Comments on: Articles on Security http://conventioneers.wordpress.com/2008/03/18/articles-on-security/ Wanderers in the World of Sci-Fi Fandom Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:10:52 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: siegem http://conventioneers.wordpress.com/2008/03/18/articles-on-security/#comment-114 siegem Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:58:10 +0000 http://conventioneers.wordpress.com/?p=100#comment-114 This bluetooth gun seems to be cool! How does it work? It can break into a bluetooth system without permission or only systems where would be lack of security (like that wireless networks with default access passwords)? If you could tell, what those people hacking the rfid where doing? Yes, I recommend his books. I never heard about Dan Brown before Davinci Code, but the first book of his that took a lot of my attention (and was the first I read) was Digital Fortress. It's not a cyberpunk or the like book, but has some nice conspiracy about security and privacy over the web. (Da Vinci code is very good too). This bluetooth gun seems to be cool! How does it work? It can break into a bluetooth system without permission or only systems where would be lack of security (like that wireless networks with default access passwords)?
If you could tell, what those people hacking the rfid where doing?
Yes, I recommend his books. I never heard about Dan Brown before Davinci Code, but the first book of his that took a lot of my attention (and was the first I read) was Digital Fortress. It’s not a cyberpunk or the like book, but has some nice conspiracy about security and privacy over the web. (Da Vinci code is very good too).

]]> By: Jacob http://conventioneers.wordpress.com/2008/03/18/articles-on-security/#comment-104 Jacob Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:07:41 +0000 http://conventioneers.wordpress.com/?p=100#comment-104 I think there's a ton of really cool security-related stuff. One thing that fascinates me is they've made a long-range bluetooth gun. It's a tight focused beam that can pick up on bluetooth networks at up to a mile or something. You could basically point it at someone and access anything of theirs—cellphones, laptops etc. It's kind of similar to the RFID reader. In <i>Little Brother</i>, Doctorow makes good use of people hacking RFID ID cards and making a lot of trouble. It's real technology today which is why I found LB to be so intriguing. I haven't read any Dan Brown. All the pop-culture around the Da Vinci Code made me wary of his books. I don't try to avoid good books, but there's something about everyone going crazy over a book that makes it less attractive to me. Do you recommend his stuff? I think there’s a ton of really cool security-related stuff. One thing that fascinates me is they’ve made a long-range bluetooth gun. It’s a tight focused beam that can pick up on bluetooth networks at up to a mile or something. You could basically point it at someone and access anything of theirs—cellphones, laptops etc.

It’s kind of similar to the RFID reader. In Little Brother, Doctorow makes good use of people hacking RFID ID cards and making a lot of trouble. It’s real technology today which is why I found LB to be so intriguing.

I haven’t read any Dan Brown. All the pop-culture around the Da Vinci Code made me wary of his books. I don’t try to avoid good books, but there’s something about everyone going crazy over a book that makes it less attractive to me. Do you recommend his stuff?

]]> By: siegem http://conventioneers.wordpress.com/2008/03/18/articles-on-security/#comment-102 siegem Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:46:39 +0000 http://conventioneers.wordpress.com/?p=100#comment-102 One of the things I like the most is security, in a technical point of view. Like, how can we hide messages within images to transport via internet (forgot the name of this technic), and the sort. "Quis custodiet custodes ipsos", have I read it from a Dan Brown book? This definition is very interesting. Who would assert if someone that takes care of something is doing the right thing? That's a nice plot for Dan's novel. One of the things I like the most is security, in a technical point of view. Like, how can we hide messages within images to transport via internet (forgot the name of this technic), and the sort.
“Quis custodiet custodes ipsos”, have I read it from a Dan Brown book? This definition is very interesting. Who would assert if someone that takes care of something is doing the right thing?
That’s a nice plot for Dan’s novel.

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