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asciilifeform: aboard a moving train

asciilifeform: e.g., in a train tunnel

asciilifeform: a feature still absent from standard cells

decimation: the generations of bean counters that didn't give a fuck, that's who

asciilifeform: $1k or so, to a human

asciilifeform: what usg functionary of any significance walks around without a satellite phone ?

decimation: "GETS is accessed through a dialing plan and Personal Identification Number (PIN) card verification system. Using common telephone equipment, the user dials a universal access number: (710)NCS-GETS (627-4387)."

asciilifeform: if you really want to transmit packets as hitler's pocket phone, and you can get a capture of its output - you can.

asciilifeform: of course, whole thing's a crock of shit because no consumer handset signs its output

coderwill: sorry, having problems with a bluetooth keyboard :)

asciilifeform: decimation: iirc this is traditionally handled by having a switch somewhere that essentially cancels everybody's subscription but for a few mandarins

punkman: not a great password there coderwill

phf: asciilifeform: my point was that feature phones are not particularly good at their claimed purpose, that buying an old nokia is a hemingwriter, and compared to them iphone has a good sound quality. ☟︎

asciilifeform: but it is structured in such a way that the band can be used only for voice XOR data

decimation: it's one 'modem' which is actually a 'software rate' which has multiple fucktarded interfaces

decimation: yes, it's a noticable failure of the wifi protocol

decimation: actually I think the iphone will establish a 'facetime' connection over the internet in certain situations

asciilifeform: my current understanding is that 'imsi catcher' is an artifact specifically of the bureaucratic side of usg. intercept at the tower, where the bits hit a land line, is trivial and no one has to leave his chair - but the paperwork is annoying. hence squaddie and 'catcher' ☟︎

decimation: somehow nobody gives a fuck

asciilifeform: and why does anyone give a fuck re: gsm encryption? it uses a toy 1980s algo

asciilifeform: what's to keep the enemy from simply walking around with a proper commercial tower business end

mats: encryption to none such from a tower

mats: have a hackrf in a box somewhere but I haven't done anything with it

decimation: although classical gsm is a bit difficult to demodulate

asciilifeform: but original link concerned a trick using standard gsm protocol

asciilifeform: decimation: you can get, iirc, a full gsm stack for extant sdr boards

decimation: actually I suggest a much better idea: reverse the baseband cpu and software

asciilifeform: article is about 'here is a cool trick, but google's phones won't let you access the modem, buy an old phone'

mats: I imagine that the author spends a lot of time tooling around in cyanogenmod

trinque: though if it's a matter of my strange I'll worry about it then let the rest know the fix if I find it

asciilifeform: mats: ' it’s no more available unless you use some very old phones/firmwares ( on most devices they removed the ttyUSB serial interfaces to send AT commands to the GSM modem as well ).' << explain to me why this trick requires a phone. i have a crate of gsm modems here, they all have serial lines and take hayes AT command set

mats: http://www.evilsocket.net/2015/07/27/how-to-use-old-gsm-protocolsencodings-know-if-a-user-is-online-on-the-gsm-network-aka-pingsms-2-0

decimation: I would like a buildroot for osx

asciilifeform: that way they will be built once and cached, for a given buildroot working dir

asciilifeform: conceivably the three deps ought to be a package each ☟︎

asciilifeform: the next step will be to turn 'rotor' into a buildroot package properly speaking (like all the various packages that come with buildroot)

asciilifeform: ben_vulpes, mod6, mircea_popescu, et al: anybody who wants to use a specific version of gcc, will find a knob for this in .config

danielpbarron: punkman> I can make tea with it. also eggs. << heh, in Eulora it's specifically called a "multifunctional samovar"

trinque: in other words, if theo holds back scraping barnacles at all, he's doing them a disservice as well as himself.

phf: punkman: i work with iranians, and they, like russians, cook a tea concentrate in a teapot and then you dilute it from a kettle before serving. i used to use tea strainer but i switched back to russian method. this way i can drink tea for hours on end :> samovar is best in that case because it provides a constant supply of warm water

trinque: lost on most is the value of being yelled at by a learned person. ☟︎☟︎

assbot: Logged on 28-07-2015 00:47:49; mircea_popescu: people need to learn to be A LOT MORE intolerant with these schmucks. yes, there's always going to be flies ready to land on the oxcart and talk about how "they"ve been plowing, and explain how plowing goes

assbot: Logged on 28-07-2015 00:46:43; mircea_popescu: trinque this is to my eyes the #1 problem atm. theo de raadt is doing decent work, but he's barnacled by idiot X Y Z ? check. the kids here, found a legit vulnerability i'm sure, but are they packaged by anon idiot ?

asciilifeform: http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=28-07-2015#1214541 << folks who actually do work are not ever, as a matter of deliberate policy, let anywhere near a mainstream microphone ☝︎☟︎

assbot: Logged on 28-07-2015 00:42:29; mircea_popescu: anyway, so i guess this is what the response to the b-a shattering of the vessenes scamfoundation is, get the tardstalk retards together over in maryland to start over.

phf: actually i'm hating for no good reason, i know that in africa they cook tea in ibrik, but i've not had much practice with it. know they also use a lot of sugar and mint

phf: i assume a teabag is somehow involved..

phf: of course you can't cook coffee with a samovar, nor make tea with ibrik, so it's apples and oranges anyway ☟︎

phf: modern ones are electric, essentially electric kettles with a spigot

phf: punkman: samovar has a source of heat builtin. traditional models will have a tube in the center, that's used to burn wood like http://magazin-samovarov.ru/upload/medialibrary/3e9/%20golxwmp%207.JPG

punkman: do you have a magical samovar that doesn't require source of heat?

phf: ibrik still requires a source of heat, and next thing you know you're trying to buy a hovoli machine from turkey ☟︎

phf: you can't have a proper, civilized gathering without one

phf: danielpbarron: that was a picture of a samovar in meat world

decimation: why else would you buy a newspaper? ☟︎

decimation: I think it's fucktarded to expect the owner of a newspaper has no opinions on the news

danielpbarron: shinohai, what is a samovar in the meat world?

shinohai: Real thing danielpbarron I can't play games worth a damn

danielpbarron: http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=27-07-2015#1214285 << wait are you a Eulorian or is that a real thing? ☝︎

mircea_popescu: shinohai it's not actually something. just words on a twitter account.

phf: i'm pretty sure i can get it to a point of "unzip folder, double click"

phf: i've got the makefile (that's how i was on last time) to do a clean build, i'm rebuilding right now with smg hosted files

mircea_popescu: people need to learn to be A LOT MORE intolerant with these schmucks. yes, there's always going to be flies ready to land on the oxcart and talk about how "they"ve been plowing, and explain how plowing goes ☟︎

mircea_popescu: trinque this is to my eyes the #1 problem atm. theo de raadt is doing decent work, but he's barnacled by idiot X Y Z ? check. the kids here, found a legit vulnerability i'm sure, but are they packaged by anon idiot ? ☟︎

trinque: mircea_popescu: the fuck, fuck, someone get a bullshit press release out dept

shinohai: pete_dushenski: I have a rather dark sense of humour she sometimes fails to appreciate at first, then winds up laughing months later.

mircea_popescu: anyway, so i guess this is what the response to the b-a shattering of the vessenes scamfoundation is, get the tardstalk retards together over in maryland to start over. ☟︎

assbot: Logged on 27-07-2015 23:25:27; asciilifeform: ;;later tell mircea_popescu http://bitcoinist.net/university-of-maryland-cryptocurrency-research-grants << looks like the dean didn't give a fuck

shinohai: http://log.bitcoin-assets.com/?date=28-07-2015#1214504 <<< My sister got very angry with me for saying I was going to make a "1gasthekikes" addy ☝︎

assbot: Logged on 27-07-2015 20:49:34; mats: http://blog.zimperium.com/experts-found-a-unicorn-in-the-heart-of-android/

shinohai: http://www.news.com.au/technology/gadgets/a-security-firm-has-discovered-what-a-bug-that-puts-95-per-cent-of-android-users-at-risk-of-attack/story-fn6vihic-1227459712566

trinque: I use my phone like a grandpa anyway, will be losing nothing.

ben_vulpes: trinque: anything i actually give a shit about can't be reset that way.

trinque: ben_vulpes: what about minding snagging a reset-password email from your phone?

phf: well, that's the conversation about real computers. i wouldn't mind paying those same $800 for a phone that's not "diddle by usg", has excellent sound quality and can send sms with a full keyboard. such phone is not to be had though

trinque: that one looks like maybe there's a cd further up causing it

phf: re: feature phones, i used this one for a bit http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-GT-E1182L-Unlocked-Quad-Band-Organizer/dp/B007F9XJDY, main perk that it supports u.s. and international freq. downside that i discovered with phones like that is that sounds quality is shit, compared with iphone+apple-earbuds

shinohai pours out shots for #b-a [~]

trinque: I am probably a unique case in that aside from calls from family, I really don't care to be responsive at second-latency to the world at large

trinque: I did rock a razr for years

pete_dushenski: http://www.amazon.com/BLU-Unlocked-Dual-SIM-Camera-Battery/dp/B00O5EU7TQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=wireless&ie=UTF8&qid=1438041125&sr=1-1&keywords=nokia+blu << i tried this for a month or two but no predictive t9 and the -worst- call reception

trinque: all I need is a device that can tell me "hey dude, open your computer" really.

pete_dushenski: mats it's seriously the coolest. looks a million times better than phabtards with their ipads to their heads

gernika: pete_dushenski I ended up getting a samsung gusto - texts well enough.

williamdunne: pete_dushenski Yes, I planned enough ahead to have ingredients in, but not enough to sort the teriyaki beforehand. Probably try it again in a couple of weeks

pete_dushenski: gernika neat. though a dumbphone too dumb to text "be there in 10" is too dumb for me.

pete_dushenski: williamdunne next time, plan ahead a day and enjoy the not insignificant benefits of your foresight and patience.

gernika: trinque in a quest for a minimal dumb phone I ordered this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JN82EFO?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_search_detailpage. They indeed shipped the phone to the US, but didn't work because wrong GSM frequency. Watch out for that.

trinque: in a bit I'll go back from the beginning to see if I glossed over a step, don't think I did

assbot: Let’s Cut To The Chase, Is La Serenissima A Cult? | Contravex: A blog by Pete Dushenski ... ( http://bit.ly/1IDCstP )

pete_dushenski: re: http://www.contravex.com/2014/11/04/lets-cut-to-the-chase-is-la-serenissima-a-cult/

williamdunne: pete_dushenski: No error my side, did you post a test?

asciilifeform: ;;later tell mircea_popescu http://bitcoinist.net/university-of-maryland-cryptocurrency-research-grants << looks like the dean didn't give a fuck ☟︎

williamdunne: The problem has moved a few times

trinque: it's a gentoo install I've rolled forward for *years*

asciilifeform: buildroot ~does not need anything exotic~ to build. it is a good candidate for a basic test of sanity.

asciilifeform: trinque: at some point you have to realize that you don't actually have a unix box

assbot: Logged on 27-07-2015 19:17:47; ascii_field: if it doesn't - walk your box out behind the shed & shoot it, get a real computer

scoopbot_revived: http://qntra.net/2015/05/mining-difficulty-increases-albeit-by-a-small-amount/

mats: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/master/media/libstagefright/MPEG4Extractor.cpp exercise for a bored reader: spot the vuln in parse3GPPMetaData().