Obama will get an NSA enhanced blackberry(marcambinder.theatlantic.com)
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Obama will get an NSA enhanced blackberry
http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2009/01/obama_will_get_his_blackberry.php
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You should apt-get install probabilistic-parser. (do probabilistic parsers exist by the way?)
Yes, actually. Perl uses one to handle cases of ambiguous syntax, where it's possible to "guess" the correct parse quite reliably from the surrounding context, but it's impossible to infer the true meaning simply by looking at the line by itself. (Thankfully, this technique is rare if you're writing clean code, and as far as I know, it's gone from Perl 6.)
http://www.google.de/search?q=probabilistic+parser
At least some people are writing papers about them.
At least some people are writing papers about them.
"Obama and other officials won't be able to use Instant Messaging in the White House."
Here are some considerations to pull inter-government communication out of the last century:
https://www.yammer.com/
http://www.adiumx.com/
http://www.jabber.org/web/Main_Page
as for the super secret nsa approved barakberry - me wants one, precious!
Here are some considerations to pull inter-government communication out of the last century:
https://www.yammer.com/
http://www.adiumx.com/
http://www.jabber.org/web/Main_Page
as for the super secret nsa approved barakberry - me wants one, precious!
They're considered munitions by government employees, because of the encryption keys they're loaded with. Government employees have to 'check them in' and out like their service weapon, and aside from the encryption, don't really do anything special.
Oh, and they sell for something like $10,000.
Oh, and they sell for something like $10,000.
Do you have a source for this? I'm genuinely curious, since I thought the "crypto == munitions" policies all died off years ago.
As far as maintaining proper records of who has which device, I say "bravo!" Just like stolen and lost laptops fueled much of the last 5-6 years' ID theft fears, I think mis-appropriated mobile devices will cause a whole lot of people a whole lot of stress as more and more critical information finds its way into pockets and purses.
As far as maintaining proper records of who has which device, I say "bravo!" Just like stolen and lost laptops fueled much of the last 5-6 years' ID theft fears, I think mis-appropriated mobile devices will cause a whole lot of people a whole lot of stress as more and more critical information finds its way into pockets and purses.
let me help you with that, I think he was missing one of these:
</sarcasm>
BTW, as I recall, most of Uncle Sam's krypto is 40-bit symmetric based on algorithms that predate Diffie-Hellman. They still have couriers carry the keys on specially made (aka, archaic) tape drives from point to point under two-man integrity and hand-cuff the briefcase to the courier. So Dr Strangelove. Skype is be better than that. A lot better. Here's a starting point if you want to find out about mil crypto. Check out the KY series, especially KY-58, 68, and 90, as I recall. A more complete listing here http://hereford.ampr.org/millist/m25.html
BTW, as I recall, most of Uncle Sam's krypto is 40-bit symmetric based on algorithms that predate Diffie-Hellman. They still have couriers carry the keys on specially made (aka, archaic) tape drives from point to point under two-man integrity and hand-cuff the briefcase to the courier. So Dr Strangelove. Skype is be better than that. A lot better. Here's a starting point if you want to find out about mil crypto. Check out the KY series, especially KY-58, 68, and 90, as I recall. A more complete listing here http://hereford.ampr.org/millist/m25.html
I work for a government agency, and we have to deal with these from time to time.
As to Niels, I wish I was sarcastic, but I wasn't making any of it up. They are 'considered' munitions, and are treated as such, but really, it's just a matter of what happens if the phone got into the wrong hands. They do have a remote kill feature, but that incurs delay, and isn't foolproof.
As for the proprietary tapes, that may be true at some agencies, but I've only seen Travan tapes in use in practice.
As to Niels, I wish I was sarcastic, but I wasn't making any of it up. They are 'considered' munitions, and are treated as such, but really, it's just a matter of what happens if the phone got into the wrong hands. They do have a remote kill feature, but that incurs delay, and isn't foolproof.
As for the proprietary tapes, that may be true at some agencies, but I've only seen Travan tapes in use in practice.
Yeah, it was coming. I hope the Obama administration changes NSA from being the cradle of evil to something useful.
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=365948 (one of many)
Spy Master http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/01/21/080121fa_fact_... A worthwhile long read.
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=365948 (one of many)
Spy Master http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/01/21/080121fa_fact_... A worthwhile long read.
I think you've got the NSA confused with the TSA or CIA.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Michael_McConnell
From 1992 to 1996, McConnell served as Director of the National Security Agency (NSA). He
led NSA as it adapted to the multi-polar threats brought about by the end of the Cold War.I'm surprised I haven't seen blackberry capitalizing on such a prominent spokesman in their advertising.
Is Blackberry being genericized to mean a smart-phone? The General Dynamics device doesn't look like a modified RIM product.
Only if RIM is unsuccessful at preventing trademark dilution (like Kleenex and Walkman). If you're interested in reading on trademark dilution, I found that Wikipedia has a link to this source at Boston University School of Law: http://www.bu.edu/law/central/jd/organizations/journals/scit...
I think it was just a guess that General Dynamics made the device. Since no one was on the record about anything, they just did a Google search for "secure pda" and came up with that one.
I wouldn't be surprised if it's a regular BlackBerry with modified software.
I wouldn't be surprised if it's a regular BlackBerry with modified software.
Most likely. The two handsets in the article are reported to run Windows. Blackberry has their own OS.
I can't tell if the source is credible. It doesn't help that the article fails to spell "BlackBerry" correctly even once.
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Whoa. Someone needs coffee before writing their blog posts. Does not parse.