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The compressed binary is only ~2.6mb.... Whereas nano is only 141k on my system uncompressed.


Haven't read the article yet, saved it. However, my experience is that I am usually agressive and stupid when hungry.

Looking forward to reading the whole paper.


But does it have waitblock?


This is the coolest thing I've seen all morning!


Is it sexist, ageist or both to claim that x are prettiest at age 22?


More like people are biologically encouraged to be attracted to the best possible mate (that whole evolution thing). It just so happens that this is generally women in their early to mid 20s and men in their late 20s and early 30s.

While standards for beauty may change to some extent across cultures and time, the attraction based on age has been very constant. In addition to the biological health of the species, humans perception of the world tend to change as they age. People of more similar age are more likely to have compatible and relatable life experiences and views (try explaining what the world was like before 9/11 to a teenager. They simply don't understand the huge shift in culture that resulted because they weren't aware of the world at that time and only know the world as it is today)

Ageism and sexism are problems in some areas, but biological attraction when forming relationships is not one of those areas.


so if I don't have Viking Horde or Viking Jump installed, my devices are not infected by this?


The article mentions 5 different apps by I would assume there are a lot more apps in the store utilizing this scheme.

Here are the apps mentioned: - Viking Jump - Parrot Copter - Wifi Plus - Memory Booster - Simple 2048


I would also add that they have not provided a comprehensive list of infected apps or any way to stop them from being uploaded in the future.

It's possible you are still compromised from another app. Looks like next steps are getting a tool out to check that.


There are 4 other Apps mentioned in the article that seem to distribute the Malware, but it appears as if you need to install this malicious code yourself


would that yield the same? (i am not able to try it at the moment)


Not really - in part because /dev/input is a directory, and in part because I _believe_ reading from /dev/input consumes the event, which would be less than ideal for a silent keylogger. ;)

(/dev/input/XXXX also gives more structured output than just raw key events IIRC.)


You can actually read keypresses from /dev/input/eventN to make a keylogger, I wrote a simple one in lua.


I sit corrected, thank you.


Here the local drug dealers encourage use of a app called Wickr. Does anyone know how the encryption compares to WhatsApp?


https://github.com/nylira/prism-break/issues/249#issuecommen...

https://www.reddit.com/r/australia/comments/32hexp/a_secret_...

Don't use Wickr.

Proprietary crypto + an interesting target for NSA because of its popularity among ISIS = probably snake oil and at the very least makes you a target

"Career criminals recommend it" isn't a good indicator of security. Two things to consider:

1. Confidential informants exist

2. Being a high-risk individual doesn't make you a domain expert

Ask your drug dealers to explain why RSA encryption with PKCS1v1.5 padding is bad. If they can't, disregard their opinion on cryptography and privacy technology.


Yeah, I knew a dispensary owner who told me all about Telegram* and how it was "really secure" and how the feds couldn't get any of his messages. He was happy to switch to Signal once I told him a little more.



> telegraph

Telegram?


corrected, thanks


The hi-tech application, known as Wickr, is the latest in the long list of tools the death cult is using to lure Australian jihadis to join their bloody campaign.

Sure doesn't help when this is how the media describes a text messaging app.


Thanks a lot for the detailed answer.

I will be sure the take the discussion on RSA encryption with PKCS1v1.5 padding the next time I see those guys. Probably without mentioning ISIS..


I can almost guarantee their response will be, "WTF? Stop making words up, mate."


I get the following error message: Your platform does not support the draw buffers extension. This demo won't run in your browser

Both in regular Chrome and in Canary. Why?


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