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Category Archives: EN
Speaking of the devil
Just recently I mentioned Clean MX in this blog post and sure enough today I received another automated abuse message from them and relayed to me via Hetzner, my hoster. This time, however, I plan not to be so lenient … Continue reading
Posted in EN, IT Security, Opinion, Thoughts
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No relief
In the past software I wrote ended up in detection of anti-malware programs, more traditionally known under the term antivirus (AV) programs . As you may or may not know I work for an AV vendor and as such I … Continue reading
Posted in EN, IT Security, Thoughts
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Yay! The Man from Earth sequel started the funding phase …
Follow this link inconspicuously kck.st/15imYX1 I loved the original. Admittedly I had gotten a copy from a friend who had downloaded it. But not only did I donate right after watching it, I also bought the DVD later. Lesson to … Continue reading
Bruce Schneier about the latest information concerning NSA/GCHQ and cryptography
How to remain secure against NSA surveillance Take it always with a grain of salt, but he is an established expert and he has been openly critical against surveillance in his newsletters. // Oliver PS: another comment from Schneier: The … Continue reading
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Signing an RPM unattended …
It appears that there is no way to sign an RPM package unattended with the default tools. However, expect comes to the rescue. I found two descriptions on other blogs how to do it: from 2008 here: GPG signing RPMs … Continue reading
Okay, so …?
… if the USA defines cyber-attacks as acts of war have they then declared war on the rest of the world or how should the actions of the US secret services in “cyberspace” be interpreted? Or is the US taking … Continue reading
Posted in EN, Peace, Privacy, Thoughts
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Powerful, moving and sad short film
https://youtu.be/XCoFoKvfc6Y
Posted in /dev/null, EN
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Cheeky
So on July 15th I went to DHL here in Reykjavík to check what it would cost to send back a defective item received through DHL in the first place. After I was almost through the whole process, I saw … Continue reading
For your benefit, I tried it so you don’t have to
I have a manual coffee grinder and since it’s a tedious and lengthy process, especially when you want very finely grained coffee, I decided to attach my screw drill to the top and try whether it works. Turns out during … Continue reading
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“land of the free and the home of the brave”?
Edward Snowden leaks information about the massive surveillance world we live in under the disguise of the “war against terror”. Minitru could not have come up with a better wording in Orwell’s nightmarish novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. Edward Snowden is being … Continue reading
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Oh for fucks sakes, Opera …
Why did you have to make your browser crappy like the rest of the bunch? Just upgraded to 15.something and lo and behold tab stacking is no more and I am confronted with a sh*tload of tabs whose labels or … Continue reading
Posted in EN, Opinion, Software
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For anyone who uses premake4 and needs an up-to-date binary
A code-signed binary is included in the ZIP archive available here. All contents are signed using PGP as well, so they can be verified using the following command line (replace gpg for gpg2 depending on your version): gpg –verify signature.asc … Continue reading
Posted in C/C++, EN, Lua, Programming
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What the creator of PGP thinks …
Read it over here. Excerpt: If we have a change in the government sometime in the future, that government will have such a powerful tool of surveillance, that we will find ourselves in a terrible predicament that we won’t be … Continue reading
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Spot on ….
Klaus Stuttmann, a German caricaturist, has gotten it right, I think. See his take on the situation and argumentation between the USA and Russia here. Translation: Putin: “If Snowden was a Russian who had published the world-wide surveillance of Russian … Continue reading
Posted in EN, Germans have no notion of sarcasm, Opinion, Thoughts
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No compliments :)
A Youtube clip I was pointed to some time ago, but forgot again … Kollektivet: Music Video – Compliments // Oliver
Is this the world we created?
Bolivian minister: Evo Morales’ plane rerouted on suspicion Snowden on board
Posted in EN, Human Rights, Privacy, Thoughts
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Re: Are Americans the next Germans?
More circumstantial evidence transpired that US-Americans don’t understand the concept of irony anymore: Charles Schumer said: “He is not at all like the great human rights crusaders in the past, the Martin Luther Kings or the Gandhis who did civil … Continue reading
Posted in EN, Germans have no notion of sarcasm, Human Rights, Peace, Thoughts
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Are Americans the next Germans?
Irony and sarcasm; two related concepts to which most Germans are oblivious, simply due to certain genes responsible for creating proteins that suppress the understanding of irony, sarcasm and, yes, in some extreme cases, humor. This was a trait developed … Continue reading
Thought experiment
If the justification for total surveillance is the fight against terrorists and prevention of terrorist acts, what does it tell us that governments spy on each other? Send me your solutions as comments to this post // Oliver
Posted in EN, Privacy, Thoughts
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Catch 22
So in the UK porn filters will be mandatory soon on public WLAN hotspots and even homes, reports Wired. Well, good for them chaps on the British Isles. Only this creates a small problem. Being slightly paranoid, I am using … Continue reading
Posted in EN, IT Security, Privacy, Thoughts
Tagged censorship, porn, UK, VPN, web filtering
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