The Communication Cube

[JDTAY]

Hey, do we have anyone here from Newfoundland? ‘Cause if so, they’re about to get Larry’d.

 

[levi]

I think Canada got quite the clout from Hurrican Ira (or whatever that hurricane was called, I may have forgotten), but being Canuckistanis they just get on and repair the roads and houses and get on with life.

 

[Null]

Online Trolls Actually Just Assholes All the Time, Study Finds

New research indicates the internet doesn't make people act like jerks, but it sure gives the jerks a big megaphone.

gizmodo.com

 

[Phlyra]

Anyone here read this book? If so, do you have anything to add to the linked review?

 

[Phlyra]

POCSAG Pinephone Hardware Add-On; Radio Silence, Privacy, Anonymity,and Freedom

forum.pine64.org

 

[ElPoco]

POCSAG Pinephone Hardware Add-On; Radio Silence, Privacy, Anonymity,and Freedom

forum.pine64.org

Pagers are (or at least were as of ten years ago) still used by drug dealers because they can't be tracked.
The flip side is that messages are broadcasted and can be intercepted by everyone. Encryption could help, but key management has to be done properly.

 

[Phlyra]

Encryption could help, but key management has to be done properly.

Isn’t that essential with any encryption?

 

[ElPoco]

Sure it is, but it's easier to do when you have a two-way communication that can use Diffie-Hellman to exchange new keys.

 

[Null]

 

[JDTAY]

I feel sometimes like I have thoughts that are too inappropriate to discuss here. I guess Wally can just delete them if necessary though.

I actually have this sort of fear that China is planning an attack on the vaccinated, and they’re waiting for peak vaccination in the US to do it. I bring this up now, because President Biden is seeking approval for his booster plan, and if he doesn’t get it, the attack will probably commence shortly after that. However, if he does get approval for boosters, they’ll hold off to see how much higher the vaccination rate can go.

 

[Null]

I feel sometimes like I have thoughts that are too inappropriate to discuss here.

Don't worry we won't judge you for thinking about hand-holding, that's for the Lord to do.

 

[levi]

I actually have this sort of fear that China is planning an attack on the vaccinated, and they’re waiting for peak vaccination in the US to do it. I bring this up now, because President Biden is seeking approval for his booster plan, and if he doesn’t get it, the attack will probably commence shortly after that. However, if he does get approval for boosters, they’ll hold off to see how much higher the vaccination rate can go.

How? I can't find any Chinese vaccine which has been approved even for emergencies in the US or Canada. Unless they're going to activate all of those Chileans moles vaccinated using their spy vaccine, who are going to march up the continent and burrow under the wall and then attack you, I can't see a problem

 

[Phlyra]

use Diffie-Hellman to exchange new keys.

Specifically the elliptic curve variation on DH cryptography, if the DH Wikipedia page is anything to go by

EDIT: Speaking of key sharing vulnerabilities, https://matrix.org/blog/2021/09/13/vulnerability-disclosure-key-sharing

 

[levi]

Specifically the elliptic curve variation on DH cryptography, if the DH Wikipedia page is anything to go by

Yes, and whether you trust the NIST supplied curve is an exersise for the reader.

EDIT: Speaking of key sharing vulnerabilities, https://matrix.org/blog/2021/09/13/vulnerability-disclosure-key-sharing

Yes, there's a hell of a lot of complexities in setting up key exchange scenarios, and it's easy to make mistakes. Which is why I generally trust peer reviewed open source tools with lots of authors and users, but perhaps that's just me, and Element for Matrix is open source yet caught up in this snafu too.

 

[Null]

Unless they're going to activate all of those Chileans moles vaccinated using their spy vaccine, who are going to march up the continent and burrow under the wall and then attack you

UNLEASH THE MAGNETS AND 5G TOWERS

 

[Djoga'Ro]

What ever became of earth's magnetic field flipping? Feels like decades ago it was said we were due, and the signs were there.

 

[netcat]

Doesn't the earths rotation need to reverse? That might be disruptive.

 

[Phlyra]

A good way to describe the general/desired approach to IT bug reporting, analysis and resolution as commonly found in such Linux communities as this forum: https://interestingengineering.com/the-meaning-of-science-and-the-scientific-method
Particularly the sentence at the end

 

[Phlyra]

A good way to describe the general/desired approach to IT bug reporting, analysis and resolution as commonly found in such Linux communities as this forum: https://interestingengineering.com/the-meaning-of-science-and-the-scientific-method
Particularly the sentence at the end

That being said, maybe not? https://interestingengineering.com/new-physics-experiment-indicates-no-objective-reality (though it’s a pre-print) - also belongs in Absurdism Corner

 

[Djoga'Ro]

Doesn't the earths rotation need to reverse?

I don't know, but iirc flipping has occured every now end then (on the larger timescale). I wouldn't think though that the rotation ever reversed.