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Fwd: [bestbits] Microsoft unveils German data plan to tackle US internet spying
by rysiek 28 Nov '15

28 Nov '15

Hej, cóż mogę rzec, kudosy dla Microsoftu. ---------- Treść przekazywanej wiadomości ---------- Temat: [bestbits] Microsoft unveils German data plan to tackle US internet spying Data: piątek, 13 listopada 2015, 12:59:00 Od: Felipe Sanches <This is an intentional repost of the same content. I took the effort of reformating the article as a pure-text message to aid in the readability of the content.> Microsoft unveils German data plan to tackle US internet spying November 11, 2015 8:46 am Murad Ahmed in Berlin and Richard Waters in San Francisco Microsoft will allow foreign customers to hold data in new European facilities designed to shield customers from US government surveillance, in one of the most drastic corporate responses yet to the American internet spying scandal. On Wednesday, the US software company said it was setting up new data centres in Germany that will be under the control of Deutsche Telekom, the German telecommunications group. The legal and technical arrangement is intended to put the data of European government and business customers, along with millions of citizens, out of reach from US authorities. Technology analysts say it is a “watershed moment”, describing the manoeuvre as the first time a major US tech group had accepted its inability to protect customer data from US governmental over-reach. Microsoft’s initiative could have a ripple effect across the industry, creating a tough new privacy standard that customers may soon also demand from other “cloud computing” providers such as Google, Amazon and Oracle. Silicon Valley groups are struggling to regain the trust of European customers in the wake of disclosures by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden about widespread internet surveillance by US intelligence agencies. Mr Nadella told the Financial Times that the effort was designed to regain the trust of customers which had been lost as a result of the Snowden disclosures. “We need to earn both trust of our global customers and operate globally. That’s at the cornerstone of how we’ve done business and how we will continue to do business,” he said. In response, US tech groups have moved to build data centres in European countries. But many of the region’s customers remain unsatisfied that these efforts alone can protect against snooping. “I think Microsoft have come to the conclusion that they can’t get away from being a US company,” says Carsten Casper, analyst at Gartner, the research group. “I find that more honourable than others who try to move their data centres to Europe to appease customers, but how good is it to have data centres in those countries if you can access it from abroad with no particular problem?” Analysts say Microsoft’s concession could complicate negotiations between US and EU politicians on a new transatlantic data sharing pact known as “Safe Harbour”. Talks have been faltering for months over the thorny political issue of surveillance. Under Microsoft’s German arrangement, T-Systems, a Deutsche Telekom subsidiary, will operate two new data centre facilities in the country that will open for business in late 2016. They will be used solely to house information on Microsoft European customers, who will also be asked to pay more to store data in this way. But T-Systems will act as a “trustee” of the facilities, with Microsoft insisting its employees will have no access to the data held at the facilities without the German company’s permission. The companies believe this arrangement means Microsoft will not have to respond to governmental demands for information held in these data centres, forcing official requests to go through German authorities instead. Germany’s data protection laws, enforced by powerful privacy watchdogs, are considered to be among the continent’s strictest. The trustee solution is also a response to Microsoft’s legal battle against an order from a New York court, which is trying to force the software group to hand US authorities emails from a US citizen stored on a Microsoft server in Ireland. Brad Smith, Microsoft’s president and chief legal officer, has made the case a centrepiece of the company’s pushback against intrusive government demands for personal information, pledging to take the case to the US Supreme Court if necessary. Executives at rival technology companies are concerned about the implications of the high-profile case because of the precedent it will set in the running of their businesses. Microsoft’s German plan would address this issue, should it lose the case. But Paul Miller from Forrester Research says the trustee model is also likely to come under legal attack in the US. “As with all new legal approaches, we don’t know it is watertight until it is challenged in court,” he says. “Microsoft and T-Systems’ lawyers are very good and say its watertight. But we can be sure opposition lawyers will look for all the holes.” Last month, Europe gave a stinging rebuke to the transatlantic digital alliance, scrapping a 15-year pact that allowed US tech companies to ship personal information about European citizens wholesale to the US. The European Court of Justice decision to invalidate the “Safe Harbour” agreement has left thousands of businesses scrambling to change their legal footing to avoid breaking the law. Europe’s data protection authorities have given companies until January to find alternative data transfer agreements. The US and EU are working to secure a new Safe Harbour treaty but analysts say Microsoft’s decision may strengthen the resolve of EU diplomats who are holding out for stronger assurances over whether citizens data will be subsumed into the US surveillance regime. “I think it will put pressure on negotiators trying to reach a new transatlantic privacy agreement,” says Mr Casper. “There’s a new piece in the puzzle now.” source: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/540a296e-87ff-11e5-9f8c-a8d619fa707c.html#axzz3r4… (paywalled) ----------------------------------------- -- Pozdrawiam, Michał "rysiek" Woźniak Zmieniam klucz GPG :: http://rys.io/pl/147 GPG Key Transition :: http://rys.io/en/147

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Sesja 2016
by rysiek 28 Nov '15

28 Nov '15

Elo, dziwne pytanie, ale pewnie mamy tu kilkoro studentów -- jak wygląda kalendarz akademicki sesji i ferii w 2016r.? I kiedy najlepiej, z punktu widzenia studenta, organizować wizytę sympatycznych hakerów z dalekich krajów? :) -- Pozdrawiam, Michał "rysiek" Woźniak Zmieniam klucz GPG :: http://rys.io/pl/147 GPG Key Transition :: http://rys.io/en/147

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Here’s why privacy experts are concerned about Mattel’s new Hello Barbie
by viq 28 Nov '15

28 Nov '15

http://thenextweb.com/insider/2015/11/28/are-connected-toys-just-a-ruse-to-… -- viq

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awesome starcraft 3d printed suit
by spin＠hackerspace.pl 26 Nov '15

26 Nov '15

Jak ktoś jeszcze nie zgarnął z reddita: https://imgur.com/gallery/9KiYB

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cr.yp.to: 2015.11.20: Break a dozen secret keys, get a million more for free
by viq 21 Nov '15

21 Nov '15

http://blog.cr.yp.to/20151120-batchattacks.html -- viq

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Rocket RISC @ Zynq FPGA
by spin＠hackerspace.pl 21 Nov '15

21 Nov '15

https://github.com/ucb-bar/fpga-zynq

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atak na wolności obywatelskie in 3..2..1..
by Robert Partyka 20 Nov '15

20 Nov '15

http://www.tvn24.pl/dzihadysci-szyfruja-swoje-polaczenia-helpdesk-dzihadyst… Zaczyna się. Zaraz dołączy do tej medialnej nagonki straszenie wrednymi hakerami. Potem będą chcieli przepchnąć ograniczenia możliwości szyfrowania, jeszcze większy monitoring i traktaty typu TTIP. Jeśli zaśpimy, to obudzimy się z ręką po nos w gównie - i to zabetonowaną w tonowym odważniku, by jej czasem nie wyciągnąć. A społeczność coraz bardziej uśpiona i zajęta wojenkami słownymi między sobą na imigrancko-uchodźckie hashtagi i memy. -- BoBsoN

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Marzenie Hackera
by Tracerneo 17 Nov '15

17 Nov '15

Właśnie popełniłem https://tracerneo.github.io/marzeniehakera/ Forkować i modyfikować @ https://github.com/Tracerneo/marzeniehakera Każda zmiana mile widziana. -- With fun, Tracerneo

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Ads that use inaudible sound to link your phone, TV, tablet, and PC
by viq 17 Nov '15

17 Nov '15

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/11/beware-of-ads-that-use-inaud ible-sound-to-link-your-phone-tv-tablet-and-pc/ -- viq <viq(a)hackerspace.pl>

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Fwd: FCC comes to CCC? "No GSM test network at 32C3"
by rysiek 16 Nov '15

16 Nov '15

---------- Treść przekazywanej wiadomości ---------- Temat: FCC comes to CCC? "No GSM test network at 32C3" Data: niedziela, 15 listopada 2015, 13:16:44 Od: coderman <coderman(a)gmail.com> Do: cpunks <cypherpunks(a)cpunks.org> http://laforge.gnumonks.org/blog/20151115-no_gsm_at_32c3/ No GSM test network at 32C3 Harald Welte 2015-11-15 I currently don't assume that there will be a GSM network at the 32C3. Ever since OpenBSC was created in 2008, the annual CCC congress was a great opportunity to test OpenBSC and related software with thousands of willing participants. In order to do so, we obtained a test licence from the German regulatory authority. This was never any problem, as there was a chunk of spectrum in the 1800 MHz GSM band that was not allocated to any commercial operator, the so-called DECT guard band. It's called that way as it was kept free in order to ensure there is no interference between 1800 MHz GSM and the neighboring DECT cordless telephones. Over the decades, it was determined on a EU level that this guard band might not be necessary, or at least not if certain considerations are taken for BTSs deployed in that band. When the German regulatory authority re-auctioned the GSM spectrum earlier this year, they decided to also auction the frequencies of the former DECT guard band. The DECT guard band was awarded to Vodafone. This is a pity, as this means that people involved with cellular research or development of cellular technology now have it significantly harder to actually test their systems. In some other EU member states it is easier, like in the Netherlands or the UK, where the DECT guard band was not treated like any other chunk of the GSM bands, but put under special rules. Not so in Germany. To make a long story short: Without the explicit permission of any of the commercial mobile operators, it is not possible to run a test/experimental network like we used to ran at the annual CCC congress. Given that the event is held in the city center (where frequencies are typically used and re-used quite densely), and an operator has nothing to gain from permitting us to test our open source GSM/GPRS implementations, I think there is little chance that this will become a reality. If anyone has really good contacts to the radio network planning team of a German mobile operator and wants to prove me wrong: Feel free to contact me by e-mail. Thanks to everyone involved with the GSM team at the CCC events, particularly Holger Freyther, Daniel Willmann, Stefan Schmidt, Jan Luebbe, Peter Stuge, Sylvain Munaut, Kevin Redon, Andreas Eversberg, Ulli (and everyone else whom I may have forgot, my apologies). It's been a pleasure! Thanks also to our friends at the POC (Phone Operation Center) who have provided interfacing to the DECT, ISDN, analog and VoIP network at the events. Thanks to roh for helping with our special patch requests. Thanks also to those entities and people who borrowed equipment (like BTSs) in the pre-sysmocom years. So long, and thanks for all the fish! ----------------------------------------- -- Pozdrawiam, Michał "rysiek" Woźniak Zmieniam klucz GPG :: http://rys.io/pl/147 GPG Key Transition :: http://rys.io/en/147

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