deep thoughts; security; tips @ 10 Jun 2009 07:47 am by bigfish
Just got the message below from the har-announce list. This is going to be a great event which I’ll have to miss, unfortunately. I’m knee-deep in the remodel of our new building. Bleh.
Learn more about Hacking at Random here: https://har2009.org/. You should go.
Wikileaks will speak about their position in a society where governments are increasingly secretive about their own policies, and discuss the hazards and complications of publishing leaked documents. We'll talk about the policies of search engines, the dangers of data breaches, and EFF will explain their strategy for civilians to defend themselves against the ubiquitous surveillance society. Anonymous will talk about social media as a political tool, and they'll explain why fun is important when you start an argument with Scientology. We'll talk about copyright and distribution rights. There's plenty of hardcore tech as well. How Mifare was broken and what to do next; reverse engineering chips; side channel analysis (reading votes cast on a voting machines from a distance), and how to use the debug port of your devices to do hardware hacking. We'll have scientific talks on crypto - can we use quantum mechanics to provide secure identification in an insecure environment? - and we'll talk about the relation between the need for open source and the progress of science. Or to put it the other way around: how science suffers through proprietary formats, patens and non-disclosure.
