Day: 25 April 2018

Brilliant documentary and shows how, very sadly, a group of women were unable to pursue their dream of going to space.

indeed, one could say there was a degree of misogyny, especially from those in NASA and the military, who effectively fed NASA with their astronaut candidates.

It was most interesting to hear how accomplished these women were, bearing in mind limitations imposed by law restricting their ability to fly jets and similar.

The US effectively threw away at least one way in which they could have lead the space race.

Of course it’s presented from the women’s perspective but the other sample footage used to show the misogynistic views does resonate and highlight that they lost a key opportunity.

Enjoy a good watch and lots of great footage

https://www.netflix.com/title/80174436?s=i&trkid=14170286

Security and privacy are key these days.

To find a hotel room was at risk from this sort of breach and to not leave a trace is a big issue in my view.

That said, I would want all the hotels still affected to be able to upgrade and only afterwards advise of a possible vulnerability. Equally, folk wanting to claim because of possible lost items, would need to be on very firm ground.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-43896360

Any security breach anywhere is a problem, but the one outlined below, about the Grayshift iPhone unlocking tool used by many law agencies, seems to be smoke and no fire.

“Source code” later is mentioned to be UI code to access the machine. And likely to be web code based on the commentary, so really its perhaps HTML, Javascript or PHP. Certainly it is unlikely to be the guts of the machine.

I think the Grayshift tool has a limited life as, when Apple finally fix the exploit they’re using, it will become a brick. And it will get fixed, either deliberately or inadvertently.

So, whilst the box is a challenge for iPhone users who may be in breach of the law, the rest of us are still likely to be relatively safe, for now.

https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/04/24/iphone-unlocking-firm-grayshift-hit-by-extortion-demands-after-data-breach