Contents contributed and discussions participated by Derek Bruff - Math 1111: Cryptography

American Botanical Council Publishes Revolutionary Analysis Unlocking Mysteries of 500-... - 0 views

www.digitaljournal.com/1689897

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Derek Bruff on 22 Jan 14

A little progress on the mysterious Voynich manuscript...

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NSA surveillance: A guide to staying secure - 3 views

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Something about NSA

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Some advice from security expert Bruce Schneier on how to keep the NSA from snooping on you. "Trust the math. Encryption if your friend."

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Encryption Has Foiled Wiretaps for First Time Ever, Feds Say | Threat Level | Wired.com - 0 views

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First official confirmation that strong encryption is foiling government wiretaps.

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5 Fun Facts From the Latest NSA Leak | Threat Level | Wired.com - 0 views

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Apparently, if you use strong encryption, the NSA pays more attention to you.

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GCHQ taps fibre-optic cables for secret access to world's communications | UK news | gu... - 0 views

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Hey, look, the British are reading our emails, too...

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U.S. intelligence mining data from nine U.S. Internet companies in broad secret program... - 0 views

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Has the government been reading your email, Facebook posts, tweets, etc.? Yes, yes they have.

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Anatomy of a hack: How crackers ransack passwords like "qeadzcwrsfxv1331" | Ars Technica - 1 views

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fywscrypto passwords markovchains

shared by Derek Bruff on 30 May 13 - No Cached

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Seriously, folks, you need better passwords.

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The Quest To Unlock the Mysteries of a Bizarre Manuscript Known as Voynich - Tablet Mag... - 0 views

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fywscrypto Voynich unsolved

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society: Benetech's Human Rights Spin-off - 0 views

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During one of our classes, we briefly discussed the use of cryptography to protect eyewitness and victim information during the investigation of human rights violations. The individual I mentioned that day was Patrick Ball, who now will lead a new organization focused on "the data-driven and scientific side of analyzing human rights violations around the world."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">During one of our classes, we briefly discussed the use of cryptography to protect eyewitness and victim information during the investigation of human rights violations. The individual I mentioned that day was Patrick Ball, who now will lead a new organization focused on "the data-driven and scientific side of analyzing human rights violations around the world."</div>

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Codebreaker Challenge - 0 views

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shared by Derek Bruff on 30 Jan 13 - No Cached

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Check out this code-breaking challenge from the UK's Science Museum.

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How Joe Biden Accidentally Helped Us All E-Mail in Private | Danger Room | Wired.com - 0 views

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Nice write-up in Wired's "Danger Room" column on Phil Zimmerman, who was recently inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame.

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Vast New Spying Program Was Started in Secret on a Bogus Pretext - 0 views

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Report Claiming Senator Leahy Is About To Make Email Privacy Even Worse Is Flawed - Forbes - 0 views

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How to Use the Mathematical Random Number Generator (MRNG) - 0 views

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Senate bill rewrite lets feds read your e-mail without warrants | Politics and Law - CN... - 0 views

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Perfect timing for our discussion on Tuesday after break.

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Fairy wrens teach secret passwords to their unborn chicks to tell them apart from cucko... - 0 views

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An unexpected place for passwords to appear...

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Sony lets slip its PlayStation 3 Master Key - oops! - PS3 - News - HEXUS.net - 0 views

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Oops.

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Kill the Password: Why a String of Characters Can't Protect Us Anymore | Gadget Lab | W... - 1 views

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"Since the dawn of the information age, we've bought into the idea that a password, so long as it's elaborate enough, is an adequate means of protecting all this precious data. But in 2012 that's a fallacy, a fantasy, an outdated sales pitch. And anyone who still mouths it is a sucker-or someone who takes you for one."

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Bletchley Park News - 0 views

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"The remains of a World War Two carrier pigeon which was lost in action 70 years ago while delivering a top secret message over enemy lines has been found in a chimney in Bletchingley, Surrey. The skeleton of the bird has a small red cylinder attached to its foot which contains a mysterious cigarette paper sized coded message. The message is deemed so sensitive, that Codebreakers at GCHQ in Cheltenham are now frantically trying to decipher it."

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Police need new internet surveillance tools, say chiefs - British Columbia - CBC News - 0 views

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Warrantless wiretapping in Canada?

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