Viewing profile — nookiemonster

Drama.exe There's this thing called sequestration going on that's disrupting the budgets of all the federal agencies. The feds are cutting budget for ridiculous things like the blu…

who is gwern?

Hey, here's a cool story about Weev: He's totally the kind of guy society should tolerate. http://bedizen.livejournal.com/258763.html

Increment is the wrong word. They implemented the Luhn algorithm, which is not the same as i++

Mobile operators have to certify devices, even if they don't include them in the portfolio. This is a consequence of commitments to a country's spectrum management organizations. I…

I want this anecdote about weev to be the first thing that people talk about when someone brings up any comparison to Weev. http://bedizen.livejournal.com/258763.html Comparing Wee…

+1 would read again. OP is performing cargo-cult interviewing. Hiring is a process. You just can't know someone after your 1/8th segment of an interview day for the candidate. The …

Something I didn't understand at 18 (that I do at 35) is that your 'enemies' may be dealing with things you simply cannot understand. If a coworker is belligerent to an 18 year old…

Something I didn't understand at 18 (that I do at 35) is that your 'enemies' may be dealing with things you simply cannot understand. If a coworker is belligerent to an 18 year old…

Defcon is a party. You should definitely go.

idiots. Most of the fucks who pull this shit are no-value skiddies.

Cargo Cult Capitalism: Successful startups are filled with young people, so fire all the olds.

7 million dead birds seems like it would be easy to video/photograph. Choosing to forego documentation that supports these claims has to be intentional.

trivially? please, more detail. Also: own is a loaded term. Please, more detail. Getting access to the sdcard is not the same as owning.

On windows mobile 6.0, you could send wap pushes that linked to signed apps which would auto-execute/install. right now, there aren't any vulns which are similar in danger that I a…

I work for a carrier. People simultaneously depend on our services and actively hope for our demise. So I hope you understand the context when I say you need to thicken your skin. …

+1 I can only use trello for mumdane work tasks or personal work if there is no self hosted solution. This decision is a mistake, Joel. I love trello, but i cannot trust a hosted s…

Code signining is a control that is intended to restrict the software that can run to only those apps which have been granted the right to run. Your second question is a good one, …

Running unsigned code is an exploit, my friend.

Charlie is one of the founders of the controversial "no more free bugs" movement. The amount of skill necessary to identify AND exploit bugs is so great that the bug reports themse…

shocking that the popular press missstates anything tech. Charlie is extremely well known in the security community. They know who he is. This isnt their first trip to the rodeo wi…

Defcon is cheap to attend. You should go sometime and get a feel for the event. If a trip to Vegas is out of your price range, go check visit Hot Topic. You'll get the proper feel.…

OHA is functionally irrelevant. Google will not authorize the use of their branding if you go outside of their interests. I'm speaking from experience. OHA tricks people into think…

Well positioned: 1) They have a constrained ecosystem which could insure that the quality experience for apps is better than the current average in android apps 2) I haven't owned …

Platforms that tightly coordinate with carriers were highly successful in the previous mobile cycle (prior to wm 6.1- so anything before 2008 really). The model has changed, howeve…