How to turn a phone into a covert bugging device? Infect the printer
James Bond-style attack underscores growing vulnerability of embedded software.
ImperialViolet - TLS Symmetric Crypto
At this time last year, the TLS world was mostly running on RC4-SHA and AES-CBC. The Lucky 13 attack against CBC in TLS had just been published and I had spent most of January writing patches for OpenSSL and NSS to implement constant-time CBC decoding. The RC4 biases paper is still a couple of week…
http://www.uvm.edu/~pdodds/files/papers/others/1976/robinson1976a.pdf
uvm.edu
Hasnain says:
"Fashions in Shaving and Trimming of the Beard: The men of the Illustrated London News, 1842-1972:
This research note presents sample-derived measures of comparative frequencies over time (1842-1972) for changing modes in men's facial barbering."
Posted on 2014-02-27T19:15:31+0000
OPPO N1
OPPO is a global technology brand, with a long history of serving customers in North America, Europe and Asia.
Hasnain says:
Why did I not hear of this earlier? The rear touch sounds perfect.
Posted on 2014-02-27T19:05:47+0000
Best of Red Dwarf in 10 Minutes
My favorite clips of Red Dwarf in under 10 minutes.
abudnik/tcalc
tcalc - C++ compile-time Prolog interpreter
Hasnain says:
Why?!
"C++ COMPILE-TIME PROLOG INTERPRETER
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C++ Templates are Turing Complete. It means that any computation expressible by
a computer program can be computed, in some form, by a template metaprogram."
High Scalability - High Scalability - The WhatsApp Architecture Facebook Bought For $19 Billion
Rick Reed in an upcoming talk in March titled That's 'Billion' with a 'B': Scaling to the next ...
Hasnain says:
This is a really interesting technical analysis. I can't wait for the talk in March.
Posted on 2014-02-26T18:13:52+0000
My Management Lessons from Three Failed Startups, Google, Apple, Dropbox, Twitter and Square
Kim Scott had one thing to do that day. She was going to price her product. It was the year 2000, she was the founder and CEO of Juice Software, and she had blocked off her whole morning to make this decision. The moment she stepped off the elevator, she was met by co-worker after co-worker who need...
Netflix is paying Comcast for direct connection to network, WSJ reports
Paid peering agreement will improve Netflix quality for Comcast subscribers.
Read Wendi Deng Murdoch’s Mash Note Allegedly About Tony Blair: “He Has Such Good Body”
Mark Seal on the alleged affair that helped end Rupert Murdoch’s third marriage.
Hasnain says:
"Seduced and Abandoned
The 14-year marriage of Rupert Murdoch and Wendi Deng ended abruptly last year, after the News Corp. chairman came to believe his third wife had been romantically involved with a former head of state and with a prominent Silicon Valley executive. Talking to friends of the couple’s, Mark Seal reports on the shifting power dynamics in the Murdoch household as Deng’s ambitions changed, and tackles the question now being debated: Who blindsided whom?"
[former head of state] = Tony Blair
[prominent Silicon Valley executive] = Eric Schmidt