Hacker News: testvox

New comment by testvox in "Climate activist arrested after ProtonMail provided his IP address"

testvox — Mon, 06 Sep 2021 03:15:35 +0000

New comment by testvox in "Backblaze: “Why does the private key still need to be sent to your datacenter?”"

testvox — Sun, 29 Aug 2021 21:26:46 +0000

I think that quote is saying that if you modify your public key locally then the data you encrypt with it will no longer be decryptable by the private key you previously sent backblaze.

New comment by testvox in "Apple’s new abuse prevention system: an antritust/competition point of view"

testvox — Fri, 06 Aug 2021 23:20:33 +0000

> If that's true, as an iCloud user you are exactly as likely to be charged with a crime based on your photos as you were before

Is this strictly true? I feel like the evidence that a photo was present on specific device is different from evidence that a photo was uploaded by a specific account (and a specific ip address probably).

It seems like it would be far easier for the government to justify a search warrant if they have evidence the photo they are looking for was on a specific device. Just having evidence that a specific account uploaded a photo seems like far shakier grounds to search a specific device, after all accounts are often stolen to be used for criminal purposes and ip addresses don't map cleanly to people or devices.

New comment by testvox in "UK wants to reform Official Secrets law by pretending journalism doesn't exist"

testvox — Thu, 22 Jul 2021 15:13:45 +0000

They actually can be forced to reveal sources, the choice not to force them to reveal sources was executive branch policy not law and this policy was rescinded by the Obama administration. I think they realized this was pretty bad optics though so Obama and Trump mostly just relied on using their broad intelligence powers to track down reporter's sources.

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2013/aug/27/obama-administra...

New comment by testvox in "UK wants to reform Official Secrets law by pretending journalism doesn't exist"

testvox — Thu, 22 Jul 2021 15:06:39 +0000

"Freedom of the press" in US law just means the freedom to create and distribute media (as opposed to freedom of speech which is specifically about the spoken word). "The press" references the printing press not the news media or journalists who are in modern times called "the press" also in reference to the printing press. Journalists have the same first amendment rights as everyone else (actually they could be said to have less because for certain purposes such as defamation they are actually held to a higher standard).

New comment by testvox in "Clearview’s App Used by Justice Department, ICE, Macy’s, Walmart, and the NBA"

testvox — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 22:52:25 +0000

Yes Clearview has been abused as specified TFA.

Also Clearview itself has been found breaking the law repeatedly.

https://techcrunch.com/2020/02/14/class-action-suit-against-...

New comment by testvox in "Iran lawmaker says 50 dead from coronavirus in city of Qom"

testvox — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 00:54:47 +0000

So yeah you lose out on pay if you were planning on working overtime.

New comment by testvox in "Iran lawmaker says 50 dead from coronavirus in city of Qom"

testvox — Mon, 24 Feb 2020 14:55:42 +0000

What is full payment if you are paid hourly?

New comment by testvox in "How to Collaborate with People You Don’t Like (2018)"

testvox — Wed, 19 Feb 2020 16:37:51 +0000

By the way, in the United States copyright is owned by the author of the work unless there is a written contract assigning it to someone else. The only real exception to this is an employee can assign copyright to their employer by mere verbal agreement. Since you were a contractor they don't have the copyright unless you actually have a written contract assigning it to them.

New comment by testvox in "A radio frequency exposure test finds an iPhone 11 Pro exceeds the FCC's limit"

testvox — Fri, 14 Feb 2020 16:31:15 +0000

Some people do believe that non ionizing radiation has effects other than those produced by the added thermal energy (or that the thermal effects are in some way significant). The actual scientific evidence for this is minimal though.

New comment by testvox in "Who’s in charge at Amazon? Moves on secretive S Team signal giant’s priorities"

testvox — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 12:54:00 +0000

Salaried employees don't have free time.

New comment by testvox in "Who’s in charge at Amazon? Moves on secretive S Team signal giant’s priorities"

testvox — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 12:51:25 +0000

I'm sure they would if it wasn't against the law.

New comment by testvox in "Glenn Greenwald Charged with Cybercrimes in Brazil"

testvox — Tue, 21 Jan 2020 21:40:24 +0000

So do they not have jury nullification in Brazil?

New comment by testvox in "FBI unlocked iPhone 11 Pro via GrayKey, raising more doubts about Pensacola case"

testvox — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 16:40:13 +0000

But they shouldn't. The key you enter as a user is actually only half of the key needed to decrypt the data. The other half of the key is generated by the secure enclave when the device was first powered on. This part of the key alone should be impossible to brute force and is stored in tamper resistant flash memory on the secure enclave co-processor.

So you would need to break open the co-processor without destroying its contents and read the secure enclave key before any brute forcing could happen directly on the encrypted data.

And no you can't just try to brute force it by sending decryption requests to the secure enclave. The secure enclave itself implements a exponentially increasing lockout time and won't respond to decryption requests during it. [0]

[0] https://www.apple.com/in/business-docs/iOS_Security_Guide.pd...

New comment by testvox in "FBI unlocked iPhone 11 Pro via GrayKey, raising more doubts about Pensacola case"

testvox — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 16:01:38 +0000

The lockout delay is implemented in the chip itself in newer iphones (I think starting with iphone 5S). So no, taking the chip out buys you nothing.

> To further discourage brute-force passcode attacks, there are escalating time delays after the entry of an invalid passcode at the Lock screen. ...On devices with Secure Enclave, the delays are enforced by the Secure Enclave coprocessor. If the device is restarted during a timed delay, the delay is still enforced, with the timer starting over for the current period.

https://www.apple.com/in/business-docs/iOS_Security_Guide.pd...

New comment by testvox in "How The New York Times Verified the Iran Missile-Strike Footage"

testvox — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 14:56:52 +0000

Generally when newspapers put quotes around a word like that it means they are using a word quoted directly from a source.

New comment by testvox in "Hempcrete – eco-friendly material in Australian homes"

testvox — Sun, 08 Dec 2019 16:55:20 +0000

Hemp is a plant which consumes CO2 from the atmosphere. Using it as part of a structure keeps it sequestered within that structure.

New comment by testvox in "I spent 22 years in prison for a crime I didn’t commit"

testvox — Fri, 06 Dec 2019 02:06:55 +0000

Sadly the court considers detainment to be non-custodial and rarely do they venture to better define when a detainment turns into an arrest.

New comment by testvox in "I spent 22 years in prison for a crime I didn’t commit"

testvox — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 15:26:48 +0000

That's not entirely true. They ruled that silence in a non-custodial interview could be admissable at trial. Silence in custodial interviews is still not admissable and they didn't actually decide the question of whether or not silence can be taken as substantive evidence of guilt.

New comment by testvox in "Fries of the Future"

testvox — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 04:16:43 +0000

Yeah they are still made with animal products. "Natural beef flavor".