thing and copyright will thrive as a by product > continuing to make them lots of moolah. > > bobj > > > On 27/01/14 10:47 AM, Kim Holburn wrote: >> http://torrentfreak.com/why-the-copyright-industry-is-doomed-in-one-single-sentence-140

Re: [LINK] Adobe Flash Player Settings Manager - examine your Flash cookies

2014-02-06 Thread Kim Holburn
Manager or to personal information on your computer. > > > Does anyone believe them? > > cheers > rickw > > > -- > > Rick Welykochy || Vitendo Consulting > > Failure is not an option; it comes bundled with every Microsoft product. > > _______

[LINK] New technology for the surveillance age

2014-02-08 Thread Kim Holburn
onsumers are interested. > http://www.blackphone.ch/ > https://www.whitehatsec.com/aviator/ > http://www.technologyreview.com/news/521676/online-anonymity-in-a-box-for-49/ > http://www.getadtrap.com/ > http://duckduckgo.com/ -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consu

Re: [LINK] WOW - A new web service for all Australians (BOM online weather community in Australia)

2014-02-12 Thread Kim Holburn
of over four million > observations being received every month. Please view, or register and > start submitting your observations and help make WOW a success in > Australia. > > Carl > (Disclaimer: I work for the BOM, but had nothing to do with this.) > _

[LINK] Uncrackable phones provided by Phantom Secure linked to murder of Hells Angels bikies

2014-03-05 Thread Kim Holburn
s using the high-tech phones. > > "The rapid uptake of new communication technologies and encryption by > organised crime and terrorist groups is a significant concern and the > Attorney-General's Department is currently pursuing reforms to the > telecommunications int

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