Bsmith

well changed my profile pic to me so could aswell post it here in big =P
 

A couple years after Steve died everything has been going to shit

people usually don't see the difference between white hat, grey hat and black hat hackers, you are learning to be a white hat currently(someone that hacks with permission and to gain money) which basically is digital security.

drama within the team and the actual mind behind everything leaving them.
Wendell had all knowledge and a background, where as most others where more personalities then people with knowledge, they could host pretty well but that was it.

drama within the team and the actual mind behind everything leaving them.
Wendell had all knowledge and a background, where as most others where more personalities then people with knowledge, they could host pretty well but that was it.

people usually don't see the difference between white hat, grey hat and black hat hackers, you are learning to be a white hat currently(someone that hacks with permission and to gain money) which basically is digital security.

people usually don't see the difference between white hat, grey hat and black hat hackers, you are learning to be a white hat currently(someone that hacks with permission and to gain money) which basically is digital security.

people usually don't see the difference between white hat, grey hat and black hat hackers, you are learning to be a white hat currently(someone that hacks with permission and to gain money) which basically is digital security.

Because a ginger has finally done it.
 
It's easily the greatest human achievement of all time.

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Tapping calls is one thing, tracking someone and misusing the obtained information is obviously another one.
Since I live in Belgium, I can only tell you about that: the national security agency needs to have the permission of a commission of 3 magistrates and the tapping is always under surveillance of an investigating judge.
However, only the content of the conversation is registered. Positional data and alike are, as far as I know, not tracked.
 
I assume that you can read dutch? 
This is the current situation here: Afgeluisterd? Misschien komt u het nooit te weten

it might be due to tech linked being news related, thus having a shorter release schedule

I believe with the original Snowden leaks there was evidence of that happening within the NSA, so not the first time and probably impossible to stop it with current laws regarding privacy in the US.

A US (ex)sheriff has been caught abusing a tracking service, while on duty, without warrant to track multiple people including a judge and other police officers.
Said sheriff however has been fired since, due to a unrelated case where a inmate has died, but earlier has been charged with forging of documents and similar cases.
 
Although this might be a isolated case where it's just a single individual abusing his powers, it is still slightly worrying about how potent those programs are and how easy it is for them to use these services without warrant.
 
 
The article also goes on about possible implications within the law and how it is possible for the company to have access to all this data without problems, which is legally allowed up to the point where they can even sell location data without issues, it however is a vague situation since they are also legally obliged to protect costumer's personal information and location data falls within a grey area, whether it is or isn't considered personal information that they can(and probably will) sell.
 
 
It also opens up the dialogue on how well companies like Securus or isps do actually check warrants to see if they are legal, since in this situation the tracking was done without legal permission or use of warrants that forced them to give access to said locations.
 
 
Although Securus only operates within the USA and it (so far I'm aware) is one of the few modern nations where it is allowed to sell information from your costumers to a third party, I find it pretty concerning that it is possible for people to have access to things like this without the decent checks being carried out.
But I guess this will just be another small drop in the bucket of questionable practices within the United States; of course tools like this have benefits in search and rescue situations, although then it still has to be carried out the proper way, something that here hasn't been the case.
 
source: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/10/technology/cellphone-tracking-law-enforcement.html

The big old office photocopier, which company doesn't have them?
Well, it might be an idea for companies to set up a policy around them, because photocopiers store a digital file of everything they copy, without encryption or any other security measures, unless you get the "upgrade".
 
The possibility to wipe drives is there of course and judging by this scenario, that $500 sounds to more then worth it, especially if you work with information regarding drug criminals or medical information from people.
 
The fact that those copiers can just be bought from auctions without hassle even though they have been from police departments or insurance companies like the case has been in this research, to make matters worse these copiers even go to different continents when sold, who knows what happens there to them. 
 
source:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/digital-photocopiers-loaded-with-secrets/

whoops! looks like I forgot to check dates after this popped up on my twitter timeline
thanks for moving it!

The big old office photocopier, which company doesn't have them?
Well, it might be an idea for companies to set up a policy around them, because photocopiers store a digital file of everything they copy, without encryption or any other security measures, unless you get the "upgrade".
 
The possibility to wipe drives is there of course and judging by this scenario, that $500 sounds to more then worth it, especially if you work with information regarding drug criminals or medical information from people.
 
The fact that those copiers can just be bought from auctions without hassle even though they have been from police departments or insurance companies like the case has been in this research, to make matters worse these copiers even go to different continents when sold, who knows what happens there to them. 
 
source:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/digital-photocopiers-loaded-with-secrets/

The big old office photocopier, which company doesn't have them?
Well, it might be an idea for companies to set up a policy around them, because photocopiers store a digital file of everything they copy, without encryption or any other security measures, unless you get the "upgrade".
 
The possibility to wipe drives is there of course and judging by this scenario, that $500 sounds to more then worth it, especially if you work with information regarding drug criminals or medical information from people.
 
The fact that those copiers can just be bought from auctions without hassle even though they have been from police departments or insurance companies like the case has been in this research, to make matters worse these copiers even go to different continents when sold, who knows what happens there to them. 
 
source:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/digital-photocopiers-loaded-with-secrets/

I doubt it, but for that you would need to check warranties from the product and the rules of the store and what not, we can't answer this although we can predict a "no"

I doubt it, but for that you would need to check warranties from the product and the rules of the store and what not, we can't answer this although we can predict a "no"

I doubt it, but for that you would need to check warranties from the product and the rules of the store and what not, we can't answer this although we can predict a "no"

stigma

This sounds interesting, especially with the amount of android phones that would benefit from an OS update, although I doubt if companies are likely to look back at older models or low end phones a lot after 1-3 years
 
but on the other hand, even more OS segmentation for developers!

starting a business on something while you aren't capable of getting the essentials set up through your own research is a bad idea.
 
as mentioned above me, there are a lot of factors that come into play including location, upload/download speeds, bandwith capacity, budget, commercial or residential and then we are still ignoring front end and back end support, license fees, power issues, upscaling, downscaling etc.

starting a business on something while you aren't capable of getting the essentials set up through your own research is a bad idea.
 
as mentioned above me, there are a lot of factors that come into play including location, upload/download speeds, bandwith capacity, budget, commercial or residential and then we are still ignoring front end and back end support, license fees, power issues, upscaling, downscaling etc.