Links for 24-11-2007
Cracking hashed passwords with Google, “don’t taze me, guv”, new Russian cosmodrome announced …
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1 – Google as a password cracker
“Because of this technique, Google is acting as a hash pre-image finder, and more importantly finding hashes of things that people have hashed before.” It’s all out there for the hungry – a double-edged sword.
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2 – Met Police to pilot Tasers
“The governing body of the Metropolitan Police yesterday gave approval for Tasers to be issued to non-firearms-trained police [...] Similar trials are already underway with other UK police forces.” I feel safer already.
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3 – Russia to build new cosmodrome on home soil
“The launch centre, in Russia’s Far East region of Amur, will be called Vostochny, said, First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov. It would be Russia’s first launch centre for manned missions on its own territory.”
