IBM Is Building A Real-Life Version Of #TheMatrix
by dervish on Mar.17, 2016, under Uncategorized
Virtual reality is all the rage at GDC, but it has some limitations. You’ll notice there’s not a lot of online multiplayer, as that would require a magnitude more of processing power. But never say never, especially when you’re IBM.
This Massive VPN Comparison Spreadsheet Helps You Choose the Best for You
by dervish on Mar.14, 2016, under Uncategorized
Choosing a trustworthy, reliable VPN service provider is hard, but over on Reddit, user That One Privacy Guy collected virtually everything there is to know about most large (and many small) VPNs and put them into a single color-coded Google Sheet that’s easy to read and understand.
Source: This Massive VPN Comparison Spreadsheet Helps You Choose the Best for You
Let’s Encrypt
by dervish on Mar.12, 2016, under Uncategorized
SSL certificates now provided by Let’s Encrypt.
More than 11 million HTTPS websites imperiled by new decryption attack | Ars Technica (DROWN)
by dervish on Mar.01, 2016, under Security
More than 11 million websites and e-mail services protected by the transport layer security protocol are vulnerable to a newly discovered, low-cost attack that decrypts sensitive communications in a matter of hours and in some cases almost immediately, an international team of researchers warned Tuesday. More than 81,000 of the top 1 million most popular Web properties are among the vulnerable HTTPS-protected sites.
Source: More than 11 million HTTPS websites imperiled by new decryption attack | Ars Technica
Ghost In The Shell cast: Michael Pitt to star as villain opposite Scarlett Johansson
by dervish on Feb.06, 2016, under Uncategorized
Pitt is set to play a character from the initial series called the Laughing Man. But don’t be fooled by the name! The antagonist is a nasty and vengeful human/robot hybrid who has an individual sense of style. He has been described in the past as being a ‘bad guy filtered through the lens of a street artist’.Johansson will play the lead; a special-ops cyborg named Motoko Kusanagi, who operates under a task force called Section 9 that deals with the most dangerous criminals and extremists. Her specific mission this time? To take down a particularly vicious computer hacker.
Source: Ghost In The Shell cast: Michael Pitt to star as villain opposite Scarlett Johansson