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I've just finished up the first draft of my encryption tutorial, and I'm looking for guinea pigs to test it out. I think it's complete and reasonably understandable, but then I'm not new to the subject anymore. Any help pointing out flaws, weaknesses, things I've missed would be most welcome...

Lessons Learned: 1) Never share your passwords with ANYONE, even your wife, husband (or partner). 2) Never re-use passwords, ever. 3) Use an encrypted password manager program to help generate and store your passwords. 4) Protect your stored password database with a strong passphrase --...

Getting the Message? Police Track Phones with Silent SMS In Europe security services have been sending thousands of Silent SMS messages, allowing them to locate and track phones without the recipient's knowledge. A legal vacuum exists around the technique. by Fabien Soyez On January 27, 2012...

Judge: Americans can be forced to decrypt their laptops by Declan McCullagh January 23, 2012 3:35 PM PST http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-57364330-281/judge-americans-can-be-forced-to-decrypt-their-laptops/ American citizens can be ordered to decrypt their PGP-scrambled hard drives for...

Just wanted to say a few brief words about myself. First off, I'm not a bodybuilder, but rather a privacy geek. I've long had an interest in privacy/encryption -- I was one of the early adopters of PGP back in the early 1990s, when it was a DOS/Unix command-line based program. Over the years...

Defcon 2010 - Your ISP and the Government Best Friends Forever - Christopher Soghoian Christopher Soghoian should be a national treasure -- I wish there were 100 more like him. Mr. Soghoian is a Doctoral (Ph.D.) candidate at the University of Indiana, School of Informatics. He is perhaps best...

Let me briefly introduce myself. First off, I am not a bodybuilder; what I _am_ interested in is privacy, especially in the face of ever expanding State surveillance apparatus. I have spent a good chunk of my life studying security, cryptography, and its effective use in maintaining privacy...