Topic: SECURITY - on January 15, 2017 at 11:42:00 AM CET
Thanks, Obama: NSA to stream raw intelligence into FBI, DEA and pals
A last-minute rule change signed off by the outgoing Obama administration has made it much easier for the NSA to share raw surveillance data with more than a dozen government agencies. The changes [PDF] are tacked onto executive order 12333, which was enacted by then-President Ronald Reagan to allow intelligence agencies to share information on non-US nationals. The new rules will allow the NSA to share unfiltered signals intelligence with other members of the intelligence community if it is deemed necessary.
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Topic: POLITIK - on January 15, 2017 at 11:40:00 AM CET
Here are 10 'fake news' stories Trump has pushed as real
President-elect Donald Trump is not a fan of “fake news.” But you'd be excused for thinking he is. The soon-to-be president in his first press conference of 2017 on Wednesday admonished the media for reporting on a widely disputed and still unconfirmed memo that alleges Russia held compromising information on Trump. “It's all fake news. It's phony stuff. It didn't happen. And it was gotten by opponents of ours, as you know, because you reported it and so did many of the other people,” Trump said. “It was a group of opponents that got together—sick people—and they put that crap together.”
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Topic: POLITIK - on January 15, 2017 at 11:38:00 AM CET
Trump's New Cyber-Security Advisor Runs a Very, Very Insecure Website
Yesterday, President-elect Donald Trump announced the appointment of former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani as his cyber security advisor concerning the US private sector. The news made headlines, mostly because Rudy Giuliani is the last person who someone would think to be qualified to handle "the cyber," and because nobody seemed to know what Giuliani's security firm actually does. The infosec community didn't take the news lightly, hoping to see someone with more expertise in that position. It also didn't took long for cyber-security experts around the world to find flaws in the website of Giuliani's security firm.
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Topic: POLITIK - on January 15, 2017 at 11:35:00 AM CET
Michael Moore Dubs Trump the 'Godfather' of Fake News, Urges Publishers Not to Back Down
"He himself was hiring investigators to support his fake news. He is the godfather of this decade's fake news."
Filmmaker Michael Moore appeared on MSNBC late Thursday to reflect on President-elect Trump's ongoing feud with the press. After calling CNN "fake news" and BuzzFeed "a failing pile of garbage," Moore called Trump's press conference performance "masterful." "As a director, it was a masterful performance, he owned the room he owned the day, this should be very distressing to everyone," Moore said.
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Topic: TV - on January 15, 2017 at 11:31:00 AM CET
US-Parlamentsfernsehen plötzlich von russischem TV unterbrochen
Bei Anhörung des designierten CIA-Chefs Mike Pompeo ging zudem plötzlich das Licht aus Washington/Moskau – Zuschauer des US-Parlamentsfernsehens haben anstelle des üblichen Programms am Donnerstag zeitweise den russischen Staatssender Russia Today (RT) zu sehen bekommen. "Heute Nachmittag wurde die Internetübertragung von C-SPAN kurzzeitig durch ein Programm von RT unterbrochen", teilte der Parlamentskanal C-SPAN in Washington im Kurzbotschaftendienst Twitter mit. Man gehe nicht von einem Hackerangriff, sondern von einem Verbindungsfehler aus.
derstandard.at Why did a Russian propaganda network take over C-SPAN's feed?
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Topic: WEB - on January 15, 2017 at 11:29:00 AM CET
EFF is Proud to Stand Beside Techdirt in its "First Amendment Fight for its Life."
Techdirt, a prominent and critical source for incisive tech reporting and analysis, is defending itself against a $15 million lawsuit that could become a fight for its very existence. That suit was brought by Shiva Ayyadurai, who claims he invented email, and is based on a series of detailed articles Techdirt published disputing Ayyadurai’s claims.
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Topic: WEB - on January 15, 2017 at 11:26:00 AM CET
USA: Millionenklage gegen die Erfinder des Streisand-Effekts
Das US-Technologieblog Techdirt wird auf 15 Millionen Dollar verklagt. Der Kläger behauptet, die „E-Mail“ erfunden zu haben. Techdirt hatte Zweifel angemeldet und das auch mit Beweisen unterlegt. Die Kosten für den Prozess könnten dem unabhängigen und kritischen Medium das Genick brechen.
Der Unternehmer Shiva Ayyadurai verklagt Techdirt, ein US-Blog über Technik und Netzpolitik, wegen Diffamierung auf 15 Millionen Dollar. Der Kläger behauptet, die E-Mail erfunden zu haben. Techdirt hatte dies in mehreren Artikeln angezweifelt und die Berichterstattung mit zahlreichen Beweisen untermauert. Dagegen geht Ayyadurai jetzt vor. Der Fall bekommt eine besondere Brisanz, da Ayyadurai vom Anwalt Charles Harder vertreten wird. Der hatte in einem aufsehenerregenden Prozess das Blog Gawker in die Pleite getrieben. Der Paypal-Gründer und Trump-Unterstützer Peter Thiel hatte den Prozess gegen Gawker teilweise finanziert.
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Topic: SECURITY - on January 15, 2017 at 11:25:00 AM CET
Scientists Extract Fingerprints from Photos Taken From up to Three Meters Away
Researchers from Japan's National Institute of Informatics (NII) announced yesterday they have successfully extracted usable fingerprints from photos of exposed fingers taken up to three meters away. The news is troublesome as biometrics authentification is becoming more and more prevalent, with fingerprints being a favorite method of securing applications and physical resources. Speaking to Japanese newspaper Sankei Shimbun, Isao Echizen, researcher for NII's Digital Content and Media Sciences Research Division said that modern phone cameras are powerful enough to capture sufficient fingerprint details if users expose their fingers to the camera.
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Topic: Podcasts - on January 15, 2017 at 11:21:00 AM CET
Podcasts: Sonic Armageddon Black Noise, Imagined Communities, die zehn Verwandlungen des David Bowie und was sind Eliten?
Haufenweise Podcasts, die ich in den letzten Wochen gehört habe. Da ist eine Menge interessanter Kram dabei, nochmal mit Abstand am interessantesten aber ist das WDR3-Hörspiel Black Noise (gleich als erstes verlinkt) über schallbasierte Waffen, über Noise, Psychoakkustik und Sonic Warfare. Total gut.
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