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IT Security in the light of the current political situation - a short overview

The last few weeks have been sort of an eye-opener for many. With the current government in the USA tearing down everything and all that used to be considered granted in the past... let me put it like this: The world order we have known is no more. It's gone. Whether it is a good […]

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News
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 involved parties in the allied forces […]

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R.A.N.T
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 gesagt: Nichts anders […]

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Oh-My-God
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 berichtet wurde innerhalb kürzester Zeit ein allumfassendes Paket geschnürt, um hier den […]

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Fun
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 […]

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Thats just plain stupid!
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 […]

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