Topic: Appelbaum - on July 27, 2016 at 6:02:00 PM CEST
Our statement on the results of the Jacob Appelbaum investigation
Seven weeks ago, I published a blog post saying that Jacob Appelbaum had left the Tor Project, and I invited people to contact me as the Tor Project began an investigation into allegations regarding his behavior. Since then, a number of people have come forward with first-person accounts and other information. The Tor Project hired a professional investigator, and she interviewed many individuals to determine the facts concerning the allegations. The investigator worked closely with me and our attorneys, helping us to understand the overall factual picture as it emerged. The information shared was sensitive, and in writing this post I am aiming to balance my desire for the Tor Project to be transparent and accountable with my desire to respect individual privacy.
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Topic: BOARD NEWS - on July 27, 2016 at 6:01:00 PM CEST
Seelöwe pennt auf Friedhofstoilette
Seelöwe auf Abwegen: Sammys Ausflug auf den Friedhof. Die Frau hatte das 120-Kilo-Tier auf dem stillen Örtchen des Friedhofs von Devonport in Tasmanien gesehen. Das Meer ist etwa einen halben Kilometer von der Toilette entfernt. Auch deshalb fand es die Verwaltung schwer, die Geschichte ernst zu nehmen. Da ist ein schlafender Seelöwe auf der Friedhofstoilette: Eine Australierin hatte Mühe, die Behörden zu überzeugen, dass sie sich keinen Scherz erlaubte.
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Topic: BOARD NEWS - on July 27, 2016 at 5:45:00 PM CEST
Recycling-Traum: Aus Urin wird wieder Bier
Belgische Forscher stellen Konzept zur Gewinnung von Dünger aus Urin vor – als Nebenprodukt soll auch ein neues Bier gebraut werden. Gent – Belgische Forscher wollen aus Urin Bier brauen lassen. Sie baten dafür Besucher eines Festivals, in ein spezielles Pissoir zu urinieren, erklärte der Wasserexperte Arne Verliefde von der Abteilung für Angewandte Chemie der Universität Gent am Mittwoch. Die skurril anmutende Idee ist "Abfallprodukt" eines wichtigeren Konzepts: Die Forscher testen damit ein Verfahren, um mit Solarenergie Düngemittel und Trinkwasser aus Urin zu filtern. Hauptziel des Projekts ist, billigen Dünger für Entwicklungsländer herzustellen.
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Topic: POLITIK - on July 26, 2016 at 11:03:00 AM CEST
5 Reasons Why Trump Will Win - Michael Moore
I am sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but I gave it to you straight last summer when I told you that Donald Trump would be the Republican nominee for president. And now I have even more awful, depressing news for you: Donald J. Trump is going to win in November. This wretched, ignorant, dangerous part-time clown and full time sociopath is going to be our next president. President Trump. Go ahead and say the words, ‘cause you’ll be saying them for the next four years: “PRESIDENT TRUMP.” Never in my life have I wanted to be proven wrong more than I do right now.
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Topic: EU - on July 26, 2016 at 11:01:00 AM CEST
Encryption backdoors appear on EU data chief’s ban wishlist
Revised ePrivacy laws should guarantee confidentiality of communications and encourage encryption, the European Union’s data watchdog has said. European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) Giovanni Buttarelli published his official opinion on the review of the ePrivacy Directive on Monday. An overhaul to the so-called Cookie Law is currently be worked on by officials at the European Commission, with the completion date expected before the end of the year to bring it into line with the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
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Topic: SECURITY - on July 26, 2016 at 11:00:00 AM CEST
ArchStrike Ethical Hacking Linux Operating System Gets Its First ISO Builds
The ArchStrike developers have announced today, July 25, 2016, that their Arch Linux-based operating system designed for ethical hackers now has official installation mediums as ISO images. For those not familiar with all this, ArchStrike was previously known as ArchAssault, of course, still based on the renowned, lightweight and highly customizable Arch Linux distribution. However, the goal of the project is to be a security layer to Arch Linux, offering a collection of over 1,200 security-oriented tools to ethical hackers and security researchers.
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Topic: SCRIPT - on July 26, 2016 at 10:58:00 AM CEST
Researchers discover 110 snooping Tor nodes
In a period spanning 72 days, two researchers from Northeastern University have discovered at least 110 “misbehaving” and potentially malicious hidden services directories (HSDirs) on the Tor anonymity network. What’s an HSDir? An HSDir is a Tor node that receives descriptors for hidden services – servers configured to receive inbound connections only through Tor, meaning their IP address and network location remains hidden – and, upon request, directs users to those hidden services it “knows” about. Anybody can set up a HSDir and start logging all hidden service descriptors published to their node.
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Topic: MUSIK - on July 26, 2016 at 10:56:00 AM CEST
How Prince's iconic symbol was designed
Prince's iconic symbol was originally designed by Martha Kurtz and Dale Hughes (based on an initial concept by Lizz Frey) for use in a 1992 music video and Hughes shared a bunch of the original files and thinking that went into its design.
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Topic: AUSTRIA - on July 25, 2016 at 1:32:00 PM CEST
Kreisel Brothers – Austrian Entrepreneurs
We keep hoping for the long-awaited 10X, or even 5X battery that would make electric aviation “pop” in a significant way. The Kreisel brothers in Austria are not developing new batteries or chemistries, but through careful design and manufacturing techniques, manage to reduce weight in their battery packages – one example being the two “ultra-lightweight battery units” they supply for PC-Aero’s Elektra One. With a total weight of “just 64 kilograms,” (140.8 pounds), the packs “provide [an] efficient and reliable energy supply for a range of 400 kilometers (248 miles)… a flight duration of three hours [and a] speed of 160 kilometers per hour (99.2 mph).”
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Topic: DRUGS - on July 25, 2016 at 1:30:00 PM CEST
How LSD Went From Research to Religion
Preliminary studies in recent years have suggested that psychedelic drugs like LSD and the “magic mushroom” derivative psilocybin have potential for treating conditions like PTSD, addiction, and even fear of death. One reason there isn’t more evidence on this is that research on these drugs was almost entirely shut down for decades, partly as a result of the wildly unprofessional behavior of early researchers. In a 2011 paper from Nova Religio, Devin R. Lander recounts how two of the most famous psychedelic researchers of the 1960s, Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert, went from teaching at Harvard to acting as spiritual leaders.
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Topic: DRUGS - on July 25, 2016 at 1:29:00 PM CEST
Italiens Parlament diskutiert über Cannabis-Legalisierung
Im italienischen Parlament beginnt am heutigen Montag eine Diskussion über ein Gesetz, wonach Volljährige eine minimale Menge an Cannabis zum persönlichen Gebrauch und in der Wohnung bis zu fünf Cannabis-Pflanzen besitzen dürfen. Gegen die Cannabis-Liberalisierung hatten Parlamentarier aus dem konservativen Lager Unterschriften gesammelt.
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Topic: POLITIK - on July 25, 2016 at 1:27:00 PM CEST
Is Edward Snowden a Russian Agent?
I think the best way to begin this is with a leading question. Do you believe that Edward Snowden simply happened to wind up in Russia, or do you raise an eyebrow at the fact that a self-described human rights activist settled under one of the most oppressive regimes on the planet? This saga galvanized authoritarian and libertarian minded Americans, with one side declaring Snowden a traitor and the other a civil rights hero. The sheer amount of information that he disclosed enables anyone to craft any argument about his motivations, and the President of the German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Hans-Georg Maassen made his conclusion earlier this year: “This would be a spy operation connected to a disinformation and influence operation. A wedge would be driven between the US and its closest allies, especially Germany.”
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