Topic: Phone - on July 11, 2013 at 4:22:00 PM CEST
Android Master Key Vulnerability Checker Now Live
Last week, Rain Forrest Puppy (aka Jeff Forristal) first disclosed the initial public report about an Android Master Key flaw. Code was released earlier this week for attackers to exploit the flaw — but what about users? Google has claimed that it has patched the issue but how do you know if your phone/carrier is safe? Forristal's company now has an app for that.
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Topic: Phone - on July 11, 2013 at 4:19:00 PM CEST
Three-Quarters Of All Smartphones Contain NSA Code In Operating System
Security-Enhanced Android: NSA Edition
Tech giants listed as part of the National Security Agency’s Prism spying program have gone to some lengths to convince the world they aren’t in bed with the U.S. government. Google (GOOG) has filed a request with the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act court asking permission to disclose more information about the government’s data requests. So there’s a certain irony that NSA programmers are now refining code that Google has approved for the company’s mobile operating system, Android. Google spokeswoman Gina Scigliano confirms that the company has already inserted some of the NSA’s programming in Android OS. “All Android code and contributors are publicly available for review at source.android.com,” Scigliano says, declining to comment further.
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Topic: Drone - on July 11, 2013 at 4:15:00 PM CEST
US Navy robot stealth fighter in first unmanned carrier landings
The last of the great barriers has fallen: an unmanned aircraft has successfully made autonomous arrested landings on the deck of an aircraft carrier. It's now plain that robots are not just as good as human pilots - they are as good as the best human pilots.
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Topic: DRUGS - on July 11, 2013 at 2:30:00 PM CEST
Blumenkinder, wie die Zeit vergeht!
In Kalifornien gerät der Anbau von Marihuana außer Kontrolle. Wo einst Hippies ein paar Pflanzen kultivierten, zerstören heute Unternehmer mit großen Plantagen ganze Ökosysteme. Die Hippies flüchten vor dem "Grünrausch".
Die Geschichte des Anbaus von Marihuana im Norden Kaliforniens klingt zunächst wie eine schöne Anekdote aus dem Handbuch für Hippies. Die Blumenkinder in San Francisco waren in den 1960er-Jahren begeistert von der Qualität der Pflanzen, die etwa 300 Kilometer nördlich im Bezirk Humboldt wuchsen. Es war aufgrund der hügeligen Lage und des milden Klimas, so die einhellige Meinung, das beste Marihuana der Welt.
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Topic: AUSTRIA - on July 11, 2013 at 1:46:00 PM CEST
Facebook sperrt Strache von eigenem Profil aus
Einer Aussendung des Freiheitlichen Parlamentsklubs zufolge wurde FPÖ-Chef Heinz-Christian Strache mit einem 30-tägigen Posting-Bann auf seinem eigenen Profil belegt. Die FPÖ vermutet, dass das Profil wegen Straches Kritik an der US-Überwachung teilweise gesperrt wurde und bezeichnete Facebook als „Verteidiger des überwachungswütigen US-Imperiums“.
Ob Strache und die Administratoren der HC Strache Facebook Seite tatsächlich wegen den US-kritischen Beiträgen aus dem eigenen Profil gesperrt wurden oder doch ein anderer Grund hinter der Maßnahme steckt, ist unklar, da Facebook die 30-tägige Sperre ohne mitgeteilten Grund veranlasst habe, wie Alexander Höferl vom freiheitlichen Parlamentsklub auf Anfrage der futurezone mitteilt.
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Topic: POLITIK - on July 11, 2013 at 1:37:00 PM CEST
Florida may have accidentally banned computers and smartphones
Got a laptop or an iPhone in Florida? You could be violating the law.
In an attempt to ban Internet cafes in the Sunshine State, legislators may have been a bit too broad in their language, resulting in what some legal experts say is a law that inadvertently makes it illegal to own a computer or a smartphone.
The bill, which was signed into law by Florida governor Rick Scott in April, was meant to shut down cafes, some of which have been tied to illegal gambling in the state. And shut them down it did: over 1,000 cafes were immediately closed.
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Topic: SECURITY - on July 11, 2013 at 1:13:00 PM CEST
Feds asked to avoid Def Con hacker meeting
Federal agents have been asked to stay away from one of the world's biggest hacker gatherings.
Revelations about the scale of US government spying meant emotions in the hacking world were "running high", said organisers of the Def Con convention.
As a result, federal agents should take a "timeout" from Def Con this year.
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Topic: DRUGS - on July 11, 2013 at 1:05:00 PM CEST
Autonome übersäen Göttingen mit Cannabispflanzen
Laut Bekennerschreiben handelt es sich bei den in der deutschen Stadt gesäten Samen um THC-armen Hanf
Im Juni tauchten erstmals Hanfstauden in öffentlichen Blumenbeeten der niedersächsischen Stadt Göttingen auf. Gepflanzt hatten sie Mitglieder der Grünen Jugend. Der Baubetriebshof beseitigte die Pflanzen auf dem zentralen Wilhelmsplatz rasch, doch jetzt sprießt das Cannabis in der ganzen Stadt.
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Topic: DRUGS - on July 11, 2013 at 1:01:00 PM CEST
Pot advocate Marc Emery approved for return to Canada
The wife of Canada's so-called Prince of Pot says the U.S. government has agreed to transfer her imprisoned husband back home, but Canada's government still needs to give its approval.
A July 9 letter from the U.S. Department of Justice obtained by The Canadian Press said Marc Emery's transfer has now been approved.
Emery's wife, Jodie, said she was informed of the decision by email Wednesday afternoon, about 30 minutes after talking to her husband who is completing a five-year prison sentence at medium-security prison in Yazoo City, Miss. for selling cannabis seeds to U.S. customers over the Internet.
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Topic: SEX - on July 11, 2013 at 12:56:00 PM CEST
Daft Punk release their own brand of 'Get Lucky' condoms
The French duo have teamed up with Durex to produce a packed emblazoned with the cover art of chart-topping tune from their latest album 'Random Access Memories'. To promote the packs, Durex have been posting samples to DJs. Earlier this week, Diplo posted a picture of an opened packet on Instagram with the caption "Thank god I had those daft punk condoms last night".
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Topic: NATURE - on July 10, 2013 at 5:25:00 PM CEST
Crazy Sky-High Waterspout Captured on Camera in Florida
There are those natural phenomena that we know are coming, like comets, the Supermoon and this year's forthcoming Manhattanhenge, causing shutterbugs around the world to prepare their cameras. Then there's the stuff we have no idea is coming, like earthquakes, tsunamis and tornadoes. But the prevalence of cell phone cameras mean we're now capturing images from the latter category too. Yesterday a series of photos out of Oldsmar, Florida, went viral as a handful of residents were able to capture a waterspout—a sort of oceangoing tornado—that formed around sunset on Monday.
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Topic: SECURITY - on July 10, 2013 at 4:42:00 PM CEST
D-Link-Router mit schwerwiegender UPnP-Lücke
Der Sicherheitsexperte Michael Messner hat erneut eine kritische Schwachstelle in zahlreichen Routern von D-Link entdeckt. Über speziell präparierte POST-Request kann ein Angreifer offenbar beliebige Befehle in die Modelle DIR-300 Rev B, DIR-600 Rev B, DIR-645, DIR-845, DIR-865 einschleusen. Nach Angaben des Sicherheitsexperten sind unter Umständen auch andere Modell betroffen. Die Lücke klafft im UPnP-Modul der Router.
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