Bryan Murphy is an Information Security Analyst (ethical hacker) in Michigan. Downgrade.org is his blog that documents his search for truth, the meaning of life and all of the lessons learned in between.
Thats the way my mind works. I always think of things in terms of not “how great it works now” but in terms of “how big a mess it will make when it eventually breaks down”.
Anti establishment and pessimistic, two traits that women love.
This is an excerpt of an IM conversation.
[15:46] irq13: THis months cryptogram is sooo good.
[15:47] irq13: they talk about e-voteing.
[15:47] irq13: Schneier has a belief that he talks about in practical crypto about what you are trying to break into being worth more $ then the act of breaking in.
[15:49] irq13: He quantified the spending of candidates on a per vote basis and it turns out that 1 vote (based on what pres candidates in 2002 spent) is worth $200 – $500
[15:49] irq13: It would take 0.5% of a swing vote to get the other candidate elected, effectively being worth upwards of $100m
[15:49] irq13: So they have to have security that would deter someone who has about $100m to spend breaking it.
[15:50] irq13: That ain’t gonna happen…. especially with a default windows install.