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  • THIS: Within Two Worlds

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  • Twitter Updates for 2012-07-18

    Daily Telegraph front page: "DESTROY OUR CYBER ENEMIES, SAY MPs" – have they got any clue whatsoever? # Presumably they think we should pay for bearer bandwidth to be laid to Al Quaeda headquarters so that we can DDOS them. # Ah, no, apparently there is a "Stuxnet Gap" and we need to fund defence…

  • Twitter Updates for 2012-07-17

    One for @CumbrianRambler : http://t.co/bY432evZ – don't forget the mouseover. # @PlanetFalafel Just don't click on it. # @PlanetFalafel did you type in any passwords? # @PlanetFalafel you're probably ok but i would recommend changing your facebook password just in case # "@slashdot: Google's Marissa Mayer Becomes Yahoo! CEO http://t.co/sbln4EKK" # this! should! be! interesting!…

  • Twitter Updates for 2012-07-16

    @dogsbodyorg The consequent nudity might be an issue, too. # RT @lee_whitfield: You know you're in Texas when… http://t.co/He03uIPL # camouflage nappies. yes really. # @metal_max That would set a precedent for IE6 and therefore won't happen. # TOMORROW: The Digital Economy Act – Come and hear how "Anti Piracy" will affect you! cc: @OpenRightsGroup…

  • Exactly 21 years ago: “CRACK: A Sensible Unix Password Cracker”

    How to make several other people feel much older than I actually do – muahahahaha… This was version 2.7; the shit really went down hard when v3.2+fcrypt was posted on August 23rd 1991; but that’s another story. Happy memories. 🙂 From: aem@aber.ac.uk (Alec David Muffett) Newsgroups: alt.sources,alt.security Subject: CRACK: A Sensible Unix Password Cracker Keywords:…

  • MUST READ: David House Grand Jury Notes – Pastebin.com # this is how the US #fifthamendment works HT @sonofkojak

    Click through to the whole thing, but here’s a snippet: DH: Allow me to consult with my attorney. [House leaves the grand jury and returns one minute later.] DH: As to the previous question, I invoke. DC: You admitted to federal agents in Boston that you had met Bradley Manning in January 2010, is that…

  • Twitter Updates for 2012-07-15

    @vdotw Cherished? I prefer this approach to venue child-management: http://t.co/JZ6BlCOh # .@zalez @chrisgerhard Invisible Cycle Helmet http://t.co/AYAJ1o1N – Wow, this was forecast in SnowCrash in 1992 by @nealstephenson # @vdotw Well that sucks. Children are self-propelled kazoos. I remember being one. # RT: A brief discourse regarding the @OpenRightsGroup London Pub Meetup in Southwark on…

  • Google Alerts: “We Take Security Seriously” :: More! Yahoo! Will! It! Never! End!

  • Twitter Updates for 2012-07-14

    : Acoustic Kitty – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia # 🙁 http://t.co/LqBSGU7z # July 16th London Pub Meet: Digital Economy Act: "Three Strikes: disconnection for downloading" http://t.co/OCk4TCKM #DEact @openrightsgroup # @jamesrbuk Why not ask if these new hires have got basic SIA training? Poor security staff are a double liability. http://t.co/pMQTh0IE # @jamesrbuk So: there _are_…

  • The Tim and Freya show: Is social media changing the public space? – Storyful

    Good questions. In the time of social media, everyone is a reporter with access to a wider audience and a means of recording – in both the technological and archival sense. Things said in the heat of the moment in a public sphere are given a newfound longevity when they’re captured, pored over and discussed…

  • Wembley Stadium – Prohibited and restricted items #olympics #2012 #security #avoid

    WembleyStadiumprohibitedandrestricteditems_Neutral.pdf. Items that are prohibited from Wembley are: ? Liquids, aerosols and gels in quantities greater than 100ml. ? Alcohol. – More than one soft-sided bag of 25 litre capacity or less (you must be able to fit your bag under your seat). We strongly suggest you do not bring a bag – if you…

  • “You wouldn’t Guy Socrates, or make him appear as a clown” # Steve Martin would.

    This is doing the rounds a lot at the moment: …which is a extract from a much longer interview from 1979 regards the release of the Life of Brian, and the religious controversy of the time. At the 04:28 mark you get the blogpost title quote: “You wouldn’t Guy Socrates, or make him appear as…