Topic: SECURITY - on August 29, 2013 at 4:28:00 PM CEST
Anonymes Surfen: Nutzung des Tor-Netzwerks verdoppelt sich
Das Anonymisierungsnetzwerk Tor konnte in den letzten Wochen eine sprunghafte Zunahme seiner Nutzerzahlen vermelden. Wie statistische Auswertungen zeigen, bewegte sich die Zahl der Internet-Surfer, die weltweit täglich auf das Netzwerk zugriffen, dieses Jahr bisher bei 500.000. Im August kam es zu einer deutlichen Steigerung: Mit den über 1,2 Millionen täglichen Zugriffen am Mittwoch hat sich die Nutzerzahl mehr als verdoppelt. Der aktuelle Wert markiert ein Allzeithoch, das auch die bisherigen Spitzenwerte um den Jahreswechsel 2011/2012 übertrifft.
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Topic: SECURITY - on August 29, 2013 at 4:18:00 PM CEST
Tor Usage More Than Doubles In August
The privacy-enhancing network is known for providing an anonymous browsing experience through the use of a series of encrypted relays, and has had as many as 500k users throughout this year so far. But if we check the latest statistics available through Tor Metrics Portal there has been a whopping 100 percent increase in the number of Tor clients and as many as 1,200,000 users are connecting to the network. The previous peak for the network was in January 2012, when it saw as many as 950,000 users.
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Topic: DRUGS - on August 29, 2013 at 4:15:00 PM CEST
Study: Marijuana most widely used illegal drug but most deaths caused by painkiller addictions
Marijuana is the most popular illegal drug used worldwide, but addictions to popular painkillers like Vicodin, Oxycontin and codeine kill the most people, according to the first-ever global survey of illicit drug abuse.
In addition to cannabis and opioid painkillers, scientists analyzed abuse of cocaine and amphetamines in 2010, largely based on previous studies. Ecstasy and hallucinogens weren’t included, because there weren’t enough data. The researchers found that for all the drugs studied, men in their 20s had the highest rates of abuse. The worst-hit countries were Australia, Britain, Russia and the U.S. The study was published online Thursday in the journal, Lancet.
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Topic: SECURITY - on August 29, 2013 at 2:20:00 PM CEST
CryptoParty
The CryptoParty Handbook tries to provide a comprehensive guide to the various topics that might come up while investigating the realms of computer and internet security and is designed to be a practical guide during Cryptoparties. Read the Handbook online.
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Topic: SECURITY - on August 29, 2013 at 2:08:00 PM CEST
Bitcoin Perfectly Anonymous — Until You Spend It
One of the great attractions of Bitcoin as a currency is that it's completely secure and anonymous. But according to researchers (PDF) from UC San Diego and George Mason University, that anonymity starts to vanish the minute you exchange bitcoin for real-world items or conventional currencies. The researchers tracked transactions across the Bitcoin ecosystem and found points where it would be easy for a government with subpeona power to find the identity of a Bitcoin user. They also concluded that the currency wasn't especially attractive for money-laundering purposes
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Topic: SECURITY - on August 29, 2013 at 2:07:00 PM CEST
Sealands Data-Haven is back
Erinnert Ihr Euch an HavenCo, die einen sprichwörtlich sicheren Hafen für Daten eröffneten, auf HM Fort Roughs, einer dieser Maunsell Sea Forts, diesen Festungen in der Nordsee aus dem zweiten Weltkrieg? Bilder von den Dingern geistern immer mal wieder durchs Netz. Das HM Fort Roughs heisst auch Sealand und hat eine bewegte Geschichte voller Piratenradio, wurde als eigener (nictht anerkannter) Staat ausgerufen und eine eigene Verfassung, regiert wird Sealand von der Familie Bates und da hatten die dann sowas wie einen Vorläufer eines Hochsicherheits-Cloud-Service angeboten, der 2008 unter mysteriösen Umständen abgeschaltet wurde.
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Topic: DRUGS - on August 29, 2013 at 2:06:00 PM CEST
'Legal high' deaths soar to highest number on record
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said deaths linked with the psychoactive substances jumped from 29 in 2011 to 52 last year, an 80 per cent rise.
Even as recently as 2007 the annual number of deaths from the new synthetic drugs was in single figures.
The ONS drug poisoning data also showed deaths from the painkiller tramadol have more than doubled since 2008 to 175 in last year.
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Topic: DRUGS - on August 29, 2013 at 2:05:00 PM CEST
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoked 'a lot' of marijuana
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has said he has smoked "a lot" of marijuana, as a national debate on legalisation of the drug builds.
Mr Ford, who leads Canada's largest city, became the fourth Canadian politician in a week to acknowledge using the drug.
Separately, he has denied rumours he was caught on video smoking crack cocaine and that he was addicted to it.
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Topic: DRUGS - on August 29, 2013 at 2:04:00 PM CEST
Wird Marihuana in Berlin bald im Café verkauft?
So ähnlich könnten bald Besucher im Görlitzer Park in Berlin-Kreuzberg begrüßt werden. Die Grünen-Fraktion im Bezirksparlament lässt am späten Mittwochabend über einen Antrag zur Errichtung von Deutschlands erstem „Coffeeshop“ im Park abstimmen.
Begründung: Viele Anwohner sind genervt von den Dealern, die schon am Park-Eingang Drogen anbieten. Auch häufige Polizei-Razzien vertreiben die Kriminellen nicht!
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Topic: History - on August 28, 2013 at 5:38:00 PM CEST
'I Have A Dream' Speech Full Transcript And Video: Read Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1963 Speech On Its 50th Anniversary
August 28 marks the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The historic rally, which attracted more than 250,000 people to the United States capital, Washington, D.C., was marked by one of the most famous speeches given by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., titled “I Have a Dream.”
The 1963 March on Washington, as it is more commonly known, was one of the largest human rights demonstrations in the U.S. history. Conceived in 1962 by A. Philip Randolph, a civil rights activist who sought to improve the socio-economic conditions of African Americans, the rally idea initially didn’t get much support from other leaders. But Randolph eventually convinced the heads of five major civil rights organizations, including Roy Wilkins of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Whitney Young Jr. of the National Urban League, James Farmer of the Conference of Racial Equality (CORE), John Lewis of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and Dr. King, of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).
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Topic: SECURITY - on August 28, 2013 at 4:05:00 PM CEST
Tempora: Neue Snowden-Dokumente nennen weitere von Großbritannien angezapften Glasfaser-Kabel, auch Deutsche
Mindestens vier der vom britischen Geheimdienst angezapften Glasfaser-Kabel geben ihnen Zugriff auf weite Teile des deutschen Internet-Verkehrs. Das berichten NDR und Süddeutsche unter Berufung auf Dokumente von Edward Snowden. Die Deutsche Telekom als Mitbetreiber gibt sich unwissend, hält sich aber immer an die geltenden Landesgesetze.
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Topic: SECURITY - on August 28, 2013 at 3:54:00 PM CEST
The Deeper Meaning Of Miranda's Detention And The Destruction Of The Guardian's Hard Drives
As many have already observed, the detention of David Miranda comes across as an act of blatant intimidation, as does the farcical destruction of the Guardian's hard drives. But something doesn't ring true about these episodes: spooks may be cynical and ruthless, but they are not generally clueless idiots.
They would have guessed that Miranda would not possess the keys for any encrypted files that he was carrying, so seizing his equipment simply left them with a bunch of ones and zeroes that they were unable to read (unless strong encryption has been broken and we don't yet know about it).
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