Why (government) surveillance is a bad thing

Imagine what could happen, if: Master-Keys Access to Databases Tools for wiretapping technically everyone Tools for locating targeted people Private Data ... etc.... would be in the hands of an enemy force? Well...  read the news, it actually happened: https://theintercept.com/2021/08/17/afghanistan-taliban-military-biometrics/ As of recent, the americans (and with them all involve...
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Der Unterschied zwischen Österreich und der EU?

Wie im letzten Artikel bereits beschrieben versuchen diverse Geheimdienste innerhalb der EU starke Verschlüsselung auszuhebeln, indem ein Backdoor eingebaut werden soll. Kasachstan versucht das ebenfalls - allerdings mit einem (technisch) sehr viel weniger perfiden Verfahren: Kasachstan versucht erneut, sichere Verbindungen zu torpedieren Der Aufschrei innerhalb der EU ist gross - und ehrlich g...
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Gebratene Tauben für die Geheimdienste dieser Welt

Es ist mal wieder soweit: Im Windschatten der Terror-Anschläge von Wien im November diesen Jahres liessen die Geheimdienste in Europa keine Zeit verstreichen um mal wieder die Debatte um Verschlüsselung, respektive die Umgehung derselben für staatliche Dienste, neu anzuschieben. Wie Heise unter https://www.heise.de/hintergrund/EU-Regierungen-planen-Verbot-sicherer-Verschluesselung-4951415.html be...
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SRF & IT Security…

One of our valued Customers was so nice to send this in (Thank you very much!!) User & Password clearly visible... Sure thing, SRF does adhere to the highest standards in IT Security (NOT) Sorry, but this is just in every way a bad example. If you have standard passwords... stick them somewhere where nobody can get them - especially when you know that there are tons of people with camer...
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Current Lockdown Status in Switzerland (CORONA-Crisis)

PREFACE The recent weeks have been dominated by the Corona-Crisis all over Europe. As Switzerland lies in the middle of the Continent it hasn't been a question of «if» we are going to be shut down. The question clearly was: when. This page is to keep you informed on current topics (we will update this page as time permits). Sunday, April 26th, 2207LT <RANT> Remember: Those are the people w...
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Firefox, WTF?

Problem: As of today, 00:00hrs, Firefox plugins are no longer working. Proof: Start Firefox, surf to a News Advertising Website and - oups? What the....?! Links: Here, here, on Reddit, and on heise.de. Honestly... I do like the fact that firefox checks for its certificates and has signed add-ons. What I absolutely hate is the fact that: Nobody at firefox cared about the validity period...
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Meltdown & Spectre – STATUS

As most of you may be aware, Intel (and AMD) do have some nasty bugs design flaws inside their CPUs.... This Page tries to keep you updated on the current status. Please bear with us if we're a bit late sometimes, but our first and utmost Priority currently is to keep our customers safe. There is an Update-Section at the end of the page that will be kept up2date as timely as possible. ...
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Cloud Security – Microsoft is doing it right. NOT!

Wie der Heise Security Ticker hier berichtet hat Microsoft mal wieder was verloren: Dieses Mal: Das TLS-Zertifikat wie auch die privaten Schlüssel (Private Keys) ihres Dynamics-365-Dienstes. Microsoft Dynamics ist ein ERP. Also nicht gerade eine harmlose Anwendung, welche einfach so im Netz rumfliegen sollte. Die Daten, welche dort drauf liegen sind in den meisten Fällen als "Confidential...
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Microsoft’s complete confession of Failure

During the presentation, 'How to migrate applications, data, and workloads to Microsoft Azure' the presenter had to switch from Microsoft Edge to Google Chrome in order to get the work done. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4rL_Lnt6kA&feature=youtu.be Clearly, this hasn't been tested at all. If "Microsoft" is the Answer, I don't want to know what the original question has been.
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Guten Morgen, liebes Bundesministerium… na, gut ausgeschlafen?

Es gibt Tage, da sind wir bereits vor dem ersten Kaffee wach... und irgendwie auch sauer! Via Heise Newsticker erreicht uns heute in aller Frühe die Meldung Bestätigung, dass gewisse Mitarbeiter gewisser Bundesbehörden (und deren Verantwortliche) wohl irgendwo hinter dem Mond leben müssen... Zitat: “Der Web-Server des Bundesministeriums für Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur war bis Donnerst...
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