SteveBellovin

SteveBellovin , 3 days ago to random

I'm waiting for Trump to tell the Appellate Division of the NY Supreme Court that falsifying business records is an official act. After all, his Justice Department claimed that his defamation of Jean Carroll was an official act…

SteveBellovin , 28 days ago to random

There are features, such as the ability to delay patch installation, that at least at some point Microsoft enabled for enterprise versions of Windows but not for consumers. I wonder if they’ll do the same for Recall. (As noted by others, Recall is a gift to hackers and opposing counsel, which means that any decent-sized enterprise will disable it or not run Windows. But consumers? Most won’t know and/or will think themselves safe and won’t care, and can’t switch to Linux or MacOS.)

SteveBellovin , 29 days ago to random

DRM, but for email sent to Recall-enabled systems.

SteveBellovin , 2 months ago to random

“NYPD Officer Fired Gun Inside Columbia’s Hamilton Hall, Manhattan DA’s Office Confirms”: https://www.thecity.nyc/2024/05/02/nypd-officer-fired-gun-columbia-hamilton-hall-raid/
Also note this: “Cohen said no students and only police officers were in the immediate vicinity when the shooting occurred.” In other words, the officer had their gun drawn for no reason and used flash-bangs when that would not be normal for this sort of situation. It is lucky that no one was killed. (It's probably also why the NYPD wanted no journalists or legal observers present.)

SteveBellovin , 2 months ago to random

I also found some ancient Usenet maps.

A map from April 15, 1981, showing noticeable growth, though in the same areas.
A June 1 map, with even more slow growth. It’s mostly the same areas, but more sites in each. Quite notable: a link over the ARPANET.

SteveBellovin , 2 months ago to random

So Columbia is apparently calling the police onto campus for the first time in >50 years. Bollinger, the immediate past president, said six years ago “the administration’s decision to call in the police in 1968 was “a serious breach of the ethos of the university” (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/21/arts/columbia-university-1968-protest.html). I wasn't there in 1968, but I was an undergrad in 1972, with my camera. Some scanned images… (Read the alt descriptions for detailed descriptions of the settings on campus.)
https://press.coop/@nytimes/112293077116786977

A line of helmeted police on W 118th St. outside the plywood-covered doors and windows to the International Affairs Building. There are many students facing them.
Helmeted police with nightsticks ready, and many students, on South Field. Two dorms are in the background.
The police charged into the crowd. (I apparently stopped running long enough to take this picture.) One student is on the ground, with a cop leaning over him; two plainclothes officers are watching. On the right of the image, a helmeted officer is swinging a nightstick at a woman.

SteveBellovin , 3 months ago to random

While looking for something else in the NY Times archives, I stumbled on https://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/25/us/sunnyvale-journal-store-serves-all-needs-of-the-computer-crazed.html — and those of us who remember Fry's will sigh for its loss.

SteveBellovin , 3 months ago to random

If you use Homebrew on MacOS, you're affected—do 'brew update' and 'brew upgrade’.
https://infosec.exchange/@wdormann/112179988525798247

SteveBellovin , 3 months ago to random

José Andrés really deserves a Nobel Peace Prize: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/07/world/middleeast/world-central-kitchen-gaza-aid.html