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Re: Physical security rather than crypto---but perhaps of interest
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ali, Saqib)
Fri Jul 17 14:22:03 2009
In-Reply-To: <4A5EEAB6.8050002@Sun.COM>
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:55:36 -0700
From: "Ali, Saqib" <docbook.xml@gmail.com>
To: Cryptography <cryptography@metzdowd.com>
Since we are on this topic:
"You don=92t need to be a crowned Ranger class master hacker to sneak
into someone=92s email or facebook account these days. Which means that
you=92re not simply being a nervous nellie if you=92re worried about
security.
In fact, users of public WiFi should be worried. If you use WiFi to
access some of the most popular email and social networking services,
like, gmail, yahoo mail, hotmail, and facebook, your account
information floats around in the air, often completely unsecured.
You want some more fear with your coffee? Chris Soghoian, a fellow at
the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, took a look into WiFi and
account security to find out just how scary the situation is."
Listen to the audio at:
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mediaberkman/2009/07/16/radio-berkman-126-the-=
g-fail/
saqib
http://www.capital-punishment.us
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