stormwyrm writes:Former FBI General Counsel Jim Baker, who was known for prosecuting the legal case against Apple to get them to unlock the San Bernardino shooter's iPhone, has published an extraordinary essay on Lawfare where he surprisingly argues rather for strong encryption without government back doors.From Schneier on Security:
RandomFactor writes:Updated information on the Mars Insight Lander's Mole Mission.As previously reported, the burrowing instrument on the Mars Insight Lander dubbed the 'mole' ran into trouble back in February.Various efforts since, including most recently applying pressure to the instrument with the lander's arm scoop, were undertaken to help the little instrument out, and the most recent effort seemed to be succeeding. The lander managed another 3cm of progress! indicating that it had not encountered an impenetrable rock layer after all.Sadly for the little spade that should, over the weekend the NASA InSight team tweeted the following discouraging news:
stormwyrm writes:The US Department of Justice managed to unravel an infamous dark web child-porn website, called "Welcome to Video", leading to the arrest of 337 people in 18 countries. They managed to do this not by breaking any encryption that was used but by tracing the Bitcoin transactions the site used for payment, and following the money. From CNN's report:
MostCynical writes:The Sydney Morning Herald reports that two Australian States now allow citizens to choose to have a licence issued in digital format and have it displayed on their smartphones.New South Wales citizens are now finally able to display their driver's licence on their phones and use it as a form of ID at licenced premises.
takyon writes:SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell has revealed that Starship can carry 400 Starlinks satellites into orbit, up from the 60 recently launched using a Falcon 9 rocket. The cost per launch may be negligible:
Mojibake Tengu writes:Craig Murray of Information Clearing House writes about his observation at Westminster Magistrates Court:http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/52433.htm