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SploitCast Episode 4 "New SploitCast, good stuff" reviewed by Phillip Torrone of Make Magazine.

The guest speaker was Ab3nd discussing Emulating Magnetic Cards. We saw him present this topic at Schmoocon 2006, loved it, and asked him to join us on SploitCast. He graciously accepted the invitation and we had a great time. Episode 4 focuses on the dangers of magnetic cards, the methods of emulating them, and their future. We lightly discuss the subject of RFID and related problems. Ab3nds' Schmoocon presentation and code can be found here.

Make editor Phillip Torrone also posted a review of SploitCast following Episode 1, "Good show for the security minded". The crew members of SploitCast are all huge Make Magazine and O'Reilly fans (we all have our collections of O'Reilly animals on our book shelves) so this is awesome.

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GPS On A USB Flash Drive

I couldn't resist posting this, a GPS on a USB flash drive, Trackstick. The technology is awsome although I'm not sure all of its potential applications are. Imagine what, uhm uhm, a certain noisy administration could do with these, or might be already.

It might be fun for students in the classroom to track business travelers on their world wide journeys or extreme adventurers on expeditions all in real time.

The GPS records date, time, location, direction, altitude, and speed. It receives signals from 24 satellites and has a built in 1MB memory, enough to store months worth of travel data. You can use Google Earth amoung others to re-trace routes using the stored data. The perfect high-tech travel log.

I do want to emphasize that I don't condone most of the uses that Trackstick promotes for this devise on their website, which I purposely left off.

What Are We Waiting For?

I think it is very dangerous ground we are on. Since September 11 the Bush presidency has successfully implemented a fear campaign to a nation of puppets. The frightening thing (one of many) is when we look back at other countries that have fallen prey to dictatorship or worse and question how it happened, sometimes there is a plausible explanation. The nation was destitute and vulnerable and the bad guy was a brilliant business leader or genius orator, what explanation do we have?

We are watching our country deteriorate before our eyes and are not responding. Look at our national deficit, trade deficit, national health care crisis, our over stretched under supplied exhausted military, critical education crisis, and the state of our foreign affairs. Has the United States ever been so loathed worldwide?

What happened to the foundation of our political system? Remember, our elected officials are elected to represent their constituents, us, they are not elected to omnipotence. They work for us, they are accountable to us, and this includes the president.

I can't comprehend how and why this fear campaign continues to work on Americans. Be afraid and Bush will protect you. What we need to be afraid of is President Bush. America has more enemies now than before September 11 as the result of Bush's bully mentality foreign and domestic policies.

The damage done by this president can't be repaired for many administrations to come. We need to start now, demand accountability, stop the destruction, and start to repair America.

Michael Schumacher driving the 2006 248 F1 in Italy.

FERRARI RULES

Ferrari is gearing up for an amazing year. Felipe Massa topped the track times three days in a row ending Thursday at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona driving the V8 powered Ferrari. Michael Schumacher took to the track in the 2006 248 F1 finishing in eighth position.

Thursday January 26, 2006 Bush on the defense again calling it a
"Terrorist Surveillance Program".

It's Simple.
The Law Is The Law.

It just seems simple. We have a system of checks and balances in place to protect us from things like our own government when neccesary, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, FISA. No one is immune to federal laws, not even the president. It's not about American's wanting to protect terrorists or make it more difficult to catch them. It's also not about impeding any process that would prevent terrorists from striking Americans. That is not what the hoopla is about. It is about following the law. Again, it seems simple.

Americans' are being illegaly wiretapped according to our federal laws. You set up a wiretap to gain information and evidence that you don't already have. I am not arguing that fishing for information about known or suspected terrorists isn't legitimate. But there are federal laws prohibiting eavesdropping on Americans without a court order. The law even makes exceptions to allow for justification after the fact to prevent compromising an investigation when time is critical. So why can't this administration just follow the law. I really can't comprehend the arrogance and bully mentality of this president, it's the kind of behavior that contributes to the attitude that so much of the world has toward America now. It's frightening when our president takes the law into his own hands and refuses to be accountable. The law is the law and no one is above it, including the president.

49 Days Until F1 Season Kicks-Off

Ferrari is back on track this year. Schumacher is running fantastic times both in the V10 with the engine governed and in the new V8. Massa really stepped up to the plate the end of 2005 after signing to Ferrari and he will follow in the classic Ferrari tradition of great drivers. Ferrari Rules.

Sixty Days Until Bahrian

March 10-11-12 the 2006 F1 season
starts at Sakhir in Bahrain.
Ferrari rules.