[Non-US] News That Makes You laugh/cry/neither...

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Wed Jul 06, 2016 11:26 pm

No.
Sadly not.
The hacker had complained about security issues to Interpol himself and only did this after they ignored him.
And he actually went to the press and told them exactly what and how he did it as well . .
And lookie there, all of a sudden, the security problem that allowed this was fixed instantly!

hyzmarca · Post by **hyzmarca** » Fri Jul 08, 2016 2:16 pm

Brexit has killed 12 people in Indonesia.

https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2016/ ... t-junction

PhoneLobster · Post by **PhoneLobster** » Fri Jul 08, 2016 10:39 pm

So anyway Australian election... still not entirely settled. The party for pure evil and idiocy the LNP is still likely to win, and has a small chance of scraping in a bare majority in it's own right by ONE seat, So some of them are out trumpetting a total and complete mandate delivering "Victory Machine" victory. But even if they do, barely, win a bare majority, they need the independents support to be "stable" (about the ONE thing they promised to deliver other than big corporate tax cuts).

This means they are negotiating with the right wing independents. To give you a guideline on how that will turn out, the most prominent most right wing most pro-LNP one STILL has, as one of his key demands, government assistance in ERADICATING THE AUSTRALIAN LUNG FISH FROM THE FACE OF THE PLANET FOR NO GOOD REASON. (He doesn't call it that, but that's the inevitable result of his favorite demand).

Of course the government promised "no deals with minor or independent parties" which means it will be "understandings" instead, except the Lung Fish Crusader actually wants a flat out deal... so good luck with that.

Also the LNP... are not good at minority government, they can't even successfully negotiate with themselves. The internal right wing nutter hard liners are trying to PREVENT their own party from negotiating with the independents in advance, because they fear that Turnbull will use say, Nick "the total fucking asshole" Xenophon as an excuse to enact very slightly left of nazi policy as part of a deal understanding convenient but politically necessary coincidence.

And of course Malcolm Turnbull winning but only barely is a Malcolm Turnbull that looks awfully doomed I mean you can pretty much SEE the multiple stab wounds in his back already...

erik · Post by **erik** » Thu Jul 14, 2016 11:41 pm

God dammit terrorists.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07 ... -in-nice2/

Fwib · Post by **Fwib** » Fri Jul 15, 2016 4:27 pm

Looking at the scatter of bullet-holes on that truck, I think the gendarmes (who I presume to be the ones with the guns) need more training. I hope they didn't hit anyone other than the driver. Of course, I may just be expecting better accuracy than is reasonable from people trained to shoot.

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Fri Jul 15, 2016 8:51 pm

OK so, appearantly, somebody had enough of Erdogan . .
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07 ... n-ankara1/

MGuy · Post by **MGuy** » Fri Jul 15, 2016 9:00 pm

Apparently there's a coup going on in Turkey and if I'm hearing things correctly our people are in favor of it but aren't making any big moves just yet.

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Fri Jul 15, 2016 9:07 pm

yeah, i just heard of it as well . . see link above.
war is coming ever closer to europe it seems.
add to that the movement of several 1000 man strong regiments into the baltic states and the eu and nato working closer together in terms of military stuff in future, it seems like europe might be getting decidedly unpleasant soonish . .
also:
https://twitter.com/MikaelSkillt/status ... wsrc%5Etfw

i might be a horrible person, but i can't help but be amused by the military staging a coup and taking over hastags . .

But if that is actually the truth, a military coup might actually be a good thing in the long run, if they are more moderate than erdogan . .

Username17 · Post by **Username17** » Fri Jul 15, 2016 9:42 pm

Erdogan was pretty clearly bombing anti-war demonstrations and blaming the actions on ISIS and Kurds in order to whip up fear and anger so that he could suppress freedoms of the anti-war demonstrators. He was a really bad person and very bad leader. I'm not sorry to see him go.

Military coups are generally scary and a lot of bad things can happen. But I'm not sad about this one.

-Username17

nockermensch · Post by **nockermensch** » Fri Jul 15, 2016 11:11 pm

Coup in Turkey seems to be losing moment right now. Or is it just information war?

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Sat Jul 16, 2016 1:48 am

according to the live ticker on the telegraph, it seems the coup failed . .

name_here · Post by **name_here** » Sat Jul 16, 2016 2:09 am

That's what the government is saying, but the Guardian reports that fighting is still ongoing in Ankara.

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Sat Jul 16, 2016 2:14 am

i'm going to go out on a limb here and say the coup will fail because the military tried to have it be as unbloody as possible . .
aside from some policemen and military people who were fighting, are there actually any news about non combattants being killed in this? no press people, no government people, no administrative people, no religious hardliners/otherwise conservatives . . no nothing?
for fucks sake, erdogan was in a plane. they had jetfighters. if they had shot that plane down that would have ended some problems then and there <.<

tussock · Post by **tussock** » Sat Jul 16, 2016 11:25 am

Seems the air force was on the side of the state all game, and happily shot down the helicopters on the side of the coup, and once that happened they sort of packed it in and surrendered to local police. Plus a hundred dead folk, because shooting, but not thousands because they didn't shoot the unarmed crowds who got in their way.

Like most secret plots they tend to not go very well once they get started.

Sad thing, he'll probably win the next election too now. But at least it'll mean they get to stick with democracy and it'll eventually turn around for them, probably.

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Sat Jul 16, 2016 11:36 am

sad that the wrong side won because the right side was too "good is stupid"
the one positive thing about the swift end of this is the fact that it can not be drawn out any further and become a new kind of vietnam with the west fighting the russians on our doorstep there <.<

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Wed Jul 27, 2016 9:27 pm

http://www.keysniffer.net/
Oh. Oh dear.
This might be the biggest Security Risk yet.
According to Crypto Scientists, Millions of wireless(not bluetooth) Keyboards have trivial to bypass encryption on their proprietary wifi implementation.
So everything typed on them, can wirelessly and remotely be grabbed as plain text.
Also, you can insert your own datastream into it and make it look like it came from the keyboard . .
And those are only tested ones by the following manufacturers:
Anker, EagleTec, General Electric, Hewlett-Packard, Insignia, Kensington, Radio Shack und Toshiba.
Doesn't look like a quick and easy fix is on the horizon either.
Only Kensington has actually responded to this when they were contacted by the scientists. Kensington plans to implement a Firmware Update that will make the wifi 128 Bit AES Encrypted, which is, at least, a little bit better. But even they do not say wether or not that will be aplicable to already in use devices or only on new devices as factory standard . .

Grek · Post by **Grek** » Wed Jul 27, 2016 11:49 pm

Moral of the story: don't use a wireless keyboard you goober.

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Thu Jul 28, 2016 12:04 am

i don't.
not for that reason, but simply because cables usually just are better.
but this is a security risk on a global scale. we are talking millions of affected devices here basically.

erik · Post by **erik** » Thu Jul 28, 2016 12:43 am

I have an oldish MacBook with a dead keyboard that I'm debating whether i want to replace the keyboard or continue to use a usb and wireless was option 3.

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Thu Jul 28, 2016 12:58 am

if you are still lugging it around:
replace built in keyboard.
if you are only using it stationary at home on a desk:
use USB cable keyboard.
if you are using it as your home media centre pc and want to control it from further away, no strings attached?
after this, go for a blu-tooth keyboard. won't even need the receiver, because the macbook should have bluetooth built into it.

erik · Post by **erik** » Thu Jul 28, 2016 1:29 am

I haven't decided on its final fate. so Tis still in limbo

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Thu Jul 28, 2016 6:39 am

I use a wireless usb keyboard at home, since I just got tired of the cords under my feet. How great is the risk that someone could intercept the signal from the street?

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Thu Jul 28, 2016 8:04 am

Have you made enemies?
Are you a POI?
LEAs interested in your activities?
How far is the street from your keyboard/receiver?

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Thu Jul 28, 2016 8:07 am

Not that I expect to go to that kind of trouble.
No.
Not to my knowledge.
Maybe ~30 ft? More?

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Thu Jul 28, 2016 8:22 am

Risk low i'd guess.
If anything, maybe a script kiddie or some other wannabe.
Otherwise, you are just not an efficient enough target to warrant the effort of actually being there.
This could change if the criminals start roaming street gangs of wifi tappers to try and get as many logins as possible for use/sale.
Which would necessiate people actually loitering around or making listening posts / stations to catch the needed data traffic.

Apartment complexes are probably more at rist than single houses with their own front yard simnply because it is easier to inconspiciously go around them than a privately owned home. And because there are more potential sources in closer proximity as well.