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Let's play 33 bits on this guy, my guess is that he's German, Austrian or Swiss based on the settings for his IRC client, that should knock about 6 bits off, 27 to go.
Interesting idiom. I hadn't heard it before, but the usage makes sense.
Let's play 33 bits on this guy, my guess is that he's German, Austrian or Swiss based on the settings for his IRC client, that should knock about 6 bits off, 27 to go.
> My bank had around 20,000 customers using smsTAN and 3 (I was the 4th lol) using HBCI.
He is German, of college age and an early customer at one of 2 or 3 banks that provide HBCI. Consider him nailed.
I also bet he has published security related work under his real name at some point, especially since he has been applying for jobs. Most people in the security industry applying for legit work who don't have qualifications pad out their resumes with online research (or speaking at conferences, etc.).
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Well this could be because US credit cards are magnetic and UK ones are (much more secure) chip-and-pin cards.
Yeah, this has got to be it. Non-US CC info seems much more difficult to acquire, and thus more valuable. And just because Americans are in debt (obviously not all) doesn't mean their credit cards are maxed out.
Let's play 33 bits on this guy, my guess is that he's German, Austrian or Swiss based on the settings for his IRC client, that should knock about 6 bits off, 27 to go.
By '33 bits', I understand that you're referring to the minimum amount of information to identify an arbitrary person on Earth? 2^33 ~= 8.5 billion. Interesting idiom. I hadn't heard it before, but the usage makes sense.
Let's play 33 bits on this guy, my guess is that he's German, Austrian or Swiss based on the settings for his IRC client, that should knock about 6 bits off, 27 to go.
oh I was doing that while reading the AMA. the giveaway is being the 4th customer of a bank that provides HBCI: > My bank had around 20,000 customers using smsTAN and 3 (I was the 4th lol) using HBCI. He is German, of college age and an early customer at one of 2 or 3 banks that provide HBCI. Consider him nailed. I also bet he has published security related work under his real name at some point, especially since he…
Well, clearly this guy's moral compass is a bit out of whack, but the IAmA does offer some fascinating insights into this world...
Questioning his subjective opinions on morals sounds a bit of a waste of energy after this.
Let's play 33 bits on this guy, my guess is that he's German, Austrian or Swiss based on the settings for his IRC client, that should knock about 6 bits off, 27 to go.
Let's play 33 bits on this guy, my guess is that he's German, Austrian or Swiss based on the settings for his IRC client, that should knock about 6 bits off, 27 to go.
oh I was doing that while reading the AMA. the giveaway is being the 4th customer of a bank that provides HBCI: > My bank had around 20,000 customers using smsTAN and 3 (I was the 4th lol) using HBCI. He is German, of college age and an early customer at one of 2 or 3 banks that provide HBCI. Consider him nailed. I also bet he has published security related work under his real name at some point, especially since he…
Let's play 33 bits on this guy, my guess is that he's German, Austrian or Swiss based on the settings for his IRC client, that should knock about 6 bits off, 27 to go.
He says he is Polish.
Edit: definitely not a Pole. Likely in former Eastern Germany though (lots of people there have a working knowledge of Russian / Polish, people from the Western parts not so much).
Universities in former Eastern Germany with an engineering department?
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"Really, the chip things are an example of security theater. Yes, they're more "secure" in the sense of being harder to defeat" Absolutely not! In the US fraud may be small (but it's increasing). But magnetic stripes are very unsafe Chip'n'Pin may have some issues, but it's much safer to most common attacks such as - card stripers (very inconspicuous) - physical theft of the card (because it requires a pin) And, as s…
You're missing the point entirely. I'm not saying that chip & pin has no value. I'm saying that the value it has is finite (i.e. it saves money equal to the amount of fraud it eliminates) and needs to be weight against the cost of replacing all the card reader infrastructure. And I argue that the fact the US has not upgraded is an existence proof that the upgrade cost[1] outweighs the savings. [1] Really the amortize…
I'm not sure how many PoS are already equipped to deal with chip cards. In the USA/Canada it's hit or miss (most misses), and in Europe it was the standard 10 years ago (but most readers take swipe cards).
Replacing cards is cheap and they can be replaced as they expire
What would be the upgrade cost for each PoS? $100? Some systems are more integrated than others (like card reader integrated with the register as one device) so this may cost more.
Or maybe it's just a matter of issuing the cards to justify the stores to upgrade.